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#Pack9 Drops Series Finale to No. 11 Louisville
4/2/2023 4:02:00 PM | Baseball
Wolfpack Wins Series, 2-1, With Wins on Friday and Saturday
RALEIGH – The NC State baseball team dropped the series finale to No. 11 Louisville 6-1 at Doak Field at Dail Park on Sunday afternoon. The Wolfpack clinched the series with wins on Friday and Saturday and finished the week with a 3-1 record.
Despite Sunday's setback, NC State secured its first ACC series win of the season behind Friday's 6-5 comeback win and a 10-0 victory on Saturday. The series victory also marked the Pack's first series victory over a ranked opponent so far in 2023.
Louisville (21-6, 4-5 ACC) struck first with a pair of solo home runs in the top of the fourth. Jack Payton and Patrick Forbes smacked back-to-back solo shots to open the fourth inning, giving the Cardinals a 2-0 lead.
The Wolfpack (20-8, 5-7 ACC) answered in the bottom of the fourth with its first run of the game. LuJames Groover III led off the inning with a double to left field, advancing to third on Jacob Cozart's flyout to right field. Trevor Candelaria then brought Groover III home with an RBI groundout to shortstop to make it 2-1.
Louisville stretched its lead to 4-1 behind a pair of unearned runs in the top of the fifth.
Freshman left-hander Dominic Fritton (1-1) suffered his first defeat in his Wolfpack career, finishing the afternoon with 4.2 innings pitched while allowing four hits, four runs (two unearned) with three strikeouts. Louisville's Carson Liggett moved to 6-0 on the season after allowing just one run over 5.1 innings.
The Cardinals extended their lead to a game-high five runs with a pair of bases-loaded walks in the top of the eighth, pushing the game to its final score at 6-1.
Payton Green led NC State batters with a two-hit performance. On the mound, Win Scott pitched a scoreless ninth inning with a strikeout. Baker Nelson pitched three innings in relief of Fritton, allowing just one hit and two runs out of the bullpen.
UP NEXT
NC State plays its next four games on the road, opening the week at No. 8 East Carolina. Tuesday's matchup at the Pirates' Clark-LeClair Stadium is set for 5:30 p.m. and will be televised on ESPNU.
#Pack9 | @NCStateBaseball
Despite Sunday's setback, NC State secured its first ACC series win of the season behind Friday's 6-5 comeback win and a 10-0 victory on Saturday. The series victory also marked the Pack's first series victory over a ranked opponent so far in 2023.
Louisville (21-6, 4-5 ACC) struck first with a pair of solo home runs in the top of the fourth. Jack Payton and Patrick Forbes smacked back-to-back solo shots to open the fourth inning, giving the Cardinals a 2-0 lead.
The Wolfpack (20-8, 5-7 ACC) answered in the bottom of the fourth with its first run of the game. LuJames Groover III led off the inning with a double to left field, advancing to third on Jacob Cozart's flyout to right field. Trevor Candelaria then brought Groover III home with an RBI groundout to shortstop to make it 2-1.
Louisville stretched its lead to 4-1 behind a pair of unearned runs in the top of the fifth.
Freshman left-hander Dominic Fritton (1-1) suffered his first defeat in his Wolfpack career, finishing the afternoon with 4.2 innings pitched while allowing four hits, four runs (two unearned) with three strikeouts. Louisville's Carson Liggett moved to 6-0 on the season after allowing just one run over 5.1 innings.
The Cardinals extended their lead to a game-high five runs with a pair of bases-loaded walks in the top of the eighth, pushing the game to its final score at 6-1.
Payton Green led NC State batters with a two-hit performance. On the mound, Win Scott pitched a scoreless ninth inning with a strikeout. Baker Nelson pitched three innings in relief of Fritton, allowing just one hit and two runs out of the bullpen.
UP NEXT
NC State plays its next four games on the road, opening the week at No. 8 East Carolina. Tuesday's matchup at the Pirates' Clark-LeClair Stadium is set for 5:30 p.m. and will be televised on ESPNU.
#Pack9 | @NCStateBaseball
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Carson Liggett (6-0)
L: Fritton, Dominic (1-1)
Batting:
HR: Jack Payton 1 ; Patrick Forbes 1
RBI: Jack Payton 1 ; Patrick Forbes 1 ; JT Benson 1 ; Isaac Humphrey 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Jack Payton 2 ; Patrick Forbes 1 ; Ryan McCoy 1 ; Isaac Humphrey 1 ; Gavin Kilen 1
HBP: Ryan McCoy 1
Batting:
2B: Groover III, LuJames 1 ; Marcy, Will 1
RBI: Candelaria, Trevor 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Groover III, LuJames 1
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