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No. 23 #Pack9 Drops Hard-Fought Battle With No. 9 Seminoles In Series Finale
5/22/2021 6:13:00 PM | Baseball
RALEIGH – No. 23 NC State baseball (28-15, 19-14 ACC) dropped a hard-fought battle with No. 9 Florida State (29-21, 20-16 ACC) on Saturday afternoon in the series finale between the squads at Doak Field at Dail Park. The game was a slug fest that ultimately ended in the Seminoles' favor with a 15-11 result as they managed to avoid the sweep.
The Wolfpack finishes third overall in the Atlantic Coast Conference with a .576 win percentage, and locked up the No. 3 seed in next week's ACC Championship. The squad finished with six ACC series wins, including four over ranked opponents, and earned four series sweeps in the regular season.
FSU struck first for the second straight game when Matheu Nelson launched a two-run home run over the left field tall in the first, but the Pack cut into its deficit when Tyler McDonough roped a one-out double to right field and then scored on Jonny Butler's single to shallow right center in the bottom frame.
Jackson Greene extended FSU's lead to 5-1 in the fourth when he belted a three-run homer to left field, but NC State battled back in the bottom half of the inning with a pair of runs on three consecutive hits by Jose Torres, Devonte Brown and Vojtech Mensik to make it 5-3.
The Pack took its first lead of the game in the fifth, plating three runs on as many hits. McDonough led off the side with his second double of the game, and after an error put him at third he scored on Luca Tresh's sac fly to right field. Terrell Tatum and Jose Torres then went yard in back-to-back at-bats to give NC State a 6-5 advantage.
In the sixth, Florida State managed to load the bases on two outs via a hit and two walks, and then a single by Logan Lacey to center field and Wolfpack error cleared the bases. NC State responded in its half of the inning with five runs to take an 11-8 lead thanks two Butler's two-run double to right center, Tatum's second home run in as many at-bats and a J.T. Jarrett bases-loaded walk.
The Seminoles made it a one-run game in the seventh when Robby Martin hit a leadoff homer and Greene walked in a run, and then tied it up in the eighth on Nelson's leadoff home run. In the ninth FSU plated four runs on three hits to make it 15-11, and the Pack was unable to answer late to ultimately suffer the loss.
SCORING RECAP
OF NOTE
May 25-30 · ACC Championship · Charlotte, N.C.
The Wolfpack finishes third overall in the Atlantic Coast Conference with a .576 win percentage, and locked up the No. 3 seed in next week's ACC Championship. The squad finished with six ACC series wins, including four over ranked opponents, and earned four series sweeps in the regular season.
FSU struck first for the second straight game when Matheu Nelson launched a two-run home run over the left field tall in the first, but the Pack cut into its deficit when Tyler McDonough roped a one-out double to right field and then scored on Jonny Butler's single to shallow right center in the bottom frame.
Jackson Greene extended FSU's lead to 5-1 in the fourth when he belted a three-run homer to left field, but NC State battled back in the bottom half of the inning with a pair of runs on three consecutive hits by Jose Torres, Devonte Brown and Vojtech Mensik to make it 5-3.
The Pack took its first lead of the game in the fifth, plating three runs on as many hits. McDonough led off the side with his second double of the game, and after an error put him at third he scored on Luca Tresh's sac fly to right field. Terrell Tatum and Jose Torres then went yard in back-to-back at-bats to give NC State a 6-5 advantage.
In the sixth, Florida State managed to load the bases on two outs via a hit and two walks, and then a single by Logan Lacey to center field and Wolfpack error cleared the bases. NC State responded in its half of the inning with five runs to take an 11-8 lead thanks two Butler's two-run double to right center, Tatum's second home run in as many at-bats and a J.T. Jarrett bases-loaded walk.
The Seminoles made it a one-run game in the seventh when Robby Martin hit a leadoff homer and Greene walked in a run, and then tied it up in the eighth on Nelson's leadoff home run. In the ninth FSU plated four runs on three hits to make it 15-11, and the Pack was unable to answer late to ultimately suffer the loss.
SCORING RECAP
- T1: Nelson hit a two-run home run to left field (FSU 2, NCSU 0 – 1 out)
- B1: McDonough scored from second on Butler's single to right center (FSU 2, NCSU 1 – 1 out)
- T4: Greene hit a three-run home run to left field (FSU 5, NCSU 1 – 1 out)
- B4: Brown drove in Torres from first with a double to left center (FSU 5, NCSU 2 – 1 out)
- B4: Mensik brought Brown around from second with a single through the right side (FSU 5, NCSU 3 – 1 out)
- B5: McDonough scored on Tresh's sac fly to right field (FSU 5, NCSU 4 – 1 out)
- B5: Tatum went yard to left center (NCSU 5, FSU 5 – 2 outs)
- B5: Torres homered to left field (NCSU 6, FSU 5 – 2 outs)
- T6: Lacey's bases-loaded single to center field and a Wolfpack error scored De Sedas, Greene and T. Martin (FSU 8, NCSU 6 – 2 outs)
- B6: Butler's double to right center drove in Jarrett and McDonough at the corners (NCSU 8, FU 8 – 1 out)
- B6: Tatum crushed a two-run home run to center field (NCSU 10, FSU 8 – 2 outs)
- B6: Jarrett drew a bases-loaded walk (NCSU 11, FSU 8 – 2 outs)
- T7: R. Martin hit a leadoff homer to center field (NCSU 11, FSU 9 – no outs)
- T7: Greene drew a bases-loaded walk (NCSU 11, FSU 10 – 1 out)
- T8: Nelson hit a leadoff homer to center field (NCSU 11, FSU 11 – no outs)
- T9: Lacey's single to center field scored Greene from second (FSU 12, NCSU 11 – 2 outs)
- T9: T. Martin scored on a wild pitch (FSU 13, NCSU 11 – 2 outs)
- T9: Cabell's single through the left side drove in Nelson and Lacey (FSU 15, NCSU 11 – 2 outs)
OF NOTE
- Butler turned in his 11th consecutive multi-hit game with a 2-for-6 performance, and finished the regular season with a conference-best .406 batting average.
- Tatum turned in his third multi-homer game of the season as he went 2-for-5 with a team-high three RBIs.
- Torres went 3-for-5 in the game to lead the team, while Brown and Mensik turned in two hits apiece.
- NC State has hit at least one home run in 34 of 43 games this year, and has hit two or more in 11 of its last 13 games.
- Saturday's loss snapped a seven-game win streak, which was the Pack's longest streak of the season.
May 25-30 · ACC Championship · Charlotte, N.C.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Clayton Kwiatkowski (2-2)
L: Silver, Canaan (0-2)
Batting:
2B: Matheu Nelson 1 ; Dylan Simmons 1
HR: Matheu Nelson 2 ; Robby Martin 1 ; Jackson Greene 1
RBI: Logan Lacey 3 ; Matheu Nelson 3 ; Robby Martin 1 ; Elijah Cabell 2 ; Jackson Greene 4
Base Running:
RUNS: Tyler Martin 3 ; Logan Lacey 1 ; Matheu Nelson 3 ; Robby Martin 1 ; Nico Baldor 1 ; Vince Smith 1 ; Nander De Sedas 2 ; Jackson Greene 3
HBP: Nander De Sedas 1
Batting:
2B: McDonough, Tyler 2 ; Butler, Jonny 1 ; Brown, Devonte 1
HR: Tatum, Terrell 2 ; Torres, Jose 1
RBI: Butler, Jonny 2 ; Tresh, Luca 1 ; Tatum, Terrell 3 ; Torres, Jose 1 ; Brown, Devonte 1 ; Mensik, Vojtech 1 ; Jarrett, J.T. 1
SH: Tatum, Terrell 1 ; Mensik, Vojtech 1
SF: Tresh, Luca 1
Base Running:
RUNS: McDonough, Tyler 3 ; Butler, Jonny 1 ; Tatum, Terrell 2 ; Torres, Jose 3 ; Brown, Devonte 1 ; Jarrett, J.T. 1
HBP: Murr, Austin 1
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