BOONE, N.C. ? Wake Forest pitching limited Appalachian State University baseball to just six hits and handed Appalachian a 3-1 setback on Tuesday afternoon at Beaver Field at Jim and Bettie Smith Stadium.

Appalachian (6-11) received a strong effort from its five pitchers but managed its only run on a third-inning RBI single by Nick DeRose en route to its eighth loss in nine games.

Wake Forest (8-8) evened the score at 1-1 in the top of the fourth on a sacrifice fly by Austin Stradler and took a 2-1 lead in the sixth on what turned out to be a game-winning home run to right field by Weldon Woodall. WFU added an insurance run in the eighth when Shane Kroker led off the stanza with a triple to right center field and came across the plate two batters later on a double play.

The Mountaineers' pitching quintet of Seth Grant, Nick Daniels, Chris Patterson, Will Helms and Andrew Webster held the Demon Deacons, which came into the contest averaging seven runs a game, to just three runs on eight hits. Daniels (0-1) suffered the tough-luck loss after allowing a run on two hits in 2.2 innings of work.    

WFU starter Michael Dimock scattered six hits and struck out five over 6.2 innings of work to pick up his first-career win. Zach White closed it out with 2.1 hitless innings of relief to earn his first save.

The Apps look to snap the skid when they travel to Johnson City, Tenn. on Wednesday for a non-conference date with East Tennessee State. First pitch is set for 7 p.m. at Cardinal Park.