Saturday, February 27
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Wolfpack Suffers 8-3 Loss To Yellow Jackets, Drops Series
2/27/2021 6:42:00 PM | Baseball
RALEIGH – No. 8 NC State baseball (2-3, 0-2 ACC) suffered an 8-3 loss in the second game of its series with 15th-ranked Georgia Tech (5-1, 2-0 ACC) on Saturday afternoon at Doak Field at Dail Park.
The win allowed the Yellow Jackets to clinch the series, as the Wolfpack dropped its third-straight game of the season.
Georgia Tech took a 2-0 lead in the first inning on three hits, but a combined three home runs by Austin Murr and Luca Tresh gave the Pack its first lead of the series through four complete. The Jackets managed to knot the score at three in the sixth, then plated five runs on back-to-back-to-back home runs in the seventh to take back the lead. In the final three innings, only two Wolfpack batters were able to reach base.
SCORING RECAP
OF NOTE
ON DECK
Sunday, Feb. 28 • vs. Georgia Tech • 1 PM
The win allowed the Yellow Jackets to clinch the series, as the Wolfpack dropped its third-straight game of the season.
Georgia Tech took a 2-0 lead in the first inning on three hits, but a combined three home runs by Austin Murr and Luca Tresh gave the Pack its first lead of the series through four complete. The Jackets managed to knot the score at three in the sixth, then plated five runs on back-to-back-to-back home runs in the seventh to take back the lead. In the final three innings, only two Wolfpack batters were able to reach base.
SCORING RECAP
- T1 | Drew Compton drove in Luke Waddell with a single to right field (1-0 GT, 1 out)
- T1 | Justyn-Henry Malloy was brought home from third with Colin Hall's single to right field (2-0 GT, 1 out)
- B1 | Tresh belted a solo shot over the left field wall (2-1 GT, 2 out)
- B3 | Murr went yard to left field (2-2, 2 out)
- B4 | Tresh led off the side with a home run to left center (3-2 ST, 0 out)
- T6 | Compton led off with a double, and a balk and wild pitch brought him across home plate (3-3, 1 out)
- T7 | Waddell blasted a three-run home run to left field (6-3 GT, 0 out)
- T7 | Malloy homered to left field (7-3 GT, 0 out)
- T7 | Kevin Parada went yard to left field (8-3 GT, 0 out)
OF NOTE
- Tresh leads the team with three home runs on the year, and is the first player since Patrick Bailey on Feb. 28, 2020 to hit two homers in a single game.
- It was the second time this season the team has hit three home runs in one game.
- Starting pitcher Sam Highfill matched his season high in strikeouts with seven in his six innings of work.
- Butler has reached base safely in 24 of his last 25 games, dating back to the 2019 season.
- McDonough extended his reached base streak to 22 games, which dates back to last year.
- Tresh has tallied at least one hit in his last 10 games, dating back to the 2020 season.
ON DECK
Sunday, Feb. 28 • vs. Georgia Tech • 1 PM
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Dalton Smith (1-1)
L: Klyman, Kent (1-2)
S: Jackson Finley (1)
Batting:
2B: Drew Compton 1
HR: Luke Waddell 1 ; Justyn-Henry Malloy 1 ; Kevin Parada 1
RBI: Luke Waddell 3 ; Justyn-Henry Malloy 1 ; Kevin Parada 1 ; Drew Compton 1 ; Colin Hall 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Luke Waddell 2 ; Justyn-Henry Malloy 2 ; Kevin Parada 1 ; Drew Compton 1 ; Tres Gonzalez 1 ; Austin Wilhite 1
HBP: Austin Wilhite 1
Batting:
2B: Murr, Austin 1
HR: Murr, Austin 1 ; Tresh, Luca 2
RBI: Murr, Austin 1 ; Tresh, Luca 2
Base Running:
RUNS: Murr, Austin 1 ; Tresh, Luca 2
Game Leaders
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