#Pack9 Returns Home Tuesday For Midweek Contest With UNCW
4/11/2022 1:53:00 PM | Baseball
RALEIGH – NC State baseball (19-11) will return home Tuesday following a six-game road swing as it welcomes UNCW (18-12) to Doak Field at Dail Park for a midweek contest. This will be the first of two meetings this season between the teams, with first pitch set for 6 p.m.
The game will be broadcast on ACCNX and there will be an audio stream on WKNC 88.1 and the Varsity Network App.
STARTING PITCHERS
RHP Garrett Payne (NCSU) vs. RHP Carter Holjes (UNCW)
LAST TIME OUT
NC State traveled to No. 23 Virginia Tech last weekend for a three-game series and dropped the first two games to suffer its first-ever series loss to the Hokies.
The Pack managed to salvage the series on Sunday with a 10-3 win to remain at .500 in conference play.
SERIES HISTORY
Tuesday will be the 94th meeting between NC State and UNCW, as the Pack leads the all-time series, 74-19.
The last time the teams met was on May 11, 2021, in Raleigh, and NC State captured a 9-1 victory.
NC State has won 17 of the last 18 meetings with the Seahawks.
TOMMY TANKS
Tommy White hit his 13th home run of the season on Sunday at Virginia Tech, which ties the program record for most homers in a season by a freshman that was set by Patrick Bailey in 2018.
He currently ranks T8th in the NCAA and third in the ACC in home runs this season.
SILVER SHOVES
Senior left-handed pitcher Canaan Silver made his first start of the season on Sunday at Virginia Tech and had a dominant outing, allowing just one earned run on two hits in six innings of work.
He has been efficient in his last five outings, allowing just eight hits and four walks while surrendering one earned run in 18.1 innings of work. He has additionally tallied 17 strikeouts in that span.
SOLE TRAIN
Noah Soles has been on a tear at the plate over the last two weekends, going 14-for-23 in six games for a .609 clip. He has tallied multiple hits along with at least one run batted in in five of those six games.
ON DECK
April 14 • vs. Boston College • 6:30 PM
April 15 • vs. Boston College • 6:30 PM
April 16 • vs. Boston College • 1 PM
The game will be broadcast on ACCNX and there will be an audio stream on WKNC 88.1 and the Varsity Network App.
STARTING PITCHERS
RHP Garrett Payne (NCSU) vs. RHP Carter Holjes (UNCW)
LAST TIME OUT
NC State traveled to No. 23 Virginia Tech last weekend for a three-game series and dropped the first two games to suffer its first-ever series loss to the Hokies.
The Pack managed to salvage the series on Sunday with a 10-3 win to remain at .500 in conference play.
SERIES HISTORY
Tuesday will be the 94th meeting between NC State and UNCW, as the Pack leads the all-time series, 74-19.
The last time the teams met was on May 11, 2021, in Raleigh, and NC State captured a 9-1 victory.
NC State has won 17 of the last 18 meetings with the Seahawks.
TOMMY TANKS
Tommy White hit his 13th home run of the season on Sunday at Virginia Tech, which ties the program record for most homers in a season by a freshman that was set by Patrick Bailey in 2018.
He currently ranks T8th in the NCAA and third in the ACC in home runs this season.
SILVER SHOVES
Senior left-handed pitcher Canaan Silver made his first start of the season on Sunday at Virginia Tech and had a dominant outing, allowing just one earned run on two hits in six innings of work.
He has been efficient in his last five outings, allowing just eight hits and four walks while surrendering one earned run in 18.1 innings of work. He has additionally tallied 17 strikeouts in that span.
SOLE TRAIN
Noah Soles has been on a tear at the plate over the last two weekends, going 14-for-23 in six games for a .609 clip. He has tallied multiple hits along with at least one run batted in in five of those six games.
ON DECK
April 14 • vs. Boston College • 6:30 PM
April 15 • vs. Boston College • 6:30 PM
April 16 • vs. Boston College • 1 PM
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