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#Pack9 Sweeps Series With Pair Of Sunday Wins Over Hokies
4/25/2021 8:30:00 PM | Baseball
RALEIGH – NC State baseball (19-13, 12-12 ACC) picked up a pair of wins on Sunday afternoon over No. 15 Virginia Tech (21-15, 15-12 ACC) at Doak Field at Dail Park to earn its third ACC series sweep of the season.
The Wolfpack opened the doubleheader with an 11-3 win and then held off a late rally to capture a 7-6 victory in game two, handing the Hokies their first series sweep loss of the season
GAME ONE
The Pack scored nine of its 11 runs in the first four innings and maintained its commanding lead the remainder of the game.
In the first, NC State jumped out to a 3-0 lead thanks to a bases-loaded groundout by Jose Torres and a two-run single to shallow left field by Terrell Tatum with runners in scoring position.
The Hokies responded with a run in the second inning with Nick Biddison's sacrifice fly to right field.
The Pack plated three more runs on two outs in its half of the second thanks to Jonny Butler's bases-loaded 2-RBI single through the right side followed by Torres's RBI single to left center with runners at the corners.
In the third Devonte Brown drew a one-out walk and moved to second on a sacrifice bunt, and then back-to-back hits by Austin Murr and Tyler McDonough to left field scored a pair of runs to give NC State an 8-1 lead.
Butler led off the bottom of the fourth with a home run to center field, his fifth of the season, and then plated another run in the sixth on Brown's two-out infield single to give the Pack a 10-1 lead.
Tech managed to score a pair of runs on six hits to cut its deficit to 10-3 in the seventh, but Butler crushed his second leadoff homer of the game over the center field wall in the eighth to swing the momentum back in the Pack's favor for the final outs of the contest.
GAME TWO
The squads traded runs in four of the five first innings of the second game. Virginia Tech struck first thanks to back-to-back RBI doubles by Cade Swisher and Biddison in the second inning.
The Pack answered in the bottom frame when Torres led off with a triple to right field and then scored on Brown's ground-rule double to right field.
In the third, Tanner Schobel gave the Hokies its two-run lead back with a solo shot to left field, but McDonough answered with a solo shot of his own for his seventh of the year.
An RBI double by Tech's Biddison and RBI single by J.T. Jarrett in the fourth, followed by TJ Rumfield's double and McDonough's second homer of the game in the fifth inning made the score a narrow 5-4 decision.
Torres came up clutch in the seventh when he laced a one-out double with runners at first and second to give the Pack its first lead of the contest. Brown then drove in Torres from third with a sacrifice fly to center field to make the score 7-5.
Schobel homered for the second time in the contest to make it a one-run game in the ninth, but Tech's rally fell short and was unable to salvage the series.
SCORING RECAP
Game One
Game Two
OF NOTE
ON DECK
Tuesday, April 27 · @ Appalachian State · 5 PM
The Wolfpack opened the doubleheader with an 11-3 win and then held off a late rally to capture a 7-6 victory in game two, handing the Hokies their first series sweep loss of the season
GAME ONE
The Pack scored nine of its 11 runs in the first four innings and maintained its commanding lead the remainder of the game.
In the first, NC State jumped out to a 3-0 lead thanks to a bases-loaded groundout by Jose Torres and a two-run single to shallow left field by Terrell Tatum with runners in scoring position.
The Hokies responded with a run in the second inning with Nick Biddison's sacrifice fly to right field.
The Pack plated three more runs on two outs in its half of the second thanks to Jonny Butler's bases-loaded 2-RBI single through the right side followed by Torres's RBI single to left center with runners at the corners.
In the third Devonte Brown drew a one-out walk and moved to second on a sacrifice bunt, and then back-to-back hits by Austin Murr and Tyler McDonough to left field scored a pair of runs to give NC State an 8-1 lead.
Butler led off the bottom of the fourth with a home run to center field, his fifth of the season, and then plated another run in the sixth on Brown's two-out infield single to give the Pack a 10-1 lead.
Tech managed to score a pair of runs on six hits to cut its deficit to 10-3 in the seventh, but Butler crushed his second leadoff homer of the game over the center field wall in the eighth to swing the momentum back in the Pack's favor for the final outs of the contest.
GAME TWO
The squads traded runs in four of the five first innings of the second game. Virginia Tech struck first thanks to back-to-back RBI doubles by Cade Swisher and Biddison in the second inning.
The Pack answered in the bottom frame when Torres led off with a triple to right field and then scored on Brown's ground-rule double to right field.
In the third, Tanner Schobel gave the Hokies its two-run lead back with a solo shot to left field, but McDonough answered with a solo shot of his own for his seventh of the year.
An RBI double by Tech's Biddison and RBI single by J.T. Jarrett in the fourth, followed by TJ Rumfield's double and McDonough's second homer of the game in the fifth inning made the score a narrow 5-4 decision.
Torres came up clutch in the seventh when he laced a one-out double with runners at first and second to give the Pack its first lead of the contest. Brown then drove in Torres from third with a sacrifice fly to center field to make the score 7-5.
Schobel homered for the second time in the contest to make it a one-run game in the ninth, but Tech's rally fell short and was unable to salvage the series.
SCORING RECAP
Game One
- B1: Torres drove in Murr from third with a bases-loaded groundout to the shortstop (NCSU 1, VT 0 – 1 out)
- B1: Tatum's blooper to shallow left field scored McDonough and Tresh from second and third (NCSU 3, VT 0 – 2 outs)
- T2: Biddison's sacrifice fly to right field brought TJ Rumfield across home plate (NCSU 3, VT 1 – 1 out)
- B2: Butler drove in McDonough and Jarrett with his bases-loaded single through the right side (NCSU 5, VT 1 – 2 outs)
- B2: Tresh scored from third on Torres's single to left center (NCSU 6, VT 1 – 2 outs)
- B3: Murr's single to left field and a VT error brought Brown around from second (7 NCSU, VT 1 – 2 outs)
- B3: McDonough's second double of the day to left field drove in Murr from second (8 NCSU, 1 VT – 2 outs)
- B4: Butler led off with a home run to center field (NCSU 9, VT 1 – no outs)
- B6: Brown beat the throw by VT's third baseman for a single, and as the first baseman threw to second Butler scored from third (NCSU 10, VT 1 – 2 outs)
- T7: Madden drove in Gavin Cross from third with a single through the right side (NCSU 10, VT 2 – no outs)
- T7: Biddison's single to center field drove in Rumfield from third (NCSU 10, VT 3 – 2 outs)
- B8: Butler crushed his second leadoff home run of the game to center field (NCSU 11, VT 3 – no outs)
Game Two
- T2: Swisher doubled to left field to knock in Rumfield from second (1 VT, 0 NCSU – 2 outs)
- T2: Biddison's double to left center allowed Swisher to cross home plate (2 VT, NCSU 0 – 2 outs)
- B2: Torres scored from third on Brown's ground-rule double to right field (2 VT, 1 NCSU – no outs)
- T3: Schobel homered to left field (VT 3, NCSU 1 – 1 out)
- B3: McDonough homered to center field (VT 3, NCSU 2 – 1 out)
- T4: Biddison drove Madden in from third with a double off the center field wall (VT 4, NCSU 2 – 2 outs)
- B4: Jarrett's single to right center scored Torres from third (VT 4, NCSU 3 – 1 out)
- T5: Rumfield's double off the left field wall drove in Cross from first (VT 5, NCSU 3 – 2 otus)
- B5: McDonough crushed his second home run of the game to left field (VT 5, NCSU 4 – no outs)
- B7: Torres cleared the bases, scoring McDonough and Tresh, with a double to left field (NCSU 6, VT 5 – 1 out)
- B7: Brown's sacrifice fly to center field allowed Torres to cross home plate (NCSU 7, VT 5 – 1 out)
- T9: Schobel homered for the second time in the game to left center (NCSU 7, VT 6 – 1 out)
OF NOTE
- In game one the squad tallied double-digit hits for the 14th time and put up double-digit runs for the eighth time this year.
- McDonough extended his reached base streak to 49 games, which is the third longest for a Wolfpack player since 1999.
- Butler and McDonough both turned in career-high two homer outings in the doubleheader. The team has belted at least one home run in 24 of its 32 games this year, and has hit two or more on 13 separate occasions.
- McDonough is tied with Luca Tresh with a team-leading eight homers this season.
- Butler matched his career high in hits with his 4-for-5 performance in game one, while Torres went a career-best 4-for-4 with three doubles and a triple in game two.
- Reid Johnston (4-2) picked up the win on the mound in game one after throwing six complete innings and surrendering just one hit and one run.
- Dalton Feeney tallied a career-best five strikeouts in the final 2.1 innings of game one.
- Evan Justice (3-2) earned the win in game two as he tossed the final three innings and yielded two hits and a run.
ON DECK
Tuesday, April 27 · @ Appalachian State · 5 PM
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Johnston, Reid (4-2)
L: Anthony Simonelli (4-1)
Batting:
2B: Gavin Cross 1 ; Cade Swisher 1
RBI: Kevin Madden 1 ; Nick Biddison 2
SF: Nick Biddison 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Gavin Cross 1 ; TJ Rumfield 2
Batting:
2B: McDonough, Tyler 2
HR: Butler, Jonny 2
RBI: Murr, Austin 1 ; McDonough, Tyler 1 ; Butler, Jonny 4 ; Torres, Jose 2 ; Tatum, Terrell 2
SH: Jarrett, J.T. 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Murr, Austin 2 ; McDonough, Tyler 2 ; Tresh, Luca 2 ; Butler, Jonny 3 ; Brown, Devonte 1 ; Jarrett, J.T. 1
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