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#Pack9 Surges Back, Walks Off UNCW
4/12/2022 10:18:00 PM | Baseball
RALEIGH – NC State baseball (20-11) scored five unanswered runs in the final three innings en route to its 7-6 walk off win over UNCW (18-13) on Tuesday evening at Doak Field at Dail Park.
Five of the Seahawks' six runs came by way of the home run and they all came in the first six innings. While facing a four-run deficit, the Wolfpack plated a pair of runs in the seventh and surged back with three runs on two hits in the ninth to eventually capture the victory.
Taber Mongero put the Seahawks on the board first with a solo shot to right field in the first inning, but the Pack quickly answered in the bottom frame with Dominic Pilolli's two-run homer to left field after LuJames Groover III reached on a one-out single to right field.
It was Pilolli's sixth home run of the season while Groover extended his hit streak to 18 and reached base streak to 21.
In the second inning Jac Croom tied things up at 2-2 with a leadoff homer to right field, and then he belted a two-run homer in the fourth to give UNCW its lead back and make it 4-2.
UNCW tacked on a run in the fifth on a squeeze play with runners at the corners, and then a solo home run to left field by Ethan Baucom in the sixth extended the lead to 6-2.
NC State cut into its deficit in the seventh when Payton Green led off the frame with a triple, his first of the year, and then scored on Jacob Cozart's RBI groundout to first to make it 6-3. Then, after Devonte Brown laced a double to left field and moved to third on a wild pitch, he scored on Groover's RBI groundout to third to make it 6-4.
In the eighth and ninth innings, Carson Kelly and Justin Lawson combined to retire six straight batters to keep it a two-run game heading into the bottom of the ninth. Kelly tossed 2.1 innings of hitless ball, and Lawson closed out the game to improve to 3-1 on the year.
In the NC State ninth, Cozart and Brown drew walks and Groover roped an outfield single to left field to load the bases up with no outs. Tommy White made it a one-run game with his RBI single through the left side, and then back-to-back sac flies from Pilolli and Josh Hood drove in the game-tying and eventually the game-winning runs.
Groover was responsible for crossing home plate for the win, marking the second time this season he was a part of a walk-off thriller.
NC State will continue its home stand later this week when it welcomes Boston College to Doak Field at Dail Park for a three-game series. The teams will play Thursday and Friday at 6:30 p.m. and Saturday at 1 p.m. Thursday's game will be NC State baseball's annual Military Appreciation Day, while Saturday will be its annual #StrikeOutALS Game.
Five of the Seahawks' six runs came by way of the home run and they all came in the first six innings. While facing a four-run deficit, the Wolfpack plated a pair of runs in the seventh and surged back with three runs on two hits in the ninth to eventually capture the victory.
Taber Mongero put the Seahawks on the board first with a solo shot to right field in the first inning, but the Pack quickly answered in the bottom frame with Dominic Pilolli's two-run homer to left field after LuJames Groover III reached on a one-out single to right field.
It was Pilolli's sixth home run of the season while Groover extended his hit streak to 18 and reached base streak to 21.
In the second inning Jac Croom tied things up at 2-2 with a leadoff homer to right field, and then he belted a two-run homer in the fourth to give UNCW its lead back and make it 4-2.
UNCW tacked on a run in the fifth on a squeeze play with runners at the corners, and then a solo home run to left field by Ethan Baucom in the sixth extended the lead to 6-2.
NC State cut into its deficit in the seventh when Payton Green led off the frame with a triple, his first of the year, and then scored on Jacob Cozart's RBI groundout to first to make it 6-3. Then, after Devonte Brown laced a double to left field and moved to third on a wild pitch, he scored on Groover's RBI groundout to third to make it 6-4.
In the eighth and ninth innings, Carson Kelly and Justin Lawson combined to retire six straight batters to keep it a two-run game heading into the bottom of the ninth. Kelly tossed 2.1 innings of hitless ball, and Lawson closed out the game to improve to 3-1 on the year.
In the NC State ninth, Cozart and Brown drew walks and Groover roped an outfield single to left field to load the bases up with no outs. Tommy White made it a one-run game with his RBI single through the left side, and then back-to-back sac flies from Pilolli and Josh Hood drove in the game-tying and eventually the game-winning runs.
Groover was responsible for crossing home plate for the win, marking the second time this season he was a part of a walk-off thriller.
NC State will continue its home stand later this week when it welcomes Boston College to Doak Field at Dail Park for a three-game series. The teams will play Thursday and Friday at 6:30 p.m. and Saturday at 1 p.m. Thursday's game will be NC State baseball's annual Military Appreciation Day, while Saturday will be its annual #StrikeOutALS Game.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Lawson, Justin (3-1)
L: Cole Benton (1-1)
Batting:
2B: John Newton 1
HR: Taber Mongero 1 ; Jac Croom 2 ; Ethan Baucom 1
RBI: Taber Mongero 2 ; Jac Croom 3 ; Ethan Baucom 1
SH: Taber Mongero 1 ; Kevin Pitarra 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Taber Mongero 1 ; Brooks Baldwin 1 ; Jac Croom 2 ; Ethan Baucom 1 ; Chris Thorburn 1
SB: Brooks Baldwin 1
CS: Ethan Baucom 1
PO: Noah Bridges 1
Batting:
2B: Brown, Devonte 1 ; Soles, Noah 1
3B: Green, Payton 1
HR: Pilolli, Dominic 1
RBI: Groover III, LuJames 1 ; White, Tommy 1 ; Pilolli, Dominic 3 ; Hood, Josh 1 ; Cozart, Jacob 1
SF: Pilolli, Dominic 1 ; Hood, Josh 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Brown, Devonte 2 ; Groover III, LuJames 2 ; Pilolli, Dominic 1 ; Green, Payton 1 ; Eisert, Eddie 1
Game Leaders
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