Wolfpack Falls 3-2 in Extras

Saturday, April 11

Chapel Hill, N.C.

6:00 PM

NC State

19-14, 7-9

North Carolina

22-13, 9-8

NC State

North Carolina

4/11/2015 12:00:00 AM | Baseball

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April 11, 2015

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Top Performers:
Shane Shepard (1-4, HR, R, RBI), Curt Britt (3.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K)

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	R	H	E
NC STATE	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	1
NORTH CAROLINA	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	3	5	0

NC State suffered a 3-2, 10th-inning loss to No. 22 North Carolina on Saturday night at Boshamer Stadium.

The Wolfpack (19-14, 7-9 ACC) opened up a 1-0 lead in the fourth on Logan Ratledge's sixth homer of the year, only to see that wiped out with a Tar Heel (22-13, 9-8) run in the bottom half. In the fifth, Shane Shepard cranked his first career homer to make it 2-1. Again, the Heels knotted the score 2-2 in the bottom half. In the bottom of the 10th, North Carolina drew three walks and a hit by pitch to walk off with the 3-2 win.

Ratledge and Shepard supplied two of the Pack's four hits on the night, with Ratledge extending his team-leading hitting streak to 16 games, the longest such streak of the season for a Wolfpack batter. Preston Palmeiro went 1-for-4 on the evening. Andrew Knizner contributed a 1-for-3 outing.

NC State starter Brian Brown worked five innings, allowing two runs, one earned, on four hits and two walks with three strikeouts. Curt Britt relieved him and turned in a solid three innings, holding the Heels to one hit and one walk with a strikeout. Tommy DeJuneas (1-2) pitched an inning-plus, escaping a two-on, nobody out jam in the ninth, before enduring the 10th to end up saddled with the loss.

The Wolfpack returns to action on Sunday at 2 PM for the series finale on ESPN3. Radio duties will be handled by 88.1 WKNC. Fans can follow along with live stats on GoPack.com, or Twitter updates via @NCStateBaseball.