North Carolina State University Athletics
NC State-Virginia Baseball Game Suspended In 8th Inning
5/11/2007 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
The game was scoreless through four innings, but the Cavaliers broke through for a pair of runs in the bottom of the fifth, one of them unearned. Wolfpack starter Eric Surkamp jumped ahead of David Adams 0-and-2, then walked him on six pitches. Beau Seabury singled to right to put runners on first and second. Patrick Wingfield laid down a sacrifice bunt along the third-base line, but Surkamp went for the out at third instead. His throw was late and went past third baseman Drew Martin and into foul territory down the left-field line. Adams scored from second base on the play, and Wingfield and Seabury wound up on second and third, respectively. Tyler Cannon’s sacrifice fly to right scored Seabury and sent Wingfield to third. That made it 2-0, but Surkamp got out of further trouble by retiring Mike Mitchell on a fly ball to right field. Wingfield tried to score on the play, but was cut down at the plate by right fielder Ryan Pond.
The Wolfpack came right back in the top of the sixth, taking advantage of wildness on the part of Virginia starter Jacob Thompson. With one away, Thompson issued consecutive walks to Ramon Corona, Jeremy Synan and Pond to load the bases. Thompson jammed Mike Roskopf and got him to pop up to shortstop for the second out, but Caleb Mangum singled up the middle to drive in two runs and tie the game at 2-2.
Cannon led off the bottom of the eighth with a long triple off the wall in right field. John Scaglione pinch-hit for Mitchell, and the Wolfpack lifted Surkamp in favor of righthander Jeff Stallings. While Stallings was making his warmup pitches, the umpires stopped the game because of rain and lightning.
