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Offense Highlights Saturday Matchup Against Georgia Tech
3/6/2021 9:56:00 PM | Softball
RALEIGH, N.C. – It was an offense-powered day for the NC State softball team as the Wolfpack scored a total of 18 runs in a doubleheader against Georgia Tech. NC State (10-3, 6-3 ACC) split the day, including a seventh-inning walk off victory in game one. The Wolfpack won the opening game of the day, 8-7, before dropping a tough 12-10 matchup in game two.
Angie Rizzi led NC State, going 2-for-4 on the day with a home run, three RBI and four walks. The senior also stole three bases. Six different players for NC State recorded at least three hits between the two games combined, including three hits by Randi Farricker in the Wolfpack win.
NC State used all five of its pitchers on Saturday, with Abby Trahan picking up the win in game one. Trahan (5-1) entered in relief in the fifth inning and would not allow a run through her 2.1 innings pitched.
GAME 1 RECAP
Similar to Friday's win, the Wolfpack would play from behind early as Georgia Tech went up 4-0 in the top of the first. An RBI single in the first by Tatyana Forbes, followed by a solo home run from Farricker in the second would cut Tech's lead to two, 4-2.
After NC State tied the game in the third, Georgia Tech would build up a three-run lead, 7-4, on an RBI double and a two-run home run. The Wolfpack got one back on its own RBI double, this one coming from Farricker.
Farricker also came up big with a lead off home run to open the bottom of the seventh. As a pinch hitter with one out, Brigette Nordberg sent a fly out to right field, advancing pinch runner Laine Marak to third. Marak tied the game on a throwing error by the right fielder seconds before Same Russ hit her second walk off home run of the season, winning NC State's sixth-straight game.
GAME 2 RECAP
It was another high scoring affair, with both teams scoring a combined five runs in the first inning. Georgia Tech would score another three in the second for a 5-3 lead in the game. Morris tied the game in the third inning with a two-RBI single before a huge fourth inning put NC State up 10-6.
The five run fourth inning came thanks to back-to-back RBI singles by Russ and Forbes, while Rizzi then hit her fifth home run of the season. Down to two outs in the top of the seventh, Georgia Tech extended several long at bats, scoring four hits on six runs including a grand slam.
OF NOTE
UP NEXT
NC State will have a chance to win the series Sunday in the final game of the weekend against Georgia Tech. The game is scheduled to be played at 12 p.m. and will be broadcast on ACCNX.
Angie Rizzi led NC State, going 2-for-4 on the day with a home run, three RBI and four walks. The senior also stole three bases. Six different players for NC State recorded at least three hits between the two games combined, including three hits by Randi Farricker in the Wolfpack win.
NC State used all five of its pitchers on Saturday, with Abby Trahan picking up the win in game one. Trahan (5-1) entered in relief in the fifth inning and would not allow a run through her 2.1 innings pitched.
GAME 1 RECAP
Similar to Friday's win, the Wolfpack would play from behind early as Georgia Tech went up 4-0 in the top of the first. An RBI single in the first by Tatyana Forbes, followed by a solo home run from Farricker in the second would cut Tech's lead to two, 4-2.
After NC State tied the game in the third, Georgia Tech would build up a three-run lead, 7-4, on an RBI double and a two-run home run. The Wolfpack got one back on its own RBI double, this one coming from Farricker.
Farricker also came up big with a lead off home run to open the bottom of the seventh. As a pinch hitter with one out, Brigette Nordberg sent a fly out to right field, advancing pinch runner Laine Marak to third. Marak tied the game on a throwing error by the right fielder seconds before Same Russ hit her second walk off home run of the season, winning NC State's sixth-straight game.
GAME 2 RECAP
It was another high scoring affair, with both teams scoring a combined five runs in the first inning. Georgia Tech would score another three in the second for a 5-3 lead in the game. Morris tied the game in the third inning with a two-RBI single before a huge fourth inning put NC State up 10-6.
The five run fourth inning came thanks to back-to-back RBI singles by Russ and Forbes, while Rizzi then hit her fifth home run of the season. Down to two outs in the top of the seventh, Georgia Tech extended several long at bats, scoring four hits on six runs including a grand slam.
OF NOTE
- Farricker's two home runs in the first game where the first multi-home run game for an NC State player this season.
- Rizzi and Morris lead NC State in RBI with 16 and 14, respectively. The pair has notched double-digit RBI in just 13 games this season.
- NC State totaled four home runs between the two games, including three in the win. The first game of the double header marked the eighth game of the season for NC State with two or more home runs.
UP NEXT
NC State will have a chance to win the series Sunday in the final game of the weekend against Georgia Tech. The game is scheduled to be played at 12 p.m. and will be broadcast on ACCNX.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Trahan, Abby (5-1)
L: Madison McPherson (0-4)
Batting:
2B: Jin Sileo 1 ; Bailee Zeitler 1
HR: Cameron Stanford 1
RBI: Cameron Stanford 2 ; Tricia Awald 1 ; Kennedy Cowden 1 ; Jin Sileo 1 ; Bailee Zeitler 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Breanna Roper 2 ; Cameron Stanford 2 ; Tricia Awald 1 ; Crosby Huckabay 2
HBP: Crosby Huckabay 2 ; Kennedy Cowden 1
Batting:
2B: Farricker, Randi 1
HR: Russ, Sam 1 ; Farricker, Randi 2
RBI: Russ, Sam 1 ; Forbes, Tatyana 1 ; Gress, Sam 1 ; Farricker, Randi 3
SH: Visser, April 2 ; Lambrecht, Kaylee 2
Base Running:
RUNS: Russ, Sam 2 ; Rizzi, Angie 1 ; Morris, Logan 1 ; Gress, Sam 1 ; Farricker, Randi 2 ; Marak, Laine 1
SB: Russ, Sam 1 ; Forbes, Tatyana 1 ; Rizzi, Angie 2 ; Gress, Sam 1
CS: Sack, Sam 1
HBP: Morris, Logan 1 ; Sack, Sam 2 ; Visser, April 1
Game Leaders
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