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#Pack9 Drops Rubber Match With Miami
3/7/2021 5:04:00 PM | Baseball
RALEIGH – No. 24 NC State baseball (4-6, 1-5 ACC) dropped its rubber match with sixth-ranked Miami (5-4, 3-3 ACC), 6-4, on Sunday afternoon at Doak Field at Dail Park.
The first three innings were scoreless with only a combined six batters reaching base between then squads. Then, Jonny Butler's two-run home run in the fourth and Tyler McDonough's RBI double in the fifth gave the Wolfpack a 3-0 advantage.
Starting pitcher Matt Willadsen put together five strong shutout innings of baseball, yielding just four hits and tallying four strikeouts up to that point. In the sixth, the Hurricanes put up five runs thanks to back-to-back-to-back home runs from its two through four hitters and a bases-loaded walk.
NC State battled back in its half of the sixth when Jose Torres scored Devonte Brown on a bases-loaded sacrifice fly, but Miami's Yohandy Morales responded when led off the seventh with his second homer in as many at bats.
Cooper King retired six consecutive batters in the final two innings to give the Pack offense a chance to come back, but the squad could only get one batter to reach base in the final six outs of the contest.
SCORING RECAP
OF NOTE
ON DECK
Friday, March 12 · @ Duke · 4 PM
Saturday, March 13 · @ Duke · 3 PM
Sunday, March 14 · @ Duke · 1 PM
The first three innings were scoreless with only a combined six batters reaching base between then squads. Then, Jonny Butler's two-run home run in the fourth and Tyler McDonough's RBI double in the fifth gave the Wolfpack a 3-0 advantage.
Starting pitcher Matt Willadsen put together five strong shutout innings of baseball, yielding just four hits and tallying four strikeouts up to that point. In the sixth, the Hurricanes put up five runs thanks to back-to-back-to-back home runs from its two through four hitters and a bases-loaded walk.
NC State battled back in its half of the sixth when Jose Torres scored Devonte Brown on a bases-loaded sacrifice fly, but Miami's Yohandy Morales responded when led off the seventh with his second homer in as many at bats.
Cooper King retired six consecutive batters in the final two innings to give the Pack offense a chance to come back, but the squad could only get one batter to reach base in the final six outs of the contest.
SCORING RECAP
- B4 | Butler crushed a two-run homer over the right field wall (2-0 ST, no outs)
- B5 | McDonough roped an RBI double to right field to drive in Austin Murr from third (3-0 ST, 1 out)
- T6 | Anthony Vilar launched a two-run home run to right field (3-2 ST, no outs)
- T6 | Morales went yard to center field (3-3, no outs)
- T6 | Adrian Del Castillo hit a solo shot down the right field line (4-3 UM, no outs)
- T6 | Jordan Lala drew a bases-loaded walk (5-3 UM, 2 outs)
- B6 | Brown crossed home plate on Torres's bases-loaded sacrifice fly to center field (5-4 UM, 1 out)
- T7 | Morales hit a leadoff homer to center field (6-4 UM, no outs)
OF NOTE
- Willadsen went a career-long five innings and struck out a career-best four batters in his first start of the season.
- Up until the sixth inning, Willadsen went 11 consecutive innings not giving up a run on the mound, which dated back to Feb. 27 against Georgia Tech.
- Austin Murr and Terrell Tatum led the team offensively with two hits apiece.
- McDonough extended his reached base streak to 27 games, which dates back to last season.
- Butler has reached base in 29 of his last 30 games, which dates back to the 2019 season.
- The team has hit at least one home run in nine of its 10 games this year.
ON DECK
Friday, March 12 · @ Duke · 4 PM
Saturday, March 13 · @ Duke · 3 PM
Sunday, March 14 · @ Duke · 1 PM
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Anthony Arguelles (3-0)
L: Villaman, Chris (0-2)
S: Carson Palmquist (4)
Batting:
HR: Anthony Vilar 1 ; Yohandy Morales 2 ; Adrian Del Castillo 1
RBI: Jordan Lala 1 ; Anthony Vilar 2 ; Yohandy Morales 2 ; Adrian Del Castillo 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Jordan Lala 1 ; Anthony Vilar 1 ; Yohandy Morales 2 ; Adrian Del Castillo 1 ; C. Del Castillo 1
SB: Jordan Lala 1 ; C. Del Castillo 1 ; Dominic Pitelli 1
CS: Tony Jenkins 1
Batting:
2B: McDonough, Tyler 1
HR: Butler, Jonny 1
RBI: McDonough, Tyler 1 ; Butler, Jonny 2 ; Torres, Jose 1
SF: Torres, Jose 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Murr, Austin 1 ; Tresh, Luca 1 ; Butler, Jonny 1 ; Brown, Devonte 1
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