NC State
28-7, 13-5
Notre Dame
15-21, 6-12
No. 2 #Pack9 Slugs Past Notre Dame with 13-5 Win to Clinch Series
4/14/2018 11:52:00 PM | Baseball
Wolfpack sweeps doubleheader to clinch series
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For the fourth consecutive weekend, NC State rallied to win the series after dropping the series opener, which is the first time in program history that the squad has accomplished the feat.
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The Wolfpack has won its last nine ACC series dating back to last season, which is the longest active streak in the conference. NC State is also the only team that has not lost a conference series this season.
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NC State improves to 28-7 on the year and 13-5 in ACC play, while Notre Dame falls to 15-21 and 6-12 in league action.
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— NC State Athletics (@PackAthletics) April 15, 2018
Quick Hits
- The Wolfpack scored first in all three games of the series, as NC State pushed across three runs in the second inning to take a 3-0 lead.
- Brock Deatherage homered for the second time on the weekend with a two-run blast to put NC State in the lead on his seventh homer of the season.
- Freshman Terrell Tatum followed with a single up the middle and later scored on a wild pitch.
- Notre Dame answered with a run in the top of the third, but NC State had an answer as the Wolfpack scored six runs to stretch the lead to 9-1.
- Will Wilson hit a two-run homer over the left field wall for his ninth round-tripper of the season to make it 5-1.
- NC State executed a perfect squeeze play, as J.T. Jarrett dropped a beauty down the third base line and legged it out for a bunt single and Patrick Bailey scored.
- Dillon Cooper followed with a two-RBI double down the left field line and McLain also had an RBI single in the frame.
- The Irish scored four unanswered runs to narrow the Wolfpack's margin to 9-5, but NC State countered with four runs in the bottom of the seventh to double its lead.
- An RBI groundout from Cooper plated the first run of the seventh before an RBI single by Brett Kinneman.
- Wilson homered for the second time in the game with his second two-run blast over the left field wall. It was his second multi-homer game of the season and his career.
- Joe O'Donnell pitched the final 2.1 innings for the Pack and did not allow a run.
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On Deck
NC State returns to action Tuesday evening when the Wolfpack takes on UNC-Chapel Hill in a the 'Duel at the DBAP'. First pitch of the non-conference matchup is slated for 6:30 p.m. and the contest will be broadcast live on ESPNU from the Durham Bulls Athletic Park.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Bienlien, Michael (3-2)
L: Cameron Junker (0-4)
S: O'Donnell, Joe (7)
Batting:
2B: Daniel Jung 1 ; David LaManna 1
HR: Niko Kavadas 1
RBI: Nick Podkul 1 ; Niko Kavadas 2 ; Daniel Jung 1 ; David LaManna 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Matt Vierling 1 ; Niko Kavadas 2 ; Daniel Jung 1 ; Spencer Myers 1
CS: Cole Daily 1 ; Eric Gilgenbach 1
HBP: Jake Johnson 1 ; Matt Vierling 1
Batting:
2B: Cooper, Dillon 1
HR: Wilson, Will 2 ; Deatherage, Brock 1
RBI: McLain, Josh 1 ; Kinneman, Brett 1 ; Wilson, Will 4 ; Deatherage, Brock 2 ; Jarrett, J.T. 1 ; Cooper, Dillon 3
SH: Jarrett, J.T. 2
Base Running:
RUNS: McLain, Josh 1 ; Kinneman, Brett 2 ; Wilson, Will 2 ; Edwards, Evan 1 ; Bailey, Patrick 1 ; Deatherage, Brock 2 ; Tatum, Terrell 2 ; Jarrett, J.T. 1 ; Cooper, Dillon 1
SB: McLain, Josh 1 ; Tatum, Terrell 1
CS: Kinneman, Brett 1 ; Edwards, Evan 1 ; Deatherage, Brock 1
HBP: Jarrett, J.T. 1
PO: Kinneman, Brett 1 ; Edwards, Evan 1 ; Deatherage, Brock 1
