NC State
14-12
Charlotte
15-10
#Pack9 Offense Explodes for 15-10 Win at Charlotte
3/28/2017 11:42:00 PM | Baseball
NC State scores a season-high 15 runs, tallies a season-high 15 hits
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The Wolfpack's offense erupted for 15 hits and 15 runs, both of which are season-highs. Each batter in the NC State starting lineup had at least one hit and eight of nine batters scored a run, highlighted by six players with two runs scored.
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NC State moves to 14-12 on the year, while Charlotte falls to 15-10. Joe O'Donnell picked up the win for the Pack and remains unbeaten at 4-0 and 49ers starter Jacob Craver suffered his first loss (0-1).
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Game Recap
NC State struck first in the contest on a sacrifice fly to right field by Brad Debo to take a 1-0 lead. The Wolfpack erupted for seven runs in the fourth inning, the most it has scored in an inning this season, sending 11 batters to the plate in the frame.
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Dunand led off with a solo homer to left field to give NCSU a 2-0 lead. Josh McLain recorded an RBI single with the bases loaded and Debo stepped to the plate next ripped a bases-clearing double down the left field line to put the Wolfpack ahead, 6-0.
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.@NCStateBaseball just went up by a touchdown in Charlotte -- lead @NinerBaseball 6-0. #beINCOLLEGE pic.twitter.com/HHW5OSWZhZ
— beIN COLLEGE SPORTS (@beINCOLLEGE) March 29, 2017
Andy Cosgrove dropped a two-RBI single into center field to plate two additional runs for NC State, extending the advantage to 8-0.
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In the fifth inning, Will Wilson clubbed a triple to right center to score Jack Conley from first base and McLain followed with a double to plate Wilson. A two-run homer by Debo over the left field wall stretched the NC State lead to 12-0.
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ÂThe rout is on in Charlotte... @NCStateBaseball leads @NinerBaseball 9-0 in the 5th. #beINCOLLEGE pic.twitter.com/NONxGM7LrX
— beIN COLLEGE SPORTS (@beINCOLLEGE) March 29, 2017
ÂSo long ??@NCStateBaseball goes up 12-0. #beINCOLLEGE pic.twitter.com/1XK2xt7AIv
— beIN COLLEGE SPORTS (@beINCOLLEGE) March 29, 2017
After Evan Mendoza walked, Dunand left the yard for the second time with his team-leading ninth home run to extend the Wolfpack lead to 14-0. It was the first multi-homer game of his collegiate career and the first of the season by an NC State player.
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Aaaaaaand it's gone. @NCStateBaseball leads 14-0. #beINCOLLEGE pic.twitter.com/LIaCZaLBhr
— beIN COLLEGE SPORTS (@beINCOLLEGE) March 29, 2017
Charlotte countered in the bottom of the inning with seven runs to narrow the deficit to 14-7. The Wolfpack went quietly in the top of the sixth and the 49ers added another run in the bottom half to pull closer at 14-8.
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An RBI single and an error helped Charlotte trim the NC State lead to 14-10 in the bottom of the seventh.
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NC State regained momentum in the game after Christian Demby hit a pinch-hit double down the left field line with two outs. Lawson McArthur came in to pinch-run and scored on a single through the left side by Stephen Pitarra to push the Wolfpack lead to 15-10.
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The 49ers looked to mount a rally in the eighth and ninth innings, but Wolfpack pitcher Austin Staley induced a pair of double play ball in each frame to halt the rally.
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Inside the Box Score
- Debo turned in the second three-hit performance of his young career to lead the Wolfpack at the plate with a 3-for-4 showing, highlighted by six RBIs and two runs scored. His six RBIs are the most by an NC State player this season.
- Conley, Dunand and McLain had two hits each, while Cosgrove, Demby, Brett Kinneman, Mendoza, Pitarra and Wilson had one hit apiece.
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Game Notes
- NC State scored 15 runs and recorded an RBI on all 15.
- It was the first multi-homer game for an NC State player since April 12,2016, when Chance Shepard left the yard twice at Elon.
- The Wolfpack's 15 hits ties a season-high, as the squad also reached the mark at UNCG.
- NCSU's 15 runs are the most for the squad since June 5, 2016, when the Pack defeated Navy in the NCAA Regional, 17-1.
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Up Next
NC State returns to action this weekend when it travels to Indiana for a three-game series at Notre Dame. Friday's game is set for 6:05 p.m. at Frank Eck Stadium.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: O'Donnell, Joe (4-0)
L: Jacob Craver (0-1)
Batting:
2B: McLain, Josh 1 ; Debo, Brad 1 ; Demby, Christian 1
3B: Wilson, Will 1
HR: Debo, Brad 1 ; Dunand, Joe 2
RBI: Pitarra, Stephen 1 ; Wilson, Will 1 ; McLain, Josh 2 ; Debo, Brad 6 ; Dunand, Joe 3 ; Cosgrove, Andy 2
SF: Debo, Brad 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Pitarra, Stephen 2 ; Wilson, Will 2 ; McLain, Josh 2 ; Debo, Brad 2 ; Mendoza, Evan 2 ; Dunand, Joe 2 ; Conley, Jack 1 ; Kinneman, Brett 1 ; McArthur, Lawson 1
HBP: Pitarra, Stephen 1 ; Wilson, Will 2 ; Mendoza, Evan 1
Batting:
2B: Zach Jarrett 1 ; Logan Sherer 1
RBI: Brett Netzer 2 ; Reece Hampton 1 ; T.J. Nichting 2 ; Zach Jarrett 2 ; Harris Yett 2
Base Running:
RUNS: Brett Netzer 1 ; Reece Hampton 1 ; Jackson Mims 1 ; T.J. Nichting 1 ; Zack Smith 2 ; Hunter Jones 1 ; Logan Sherer 3
HBP: Brett Netzer 1 ; Hunter Jones 1 ; Logan Sherer 1
