Saturday, May 14
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#Pack9 Clinches Series With 13-5 Win Over Duke
5/14/2022 7:39:00 PM | Baseball
DURHAM, N.C. – NC State baseball (32-16, 14-11 ACC) earned a convincing 13-5 win on Saturday afternoon over Duke (20-29, 9-17 ACC) at Jack Coombs Field, clinching its fourth ACC series of the season.
The Wolfpack struck first with three runs in the second, but the Blue Devils tied things up in the third with three of their own. NC State then proceeded to score nine unanswered runs before the Blue Devils managed to get two late runs across, but the attempted comeback was not enough.
The Pack got on the board with three runs in the second as Devonte Brown and Tommy White drew bases-loaded walks and Josh Hood tallied the third RBI of the frame with a sac fly to center field.
The Blue Devils broke through in the third when it knotted the score at 3-3 on a two-run single by Chad Knight followed by an RBI double by Luke Storm.
NC State took its lead back in the fourth on a squeeze play with J.T. Jarrett at the plate. Hood and Dominic Pilolli tallied back-to-back base hits to put runners at the corners, and Jarrett laid down the sac bunt to bring the go-ahead run across and make it 4-3.
In the fifth the Pack added four more runs to extend its lead to 8-3 on back-to-back homers by Brown and LuJames Groover III. Payton Green led off the inning with an infield single and Jacob Godman drew a walk to allow Brown to drive in three runs with his 13th of the season to left field, and then Groover belted a solo shot over the left field wall to tack on the final run of the inning.
White tallied his second hit of the game in the seventh, bringing Groover home from second after he reached on his team-leading 13th double to start the inning. Then, with the bases loaded following a walk and fielder's choice, another fielder's choice and error along with a bases-loaded hit-by-pitch pushed three runs across to extend the Wolfpack lead to 12-3.
The Blue Devils cut into their deficit in the eighth thanks to Storm's ground-rule 2-RBI double, making it 12-5, but the Pack answered back in the ninth when Green drove in Jarrett from third on a sac fly to center field after he reached on a base hit.
Starting pitcher Willadsen tossed seven complete innings to pick up his third consecutive win on the mound and improve to 4-3 on the year. He allowed just two earned runs on five hits, yielding three walks while striking out four batters. Baker Nelson closed out the game, allowing two runs and three hits in the final two innings of the contest.
All nine starters in the lineup tallied at least one hit in the game. Green, Groover, Hood and White all had two hits each in the contest while five others had one apiece to combine for 13 in the game. Additionally, Brown drove in a team-high four runs batted in while White had two of his own.
NC State and Duke will meet for the series finale Sunday, with first pitch set for 1 p.m. at Jack Coombs Field. The game will be broadcast on Regional Sports Networks (RSN) and there will be a radio broadcast on WKNC 88.1 and the Varsity Network App.
The Wolfpack struck first with three runs in the second, but the Blue Devils tied things up in the third with three of their own. NC State then proceeded to score nine unanswered runs before the Blue Devils managed to get two late runs across, but the attempted comeback was not enough.
The Pack got on the board with three runs in the second as Devonte Brown and Tommy White drew bases-loaded walks and Josh Hood tallied the third RBI of the frame with a sac fly to center field.
The Blue Devils broke through in the third when it knotted the score at 3-3 on a two-run single by Chad Knight followed by an RBI double by Luke Storm.
NC State took its lead back in the fourth on a squeeze play with J.T. Jarrett at the plate. Hood and Dominic Pilolli tallied back-to-back base hits to put runners at the corners, and Jarrett laid down the sac bunt to bring the go-ahead run across and make it 4-3.
In the fifth the Pack added four more runs to extend its lead to 8-3 on back-to-back homers by Brown and LuJames Groover III. Payton Green led off the inning with an infield single and Jacob Godman drew a walk to allow Brown to drive in three runs with his 13th of the season to left field, and then Groover belted a solo shot over the left field wall to tack on the final run of the inning.
White tallied his second hit of the game in the seventh, bringing Groover home from second after he reached on his team-leading 13th double to start the inning. Then, with the bases loaded following a walk and fielder's choice, another fielder's choice and error along with a bases-loaded hit-by-pitch pushed three runs across to extend the Wolfpack lead to 12-3.
The Blue Devils cut into their deficit in the eighth thanks to Storm's ground-rule 2-RBI double, making it 12-5, but the Pack answered back in the ninth when Green drove in Jarrett from third on a sac fly to center field after he reached on a base hit.
Starting pitcher Willadsen tossed seven complete innings to pick up his third consecutive win on the mound and improve to 4-3 on the year. He allowed just two earned runs on five hits, yielding three walks while striking out four batters. Baker Nelson closed out the game, allowing two runs and three hits in the final two innings of the contest.
All nine starters in the lineup tallied at least one hit in the game. Green, Groover, Hood and White all had two hits each in the contest while five others had one apiece to combine for 13 in the game. Additionally, Brown drove in a team-high four runs batted in while White had two of his own.
NC State and Duke will meet for the series finale Sunday, with first pitch set for 1 p.m. at Jack Coombs Field. The game will be broadcast on Regional Sports Networks (RSN) and there will be a radio broadcast on WKNC 88.1 and the Varsity Network App.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Willadsen, Matt (4-3)
L: Allen,Josh (1-3)
Batting:
2B: Groover III, LuJames 1 ; Hood, Josh 1
HR: Brown, Devonte 1 ; Groover III, LuJames 1
RBI: Brown, Devonte 4 ; Groover III, LuJames 1 ; White, Tommy 2 ; Hood, Josh 1 ; Jarrett, J.T. 1 ; Soles, Noah 1 ; Green, Payton 1 ; Eisert, Eddie 1
SH: Jarrett, J.T. 1 ; Godman, Jacob 1
SF: Hood, Josh 1 ; Green, Payton 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Brown, Devonte 1 ; Groover III, LuJames 2 ; White, Tommy 1 ; Hood, Josh 2 ; Jarrett, J.T. 2 ; Soles, Noah 1 ; Green, Payton 2 ; Godman, Jacob 2
SB: Jarrett, J.T. 1
HBP: Green, Payton 1 ; Eisert, Eddie 1
Batting:
2B: Storm,Luke 2 ; Stinebiser,Matt 1
RBI: Knight,Chad 2 ; Storm,Luke 3
Base Running:
RUNS: Mooney,Alex 1 ; Davis,Chris 1 ; Knight,Chad 1 ; Crabtree,Chris 1 ; Yu,Andrew 1
CS: Hoyle,Wil 1
HBP: Yu,Andrew 1
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RBI
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RBI
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