Saturday, April 17
South Bend, Ind. (Frank Eck Stadium)
2 PM
NC State
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Pack9 Evens Series With 5-2 Win Over No. 7 Notre Dame
4/17/2021 5:30:00 PM | Baseball
SOUTH BEND, Ind. – NC State baseball (16-12, 9-11 ACC) plated runs in each of the first three innings en route to a 5-2 win over seventh-ranked Notre Dame (17-7, 15-7 ACC) on Saturday afternoon at Frank Eck Stadium.
With the win, the Wolfpack evened the series to force a rubber game Sunday.
The Pack quickly scored two in the first thanks to a Luca Tresh RBI single and Jose Torres sacrifice fly on one out, then added runs in the second and third on an RBI groundout and a single by Torres with a runner in scoring position, respectively, to take a four-run lead.
Notre Dame was quiet until the sixth when it managed to get runners on with two outs, and then Carter Putz delivered with a 2-RBI double to cut into his team's deficit. Just three Irish batters were able to reach base through the first five innings.
Devonte Brown answered in the eighth when he led off with an opposite field home run to right field, his fifth of the year, giving the Pack a late 5-2 advantage.
In each of the final three innings, the Irish could only get one runner into scoring position thanks to a dominant relief appearance by Evan Justice. The southpaw tossed the final 3.1 innings of the contest, yielding just two hits and fanning four to pick up his second save of the year.
SCORING RECAP
OF NOTE
ON DECK
Sunday, April 18 · at Notre Dame · 1 PM
With the win, the Wolfpack evened the series to force a rubber game Sunday.
The Pack quickly scored two in the first thanks to a Luca Tresh RBI single and Jose Torres sacrifice fly on one out, then added runs in the second and third on an RBI groundout and a single by Torres with a runner in scoring position, respectively, to take a four-run lead.
Notre Dame was quiet until the sixth when it managed to get runners on with two outs, and then Carter Putz delivered with a 2-RBI double to cut into his team's deficit. Just three Irish batters were able to reach base through the first five innings.
Devonte Brown answered in the eighth when he led off with an opposite field home run to right field, his fifth of the year, giving the Pack a late 5-2 advantage.
In each of the final three innings, the Irish could only get one runner into scoring position thanks to a dominant relief appearance by Evan Justice. The southpaw tossed the final 3.1 innings of the contest, yielding just two hits and fanning four to pick up his second save of the year.
SCORING RECAP
- T1: Tresh brought Tyler McDonough around from second with his single up the middle (1-0 NCSU, 1 out)
- T1: Torres drove Austin Murr in from third with his sacrifice fly to center field (2-0 NCSU, 1 out)
- T2: Brown crossed home plate on Tatum's groundout to second (3-0 NCSU, 1 out)
- T3: Torres laced a single to left field to score Murr from second (4-0 NCSU, 1 out)
- B6: Putz's 2-RBI double to right center plated Niko Kavadas and Ryan Cole from first and second (4-2 NCSU, 2 outs)
- T8: Brown led off the inning with a home run to right field (5-2 NCSU, no outs)
OF NOTE
- McDonough extended his reached base streak to 45 games which dates back to the 2020 season. It is the longest streak currently held by an ACC player.
- Brown is currently on a team-best eight-game hit streak and has tallied four hits in the series.
- Brown and Murr led the team at the plate with two hits apiece, while Torres paced the squad with two runs batted in.
- NC State has hit at least one home run in 21 of its 28 games this year.
- Starting pitcher Sam Highfill (3-2) earned the win on the mound as surrendered two earned runs on three hits in his 5.2 innings of work.
ON DECK
Sunday, April 18 · at Notre Dame · 1 PM
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Highfill, Sam (3-2)
L: John M Bertrand (3-1)
S: Justice, Evan (2)
Batting:
2B: Murr, Austin 1 ; Brown, Devonte 1
HR: Brown, Devonte 1
RBI: Tresh, Luca 1 ; Torres, Jose 2 ; Brown, Devonte 1 ; Tatum, Terrell 1
SF: Torres, Jose 1
Base Running:
RUNS: McDonough, Tyler 1 ; Murr, Austin 2 ; Brown, Devonte 2
CS: Mensik, Vojtech 1
Batting:
2B: Carter Putz 1 ; Jack Brannigan 1
RBI: Carter Putz 2
Base Running:
RUNS: Ryan Cole 1 ; Niko Kavadas 1
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