Baseball Sets For Rematch Vs. Campbell

RALEIGH, N.C. — The NC State baseball team will take a one-game respite from Atlantic Coast Conference play for a Tuesday game at Campbell.

Game time is set for 6 p.m. The game will be broadcast live on WKNC-FM (88.1) and on the internet at gopack.com through the Pack Pass package.

The game will be a rematch of NC State’s Feb. 23 game vs. the Camels. The Wolfpack won that game 9-8 in 11 innings, but not before blowing a 5-0 lead after six innings and an 8-2 lead after seven. Campbell scored three runs in the eighth and three more in the ninth to force extra innings. Center fielder Kyle Wilson and third baseman Andrew Ciencin sparked the Wolfpack offense in that game. Wilson was 5-for-6 with a double, a stolen base, four runs scored and two runs driven in. Ciencin was 5-for-7 with a double and three RBIs. Ciencin’s bases-loaded single in the 11th was the game-winner.

Pitching matchups for the game are still TBA.

NC State (14-6) has lost five of its last eight games, but has won eight of its last 13. Junior catcher Chris Schaeffer leads NC State in batting with a .426 mark. He has four doubles, four home runs and 14 RBIs. Kyle Wilson is hitting .419 with five doubles, a home run, 10 steals, 30 runs scored and 12 RBIs. Senior second baseman Dallas Poulk is hitting .400 with nine doubles, six home runs, 34 runs scored and 34 RBIs. He leads the team in doubles, home runs, runs scored and runs batted in. Ciencin checks in at .384 with eight doubles, two home runs and 31 RBIs.

Campbell (14-7) has won five of its last six games, sweeping a three-game series from Maryland Eastern Shore, and winning two of three from Kennesaw State in that time. Alan Denman and Zach Johnson lead the Camels offensively. Denman is hitting .500 with eight doubles, three home runs, 17 RBIs and eight steals. Johnson is batting .351 with three homers and a team-high 26 RBIs.Chris Bangi leads Campbell in stolen bases with 19, and DJ Johnson has 16. The Camels, who are batting .344 as a team and scoring more than nine runs per game, have stolen 81 bases in 89 attempts.

The Wolfpack (14-6), coming off an ACC series win at Wake Forest this past weekend, will be looking to regain its offensive mojo against the Camels. NC State is batting .358 for the season and is averaging nearly 12 runs a game, but the Wolfpack struggled offensively in the second and third games of the Wake Forest series.

The Pack batted .289 overall in the series against the Deacons, but went 15-for-68 (.221) in the final two games. Freshman outfielder Tarran Senay led the offense, collecting five hits — including two doubles and a home run — and two RBIs in seven at-bats. Drew Poulk went 6-for-14 with a pair of home runs and a team-best six RBIs in the series, and Kyle Wilson went 5-for-13 with three steals and five runs scored.

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