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#Pack9 Suffers First Loss Of The Season At Campbell
3/2/2022 9:20:00 PM | Baseball
BUIES CREEK, N.C. – No. 4 NC State baseball (8-1) suffered its first loss of the season on Wednesday night to Campbell (3-6), 7-4, at Jim Perry Stadium in Buies Creek, N.C.
Despite scoring a combined three runs in the first and second innings, the Camels managed to answer with runs in the second and fifth innings and hold their lead until the final out. It was the first time this season the Wolfpack has been held to single digit hits and the second time it has been held to single digit runs.
Devonte Brown scored the first run of the game on Josh Hood's RBI groundout after back-to-back Campbell errors put him at third to start the game.
In the second the Pack extended its lead to 3-0 thanks to a hit-by-pitch and wild pitch with the bases loaded, but Campbell responded with a pair of runs to cut the deficit to one with Drake Pierson's RBI double and Lawson Harrill's RBI single after Zach Williams drew a one-out walk to start the side.
The Camels took their first lead of the night in the fifth to make it 5-3. After a walk and single put Pierson at second a hit and error on a sacrifice attempt brought him home, and then Waldy Arias drove in two more runs with a double down the left field line.
A bases-loaded sac fly in the sixth extended Campbell's lead to three, but Brown answered in the seventh with a solo shot to left field, his third home run of the year, to make it 6-4.
NC State was able to put the go ahead run at the plate in the eighth after Payton Green drew a two-out walk and pinch hitter Matt Oldham singled to right field, but a fly out ended the threat. The Camels then added an insurance run in the bottom frame on Ty Babin's RBI single with runners at first and second.
Once again, the Pack looked to rally back in its final three outs, loading the bases up on one out with a leadoff single by Tommy White and a pair of walks from LuJames Groover III and Hood, but back-to-back strikeouts left the runners stranded to end the game.
Eddie Eisert led the offense with a 2-for-4 outing, his second multi-hit performance of the year, while Brown led the team with two runs batted in. White extended his hit streak to nine and continues to lead the NCAA in hits with 21.
On the mound, eight different pitchers made an appearance and combined for nine strikeouts.
NC State returns to action this weekend when it hosts Northeastern in a three-game series at Doak Field at Dail Park. The teams will play Friday at 3 p.m., Saturday at 2 p.m. and Sunday at 1 p.m., with all three games being broadcast on the ACCNX with an audio stream on WKNC 88.1 and the Varsity Network App.
Despite scoring a combined three runs in the first and second innings, the Camels managed to answer with runs in the second and fifth innings and hold their lead until the final out. It was the first time this season the Wolfpack has been held to single digit hits and the second time it has been held to single digit runs.
Devonte Brown scored the first run of the game on Josh Hood's RBI groundout after back-to-back Campbell errors put him at third to start the game.
In the second the Pack extended its lead to 3-0 thanks to a hit-by-pitch and wild pitch with the bases loaded, but Campbell responded with a pair of runs to cut the deficit to one with Drake Pierson's RBI double and Lawson Harrill's RBI single after Zach Williams drew a one-out walk to start the side.
The Camels took their first lead of the night in the fifth to make it 5-3. After a walk and single put Pierson at second a hit and error on a sacrifice attempt brought him home, and then Waldy Arias drove in two more runs with a double down the left field line.
A bases-loaded sac fly in the sixth extended Campbell's lead to three, but Brown answered in the seventh with a solo shot to left field, his third home run of the year, to make it 6-4.
NC State was able to put the go ahead run at the plate in the eighth after Payton Green drew a two-out walk and pinch hitter Matt Oldham singled to right field, but a fly out ended the threat. The Camels then added an insurance run in the bottom frame on Ty Babin's RBI single with runners at first and second.
Once again, the Pack looked to rally back in its final three outs, loading the bases up on one out with a leadoff single by Tommy White and a pair of walks from LuJames Groover III and Hood, but back-to-back strikeouts left the runners stranded to end the game.
Eddie Eisert led the offense with a 2-for-4 outing, his second multi-hit performance of the year, while Brown led the team with two runs batted in. White extended his hit streak to nine and continues to lead the NCAA in hits with 21.
On the mound, eight different pitchers made an appearance and combined for nine strikeouts.
NC State returns to action this weekend when it hosts Northeastern in a three-game series at Doak Field at Dail Park. The teams will play Friday at 3 p.m., Saturday at 2 p.m. and Sunday at 1 p.m., with all three games being broadcast on the ACCNX with an audio stream on WKNC 88.1 and the Varsity Network App.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: CUMMINGS, Ty (1-0)
L: Whitaker, Logan (1-1)
S: NETO, Zach (1)
Batting:
HR: Brown, Devonte 1
RBI: Brown, Devonte 2 ; Groover III, LuJames 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Brown, Devonte 2 ; Marcy, Will 1 ; Cozart, Jacob 1
SB: Marcy, Will 1
HBP: Brown, Devonte 1
Batting:
2B: PIERSON, Drake 1 ; ARIAS, Waldy 1
RBI: PIERSON, Drake 1 ; HARRILL, Lawson 1 ; BABIN, Ty 2 ; ARIAS, Waldy 2
SF: BABIN, Ty 1
Base Running:
RUNS: BELBIN, Jarrod 2 ; WILLIAMS, Zach 1 ; PIERSON, Drake 2 ; HARRILL, Lawson 1 ; BABIN, Ty 1
SB: PIERSON, Drake 1 ; HARRILL, Lawson 1
CS: ARNOLD, Bryce 1 ; THOMPSON, Dalen 1 ; BABIN, Ty 1
HBP: ARNOLD, Bryce 1 ; PIERSON, Drake 1
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