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#Pack9 Set For Weekend Series At Clemson
3/31/2022 1:26:00 PM | Baseball
RALEIGH – No. 22 NC State baseball (16-8, 4-4 ACC) will remain on the road this weekend as it travels to Clemson (17-7, 1-4 ACC) for a three-game series at Doug Kingsmore Stadium in Clemson, S.C. The teams will play Friday and Saturday at 6 p.m. and Sunday at 1 p.m.
Friday and Sunday's games will be broadcast on ACCNX and Saturday's contest will air on the ACC Network with Mike Monaco and Gaby Sanchez on the call. All three games will additionally have an audio stream on WKNC 88.1 and the Varsity Network App.
STARTING PITCHERS
Friday – RHP Matt Willadsen (NCSU) vs. RHP Mack Anglin (CU)
Saturday – RHP Logan Whitaker (NCSU) vs. RHP Nick Hoffmann (CU)
Sunday – RHP Sam Highfill (NCSU) vs. RHP Nick Clayton (CU)
LAST TIME OUT
NC State extended its win streak to five thanks to a 2-0 victory, its second shutout of the season, at East Carolina on Tuesday.
J.T. Jarrett was responsible for bringing in both runs, a sacrifice squeeze play with a runner at third in the second inning and an RBI single in the fourth inning with runners in scoring position.
The pitching staff was stellar, holding the Pirates to just three hits in the contest. Starting pitcher Garrett Payne tossed 2.2 innings in his second start of the season to improve to 3-0, while Chris Villaman collected his third save in as many appearances and fourth of the year.
Through its last four games, the bullpen has been phenomenal as it has allowed just one run to score in 19.1 innings and has tallied 23 strikeouts.
SERIES HISTORY
NC State and Clemson have met 209 times in program history, with the Tigers owning a 120-88-1 advantage in the all-time series.
The last time the teams met was on April 2-4, 2021, in Raleigh, and Clemson won the first two games, 10-6 and 9-3, to take the series. The Pack salvaged the series with a 9-5 win in the finale.
The last time the squads played in Clemson, S.C., was on March 16-18, 2018, and NC State earned a series sweep with 4-0, 6-1 and 5-4 wins for the program's first-ever sweep at Clemson.
NC State has won three of the last four series meetings, dating back to 2017.
APPROACHING HISTORY
Tommy White has hit 12 home runs in 24 games. He is one away from tying the program's freshman record for most homers in a season and two away from breaking it.
The record was set by Patrick Bailey in 2018 with 13.
ON DECK
April 5 · vs. Campbell · 6 PM
Friday and Sunday's games will be broadcast on ACCNX and Saturday's contest will air on the ACC Network with Mike Monaco and Gaby Sanchez on the call. All three games will additionally have an audio stream on WKNC 88.1 and the Varsity Network App.
STARTING PITCHERS
Friday – RHP Matt Willadsen (NCSU) vs. RHP Mack Anglin (CU)
Saturday – RHP Logan Whitaker (NCSU) vs. RHP Nick Hoffmann (CU)
Sunday – RHP Sam Highfill (NCSU) vs. RHP Nick Clayton (CU)
LAST TIME OUT
NC State extended its win streak to five thanks to a 2-0 victory, its second shutout of the season, at East Carolina on Tuesday.
J.T. Jarrett was responsible for bringing in both runs, a sacrifice squeeze play with a runner at third in the second inning and an RBI single in the fourth inning with runners in scoring position.
The pitching staff was stellar, holding the Pirates to just three hits in the contest. Starting pitcher Garrett Payne tossed 2.2 innings in his second start of the season to improve to 3-0, while Chris Villaman collected his third save in as many appearances and fourth of the year.
Through its last four games, the bullpen has been phenomenal as it has allowed just one run to score in 19.1 innings and has tallied 23 strikeouts.
SERIES HISTORY
NC State and Clemson have met 209 times in program history, with the Tigers owning a 120-88-1 advantage in the all-time series.
The last time the teams met was on April 2-4, 2021, in Raleigh, and Clemson won the first two games, 10-6 and 9-3, to take the series. The Pack salvaged the series with a 9-5 win in the finale.
The last time the squads played in Clemson, S.C., was on March 16-18, 2018, and NC State earned a series sweep with 4-0, 6-1 and 5-4 wins for the program's first-ever sweep at Clemson.
NC State has won three of the last four series meetings, dating back to 2017.
APPROACHING HISTORY
Tommy White has hit 12 home runs in 24 games. He is one away from tying the program's freshman record for most homers in a season and two away from breaking it.
The record was set by Patrick Bailey in 2018 with 13.
ON DECK
April 5 · vs. Campbell · 6 PM
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