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Photo by: James Guillory
No. 5 #Pack9 Completes Sweep of William & Mary with 7-3 Win
5/6/2018 6:06:00 PM | Baseball
Wolfpack earns third series sweep of the season
RALEIGH, N.C. – The fifth-ranked NC State baseball team earned a 7-3 win against the William & Mary Tribe Sunday afternoon at Doak Field at Dail Park to complete the series sweep. The Wolfpack records its third sweep of the season.
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NC State pushed across four runs in the fourth and did not trail again to move to 34-12 on the year, while William & Mary falls to 15-32.
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Freshman Nick Swiney pitched 2.1 innings with four strikeouts to pick up the win, as he remains undefeated with a 4-0 mark. Tribe starter Chris Farrell was charged with the loss and falls to 2-4.
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Avent's Additions
Opening statement...
"William & Mary is a really good team, they've played in 23 one-run games and have lost 16 of them, so if you turn that around then you're looking at a much different record," said head coach Elliott Avent. "That's a good ball club and I'm glad we were able to come away with the win."
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"We're not playing as well as we were earlier this year, there are some things that we have to do better. We've got to get a little bit better and we're working to do it every day, but it's good to get the sweep."
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Quick Hits
- William & Mary used a pair of doubles to grab a 1-0 lead in the top of the first.
- NC State answered with a big fourth inning to take a 4-1 advantage, following four hits and an error by the Tribe.
- After a single from Evan Edwards to start the frame, Brock Deatherage doubled to center field to score Edwards.
- Terrell Tatum ripped an RBI double to deep right center to plate Deatherage and he scored on a throwing error by the center fielder, as the throw skipped into the W&M dugout.
- Josh McLain extended the NC State lead to 4-1 after chopping a ground ball over the third baseman's head, allowing Stephen Pitarra to score from second.
- The Wolfpack executed a perfect safety squeeze play in the fifth, as Pitarra dropped a perfect bunt down the first base line and Deatherage raced home to score from third to push the Pack's lead to 5-1.
- William & Mary got a run back in the sixth and seventh inning following an RBI single by Matt McDermott and a solo homer from Brandon Raquet to narrow the Wolfpack lead to 5-3.
- The Pack countered in the bottom half of the seven with a pair of runs after RBI singles from J.T. Jarrett and McLain to push the margin to 7-3.
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Inside the Box Score
- McLain was only player in the game with three hits, as he turned in his 23rd multi-hit game of the season to extend his reached base safely streak to a team-leading 15 games.
- Tatum also turned in a stellar game, as he was 2-for-4 with two runs scored and an RBI.
- Patrick Bailey, Edwards, Deatherage, Brett Kinneman and Jarrett had one hit apiece.
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On the Mound
- NC State pitchers struck out 10 batters in the contest and only issued one walk.
- Sophomore Mathieu Gauthier started on the mound for the Pack and threw 4.2 innings, yielding just one earned run while striking out four batters.
- Swiney took over next and tossed 2.1 to earn the win before handing the ball to Joe O'Donnell.
- O'Donnell pitched the eighth with a pair of strikeouts and Johnny Piedmonte relieved him to pitch the ninth after a 41-minute lightning delay.
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On Deck
NC State returns to action with a pair of midweek games against James Madison. Tuesday's game is set for 6 p.m., while first pitch of Wednesday's contest is slated for 3 p.m.Â
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*Make plans to join NC State Head Coach Elliott Avent at Backyard Bistro Monday, May 7, at Noon for the final episode of Around the Bases.
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NC State pushed across four runs in the fourth and did not trail again to move to 34-12 on the year, while William & Mary falls to 15-32.
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Freshman Nick Swiney pitched 2.1 innings with four strikeouts to pick up the win, as he remains undefeated with a 4-0 mark. Tribe starter Chris Farrell was charged with the loss and falls to 2-4.
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Avent's Additions
Opening statement...
"William & Mary is a really good team, they've played in 23 one-run games and have lost 16 of them, so if you turn that around then you're looking at a much different record," said head coach Elliott Avent. "That's a good ball club and I'm glad we were able to come away with the win."
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"We're not playing as well as we were earlier this year, there are some things that we have to do better. We've got to get a little bit better and we're working to do it every day, but it's good to get the sweep."
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Quick Hits
- William & Mary used a pair of doubles to grab a 1-0 lead in the top of the first.
- NC State answered with a big fourth inning to take a 4-1 advantage, following four hits and an error by the Tribe.
- After a single from Evan Edwards to start the frame, Brock Deatherage doubled to center field to score Edwards.
- Terrell Tatum ripped an RBI double to deep right center to plate Deatherage and he scored on a throwing error by the center fielder, as the throw skipped into the W&M dugout.
- Josh McLain extended the NC State lead to 4-1 after chopping a ground ball over the third baseman's head, allowing Stephen Pitarra to score from second.
- The Wolfpack executed a perfect safety squeeze play in the fifth, as Pitarra dropped a perfect bunt down the first base line and Deatherage raced home to score from third to push the Pack's lead to 5-1.
- William & Mary got a run back in the sixth and seventh inning following an RBI single by Matt McDermott and a solo homer from Brandon Raquet to narrow the Wolfpack lead to 5-3.
- The Pack countered in the bottom half of the seven with a pair of runs after RBI singles from J.T. Jarrett and McLain to push the margin to 7-3.
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Inside the Box Score
- McLain was only player in the game with three hits, as he turned in his 23rd multi-hit game of the season to extend his reached base safely streak to a team-leading 15 games.
- Tatum also turned in a stellar game, as he was 2-for-4 with two runs scored and an RBI.
- Patrick Bailey, Edwards, Deatherage, Brett Kinneman and Jarrett had one hit apiece.
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On the Mound
- NC State pitchers struck out 10 batters in the contest and only issued one walk.
- Sophomore Mathieu Gauthier started on the mound for the Pack and threw 4.2 innings, yielding just one earned run while striking out four batters.
- Swiney took over next and tossed 2.1 to earn the win before handing the ball to Joe O'Donnell.
- O'Donnell pitched the eighth with a pair of strikeouts and Johnny Piedmonte relieved him to pitch the ninth after a 41-minute lightning delay.
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On Deck
NC State returns to action with a pair of midweek games against James Madison. Tuesday's game is set for 6 p.m., while first pitch of Wednesday's contest is slated for 3 p.m.Â
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*Make plans to join NC State Head Coach Elliott Avent at Backyard Bistro Monday, May 7, at Noon for the final episode of Around the Bases.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Swiney, Nick (4-0)
L: Farrell, Chris (2-4)
Batting:
2B: Raquet, Brandon 1 ; Lipke, Colin 1 ; Hall,Ryan 1
HR: Raquet, Brandon 1
RBI: Raquet, Brandon 1 ; Hall,Ryan 1 ; McDermott, Matt 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Raquet, Brandon 2 ; Pearson, Zach 1
HBP: Raquet, Brandon 1 ; Farina, Luca 1
Batting:
2B: Deatherage, Brock 1 ; Tatum, Terrell 1
RBI: McLain, Josh 2 ; Deatherage, Brock 1 ; Tatum, Terrell 1 ; Pitarra, Stephen 1 ; Jarrett, J.T. 1
SH: Pitarra, Stephen 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Edwards, Evan 1 ; Deatherage, Brock 2 ; Tatum, Terrell 2 ; Pitarra, Stephen 2
SB: Kinneman, Brett 1 ; Pitarra, Stephen 1
CS: Wilson, Will 1
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