North Carolina State University Athletics
#Pack9 First Baseman Garrett Pennington Named ACC Player of the Week
5/13/2024 4:00:00 PM | Baseball
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – NC State baseball first baseman Garrett Pennington was named the ACC Player of the Week after helping lead the Wolfpack to a 3-1 week and a series victory at No. 10 Virginia this past weekend.
Pennington, a graduate student from Lenexa, Kansas, batted .647 with a team-high 11 hits, 11 runs scored, 10 RBI, three home runs and 22 total bases. Pennington recorded a multi-hit game in all four of the Pack's matchups this past week, highlighted by three straight three-hit performances in NC State's series victory over Virginia at Disharoon Park.
Pennington opened the week with a 2-for-4 performance with two runs scored, three RBI and a double against Norfolk State. The Wolfpack first baseman then opened the series in Charlottesville with a 3-for-5 night at the plate with a double and a home run. Pennington's two-run homer in the top of the eighth proved to be the game-winning runs for the Pack in the 7-5 win.
The Lenexa, Kansas native then homered for the second straight game in Saturday's contest before going 3-for-4 with four runs scored, three RBI and a home run in the 13-5 series-clinching win on Sunday. Pennington's towering two-run shot cleared the batter's eye at Disharoon Park and marked Pennington's third homer in three days. The Pack9 first baseman came close to a multi-homer game Sunday, but Virginia centerfielder Bobby Whalen made a leaping grab over the center-field wall to rob Pennington of his fourth hit of the game.
Pennington now ranks first on the Wolfpack roster with 55 runs scored and leads the Wolfpack with a .366 batting average, 29 runs scored, 41 hits, 10 doubles and 11 homers in ACC play. Eleven of Pennington's 14 home runs this season have come in league play.
UP NEXT
NC State returns to Raleigh for its final regular season series of the season, hosting Wake Forest for three games at The Doak. The series against the Demon Deacons begins Thursday night at 7 p.m.
Pennington, a graduate student from Lenexa, Kansas, batted .647 with a team-high 11 hits, 11 runs scored, 10 RBI, three home runs and 22 total bases. Pennington recorded a multi-hit game in all four of the Pack's matchups this past week, highlighted by three straight three-hit performances in NC State's series victory over Virginia at Disharoon Park.
Pennington opened the week with a 2-for-4 performance with two runs scored, three RBI and a double against Norfolk State. The Wolfpack first baseman then opened the series in Charlottesville with a 3-for-5 night at the plate with a double and a home run. Pennington's two-run homer in the top of the eighth proved to be the game-winning runs for the Pack in the 7-5 win.
The Lenexa, Kansas native then homered for the second straight game in Saturday's contest before going 3-for-4 with four runs scored, three RBI and a home run in the 13-5 series-clinching win on Sunday. Pennington's towering two-run shot cleared the batter's eye at Disharoon Park and marked Pennington's third homer in three days. The Pack9 first baseman came close to a multi-homer game Sunday, but Virginia centerfielder Bobby Whalen made a leaping grab over the center-field wall to rob Pennington of his fourth hit of the game.
Pennington now ranks first on the Wolfpack roster with 55 runs scored and leads the Wolfpack with a .366 batting average, 29 runs scored, 41 hits, 10 doubles and 11 homers in ACC play. Eleven of Pennington's 14 home runs this season have come in league play.
UP NEXT
NC State returns to Raleigh for its final regular season series of the season, hosting Wake Forest for three games at The Doak. The series against the Demon Deacons begins Thursday night at 7 p.m.
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