Baseball Suffers Hard-Fought Loss To Louisville

Saturday, March 20

Raleigh, N.C.

2 PM

NC State

4-8, 1-7

#7 Louisville

13-5, 6-2

Louisville

NC State

3/20/2021 6:42:00 PM | Baseball

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RALEIGH – NC State baseball (4-8, 1-7 ACC) suffered a hard-fought loss to No. 7 Louisville (13-5, 6-2 ACC), 6-3, on Saturday afternoon at Doak Field at Dail Park.

Similar to game one of the weekend, the Cardinals scored a pair of runs early on and managed to hang on to its lead until the end.

Down 3-0 heading into the fourth inning, Terrell Tatum got the Wolfpack on the board with a solo shot to center field, then Jose Torres cut its deficit to one in the fifth with an RBI triple.

Louisville was able to regain its three-run lead back by plating runs in the sixth and seventh.

In the eighth, the Pack looked to make a comeback and was on the brink of flipping the script of the ball game. Torres got things going with a leadoff homer to left field, then a pair of hits and a walk loaded the bases up with no outs. With two outs in the frame Devonte Brown roped a 2-2 pitch to deep left field, but Louisville's Trey Leonard made the catch at the warning track to end the threat.

The Cards put up an insurance run in the ninth by way of Cameron Masterman's RBI double to left field to ultimately win the game and take the series.

SCORING RECAP

T2: Lucas Dunn drove in Masterman with his sacrifice fly to right field (1-0 UL, 1 out)
T2: Levi Usher crossed home plate on Christian Knapczyk's base hit through the left side (2-0 UL, two outs)
T3: Henry Davis scored from third on a Wolfpack throwing error (3-0 UL, 1 out)
B4: Tatum launched a solo home run to center field (3-1 UL, 2 outs)
B5: Torres knocked in Noah Soles with a triple to right field (3-2 UL, 2 outs)
T6: Usher scored on a Wolfpack throwing error (4-2 UL, 2 outs)
T7: Leonard's hard-hit single to second base allowed Luke Brown to cross home plate (5-2 UL, 1 out)
B8: Torres led off the side with a home run over the left field wall (5-3 UL, no outs)
T9: Masterman drove in Davis with a double to right field (6-3 UL, 2 outs)

OF NOTE

Tyler McDonough extended his reached base streak to 29 games, which dates back to the 2020 season.
Tatum and Torres both belted their second home runs of the season, marking the 10th time this year NC State has hit at least one home run in a contest.
Tatum and Torres both went 2-for-4 at the plate to lead the Pack offensively, while Torres drove in a team-high two RBIs.

ON DECK
March 21 · vs. Louisville · 11 AM