NC State
5-0
Kent State
1-3
No. 21 #Pack9 Walks Off in Extras Against Kent State, 3-2
2/22/2019 8:28:00 PM | Baseball
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Lawson McArthur drew a one-out walk and advanced to second on a throwing error by the pitcher, as the Wolfpack had the winning run in scoring position with just one out. After a flyout, Will Wilson drew a walk and Bailey followed with the game-winning single.
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 It was NC State's first walkoff win since April 29, 2016, against Duke.
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Four different Wolfpack pitchers combined to prevent Kent State, a team receiving votes for the top 25 poll that has won three consecutive Mid-American Conference (MAC) Championships, from scoring an earned run. Both of the Golden Flashes runs were unearned.
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Kent Klyman finished the game on the mound to earn his second win of the season, while Zach Schultz was charged with the loss.
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NC State remains unbeaten on the year at 5-0, while Kent State is still looking for its first win (0-4).
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"NC State wins, it falls in for a hit...as #Bailey walks it off" #GoPack // #Pack9 pic.twitter.com/Hai0GLDE8d
— #Pack9 ⚾️ (@NCStateBaseball) February 22, 2019
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- Kent State pushed across the game's first runs, as NC State found itself trailing for just the second time this season.
- The Golden Flashes took advantage of the Wolfpack's first error of the year, plating two runs in the bottom of the third.
- Sophomore Devonte Brown sparked the NC State offense in the sixth, as he ripped a 2-1 pitch off the wall in left center, narrowly missing his first collegiate home run.
- Wilson followed two batters later with a single up the middle, as Brown raced around to score from second to get the Wolfpack on the board.
- A solo homer from Wilson knotted the game at two apiece in the eighth, as the junior shortstop crushed a 3-2 delivery from Jack Zimmerman over the left field. It was his third round-tripper of the season.
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On the Mound
- NC State pitchers did not allow an earned run or an extra-base hit in the contest.
- Junior Jason Parker started on the mound for the Pack and threw four innings with four strikeouts.
- Evan Justice was brilliant out of the bullpen, striking out five batters and 34 of the 47 pitches he threw were strikes.
- Dalton Feeney pitched 1.2 innings before handing the ball to Klyman, who threw the final 1.1.
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WALKOFF WOLFPACK WIN!!!!!! đź‘Ź#Bailey hits a fly ball to left field and the Kent State shortstop over runs it, #McArthur races around to score from second as #Pack9 defeats Kent State in extra innings, 3-2#GoPack âś… pic.twitter.com/LPKuKVOBFi
— #Pack9 ⚾️ (@NCStateBaseball) February 22, 2019
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NC State will return to action on Saturday morning, when the Wolfpack takes on the Michigan State Spartans. First pitch is set for 11 a.m. at Springs Brooks Stadium.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Klyman, Kent (2-0)
L: SCHULTZ, Zach (0-1)
Batting:
RBI: TURNER, Michael 1 ; PARKS, Pavin 1
SF: TURNER, Michael 1
Base Running:
RUNS: TOUCHETTE, Cam 1 ; HOLLANDER, Josh 1
SB: MATHEWS, Collin 1
CS: TOUCHETTE, Cam 1
HBP: RONNEBAUM, Alex 1
Batting:
2B: Brown, Devonte 1
HR: Wilson, Will 1
RBI: Wilson, Will 2 ; Bailey, Patrick 1
SH: Vazquez, David 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Wilson, Will 1 ; Brown, Devonte 1 ; McArthur, Lawson 1
HBP: Mensik, Vojtech 1
PO: Mensik, Vojtech 1
