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No. 5 #Pack9 Continues Historic Start, Sweeps Pitt to Open ACC Play
3/10/2019 6:22:00 PM | Baseball
Wolfpack remains unbeaten against Pitt as an ACC opponent
RALEIGH, N.C. – The 5th-ranked NC State baseball team continued its historic start to the season by completing the sweep of the Pittsburgh Panthers with a 6-5 win Sunday afternoon at Doak Field at Dail Park.
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The Wolfpack moves to 15-0 on the year, 3-0 in ACC play, and is one of two remaining unbeaten teams in NCAA Division I Baseball, along with Arizona State. NC State also recorded its third sweep of Pitt (6-7, 0-3 ACC) in as many tries, as the Wolfpack has never lost to the Panthers in an ACC game (9-0).
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Off to its best start to a season in program history, the Pack's 15-game winning streak is the longest since 2013, when NC State also won 15 consecutive games.
NC State is 7-0 on the year in one-run games.
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Quick Hits
- NC State struck first in the contest, as the Wolfpack pushed across a pair of runs in its first at-bat to score in the first inning of each game of the series.
- Jonny Butler singled to start the frame and Will Wilson walked, as both scored on a double to left center off the bat of Patrick Bailey.
- The Wolfpack added to its lead in the third, after David Vazquez singled and advanced to third on a single from Tyler McDonough.
- A balk call on relief pitcher Billy Corcoran allowed Vazquez to score from third and push the lead to 3-0.
- Pittsburgh got all of those runs back in the top of the sixth thanks to a three-run homer by David Yanni, but NC State answered in the bottom of the frame to regain the lead.
- With two outs, Vojtech Mensik and Luca Tresh drew consecutive walks, and both came around to score to put the Pack ahead, 5-3.
- Lawson McArthur walked with the bases loaded in the seventh to plate the sixth run of the game for NC State.
- Pitt trimmed the deficit to 6-5 in the eighth with an RBI single and an RBI double, but a great diving catch in right field by McArthur ended the rally and prevented the tying run from scoring.
- Dalton Feeney pitched around a leadoff single in the ninth to nail down his third save.
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Inside the Box Score
- McDonough led the Wolfpack at the plate with the first four-hit game of his young career to take over as the NC State leader in hits with 22 for the season.
- Bailey and Butler both tallied a pair of hits, while Evan Edwards, McArthur and Vazquez each had one hit.
- Bailey, Butler and Edwards all reached base safely in the contest and they have done so in all 15 games this season.
- The Pack outhit the Panthers in the series, 40-23, as NC State tallied a .348 batting average to Pitt's .225 clip.
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On the Mound
- Reid Johnston started on the mound for the Wolfpack and turned in a strong start, as he threw five innings and departed after yielding just two hits (both singles) to go along with five strikeouts.
- Nick Swiney relieved him and pitched 2.1 innings, fanning five batters, to earn his first win of the season before handing the ball to Feeney to close it down.
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On Deck
NC State will return to action Tuesday evening when the Wolfpack travels to the Queen City to take on Charlotte. The contest will be held at BB&T Ballpark, home of the Charlotte Knights, and first pitch is set for 7 p.m.
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The Wolfpack moves to 15-0 on the year, 3-0 in ACC play, and is one of two remaining unbeaten teams in NCAA Division I Baseball, along with Arizona State. NC State also recorded its third sweep of Pitt (6-7, 0-3 ACC) in as many tries, as the Wolfpack has never lost to the Panthers in an ACC game (9-0).
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Off to its best start to a season in program history, the Pack's 15-game winning streak is the longest since 2013, when NC State also won 15 consecutive games.
NC State is 7-0 on the year in one-run games.
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Quick Hits
- NC State struck first in the contest, as the Wolfpack pushed across a pair of runs in its first at-bat to score in the first inning of each game of the series.
- Jonny Butler singled to start the frame and Will Wilson walked, as both scored on a double to left center off the bat of Patrick Bailey.
- The Wolfpack added to its lead in the third, after David Vazquez singled and advanced to third on a single from Tyler McDonough.
- A balk call on relief pitcher Billy Corcoran allowed Vazquez to score from third and push the lead to 3-0.
- Pittsburgh got all of those runs back in the top of the sixth thanks to a three-run homer by David Yanni, but NC State answered in the bottom of the frame to regain the lead.
- With two outs, Vojtech Mensik and Luca Tresh drew consecutive walks, and both came around to score to put the Pack ahead, 5-3.
- Lawson McArthur walked with the bases loaded in the seventh to plate the sixth run of the game for NC State.
- Pitt trimmed the deficit to 6-5 in the eighth with an RBI single and an RBI double, but a great diving catch in right field by McArthur ended the rally and prevented the tying run from scoring.
- Dalton Feeney pitched around a leadoff single in the ninth to nail down his third save.
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Inside the Box Score
- McDonough led the Wolfpack at the plate with the first four-hit game of his young career to take over as the NC State leader in hits with 22 for the season.
- Bailey and Butler both tallied a pair of hits, while Evan Edwards, McArthur and Vazquez each had one hit.
- Bailey, Butler and Edwards all reached base safely in the contest and they have done so in all 15 games this season.
- The Pack outhit the Panthers in the series, 40-23, as NC State tallied a .348 batting average to Pitt's .225 clip.
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On the Mound
- Reid Johnston started on the mound for the Wolfpack and turned in a strong start, as he threw five innings and departed after yielding just two hits (both singles) to go along with five strikeouts.
- Nick Swiney relieved him and pitched 2.1 innings, fanning five batters, to earn his first win of the season before handing the ball to Feeney to close it down.
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On Deck
NC State will return to action Tuesday evening when the Wolfpack travels to the Queen City to take on Charlotte. The contest will be held at BB&T Ballpark, home of the Charlotte Knights, and first pitch is set for 7 p.m.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Swiney, Nick (1-0)
L: David Moore (1-2)
S: Feeney, Dalton (3)
Batting:
2B: Connor Perry 1 ; David Yanni 1
HR: David Yanni 1
RBI: Ron Washington Jr. 1 ; David Yanni 4
Base Running:
RUNS: Connor Perry 1 ; Cole MacLaren 1 ; Ron Washington Jr. 1 ; David Yanni 1 ; Chris Cappas 1
HBP: Chris Cappas 1
PO: Chris Cappas 1
Batting:
2B: Edwards, Evan 1 ; Bailey, Patrick 2 ; McDonough, Tyler 1
RBI: Wilson, Will 1 ; Bailey, Patrick 2 ; McArthur, Lawson 2
Base Running:
RUNS: Butler, Jonny 1 ; Wilson, Will 1 ; Bailey, Patrick 1 ; Mensik, Vojtech 1 ; Tresh, Luca 1 ; Vazquez, David 1
CS: McDonough, Tyler 1
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