Wake Forest kept its season going Saturday, beating Binghamton 12-3 in the Morgantown regional to avoid elimination and force another game Sunday. The victory came a day after a close Friday afternoon loss had put the Demon Deacons on the brink, but they answered with a game that was largely out of reach by the middle innings.

That is why Wake Forest Baseball is being searched now: the Demon Deacons are not done yet, and their postseason now runs through Sunday at noon. Wake Forest will play the loser of West Virginia-Kentucky after turning a must-win game into a comfortable finish, while Binghamton's regional run ended with the defeat.

Wake Forest built the lead in layers. The Demon Deacons scored three runs in the first three innings, then broke the game open with a five-run fourth that pushed them in front 8-0. By the time Binghamton finally got on the board, Wake Forest had scored 10 runs through five innings and looked ready to cruise into the next round.

Cameron Bagwell set that tone on the mound. He worked through four shutout innings and allowed only a couple of hits before the fifth turned messy, when Binghamton opened with a home run and then loaded the bases after two hits and a walk. The visitors turned that pressure into three runs on a fielder's choice and a sacrifice fly to center, trimming the margin to 10-3 and briefly making the game feel less settled than the score had suggested.

Wake Forest never let the rally become more than that. Zach Johnston came on with the bases loaded and no outs in the sixth and got the Deacons out of the jam with a strikeout and a double play on his first two batters faced. Binghamton was held to one hit over the final three innings, and the closest it came after that was an eighth-inning single by Zack Kent, who was erased at second base on the next pitch in a double play.

The Deacons added more separation late, with Javar Williams homering in the eighth and Blake Schaaf driving in a run with a single in the ninth. The final score reflected a game Wake Forest controlled for most of the day, and it also reflected how quickly a season can turn: one loss on Friday, a rebound on Saturday, and now one more chance on Sunday at noon to keep moving in the Morgantown regional.