North Carolina State University Athletics
NC State
29-24
Charlotte
19-32
NC State Baseball Tops Charlotte, 16-6
5/14/2002 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
May 14, 2002
CHARLOTTE, NC -- A late-season power surge led NC State to a 16-6 baseball victory over in-state foe Charlotte on Tuesday night.
With the win, the Wolfpack improved to 29-24 on the season. While Charlotte falls to 19-32.
NC State's Justin Riley led all hitters with three hits and four RBI. Charlotte's George Sandel, Alex Derhak and Dusty Stepp lead the 49ers with two hits each.
NC State connected on five home runs in the game which is the most home runs by the Wolfpack since 1997.
NC State took an early 4-0 lead with four runs on four hits in the first inning. All four Wolfpack runs came on home runs by Joe Gaetti, Colt Morton and David Hicks.
Charlotte tied the game, 4-4, with four runs on three hits in the second inning. Brad Erwin scored the 49ers first run on Dusty Stepp's single to right center field. Then, Alex Derhak scored the second run of the inning on Brian York's sacrifice fly to left field. Then, Nick Blackmon tied the game with his first home run of the season a two-run shot over the left center field wall.
The 49ers took their first lead of the game, 6-4, with two runs on three hit in the third inning. Brad Lamm scored the inning's first run on a balk by NC State pitcher Daryl Minugh. Erwin scored his second run of the game on a single to left center field by Dusty Stepp.
NC State regained the lead for good, 10-6, with six runs on two hits in the fourth inning. The big blow of the inning was a grand slam home run over the left field wall by Justin Riley.
The Wolfpack made the score 13-6 when Matt Butler connected on a three-run home run over the left center field wall in the fifth inning.
NC State added three runs in the eighth inning to round out the scoring.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Minugh, Daryl (4-1)
L: Zachary Treadway (1-2)
Batting:
2B: Wright, Brian 2 ; Orvella, Chad 1
HR: Gaetti, Joe 1 ; Riley, Justin 1 ; Morton, Colt 1 ; Hicks, David 1 ; Butler, Matt 1
RBI: Gaetti, Joe 3 ; Wright, Brian 1 ; Riley, Justin 4 ; Morton, Colt 2 ; Hicks, David 1 ; Dutton, Jeremy 2 ; Butler, Matt 3
SH: Dutton, Jeremy 1
SF: Gaetti, Joe 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Gaetti, Joe 2 ; Wright, Brian 1 ; Riley, Justin 2 ; Morton, Colt 1 ; Hicks, David 1 ; Esposito, Sam 1 ; Orvella, Chad 2 ; Dutton, Jeremy 2 ; Hargrave, Adam 2 ; Maynor, Marc 1 ; Butler, Matt 1
CS: Hargrave, Adam 1 ; Maynor, Marc 1
Batting:
2B: Brian York 1
HR: Nick Blackmon 1
RBI: Dusty Stepp 2 ; Brian York 1 ; Nick Blackmon 2
SF: Brian York 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Brad Lamm 1 ; Brad Erwin 2 ; Alex Derhak 1 ; Dusty Stepp 1 ; Nick Blackmon 1
CS: Brian Bowman 1
PO: Brian Bowman 1
