#23 Wolfpack Closes Out Home Midweek Slate Against Norfolk State

Tuesday, May 7

Raleigh, N.C.

6 p.m.

NC State

Norfolk State

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#23 Wolfpack Closes Out Home Midweek Slate Against Norfolk State

5/6/2024 4:35:00 PM | Baseball

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RALEIGH, N.C. – The No. 23 NC State baseball team plays its final home midweek contest of the 2024 season Tuesday night against Norfolk State. Tuesday's game at Doak Field is set for 6 p.m.

Tuesday's game will stream live on ACC Network Extra. A free audio stream will be available for Tuesday's contest on the Varsity Network App and will be available on the radio on WKNC 88.1 with Tony Haynes the call.

PROJECTED STARTING PITCHING MATCHUP
Tuesday – LHP Ryan Marohn (NCSU) vs. RHP Liam Royster (Norfolk St.)

THE MATCHUP: SERIES AGAINST NORFOLK STATE
NC State holds a 2-0 record in the series against Norfolk State. More notes from the series against the Spartans are listed below:

• NC State and Norfolk State have faced off just twice, both of which came early during Elliott Avent's second season in 1998. The Wolfpack captured back-to-back double-digit wins with a 17-4 victory on Feb. 14, 1998, and a 13-0 win on Feb. 15, 1998.

TOUGH SLATE
NC State has exceled so far during its gauntlet of a finish to ACC play with all of its final five ACC series coming against top 15 teams in this week's D1Baseball Top 25. The Wolfpack has secured at least a series split in four straight weekend series, highlighted by series victories over then-No. 2 Clemson and then-No. 11 North Carolina. The Wolfpack completes its regular-season slate with series at No. 10 Virginia and at home against No. 12 Wake Forest.

NC State's strength of schedule checks in at No. 6 nationally, according to warrennolan.com. The Wolfpack also has seven wins over Quadrant I opponents.

NINE FOR NINE
Jacob Cozart has been white hot since the Wolfpack's series-opening victory over North Carolina on April 18, crushing nine homers over a nine-game stretch that ended on Friday at No. 7 Florida State. Cozart's solo shot knotted Friday's game at 1-1 before the Wolfpack completed an 8-7 comeback victory for its fifth win over a top-10 opponent this season.

CAREER YEAR FOR NO. 99
Alec Makarewicz has had a career year in his final collegiate season, leading NC State with a .353 batting average, 65 hits, 18 homers, 59 RBI, a .739 slugging percentage and 136 total bases. Makarewicz, the nation's active leader with 247 career games played, has already smashed a single-season career high with 18 homers, seven more than his previous career-high of 11. He has also already set single-season career bests with 136 total bases, 17 doubles and 59 RBI. The switch-hitting third baseman has homered from both sides of the plate twice this season and leads the Wolfpack with two grand slams. Makarewicz ranks first on the roster with 21 multi-hit games and 15 multi-RBI games and is one of just five NC State players with three games with five RBI or more in a single season since 2000. Makarewicz is tied for fifth in the ACC with 18 home runs and ranks fourth in the league with 59 RBI.

BESTING THE BEST
With Friday night's win at No. 7 Florida State, NC State has now captured five victories over top-10 opponents this season. Three of those five victories have come on the road, highlighted by a road series win at No. 2 Clemson in early April. The Wolfpack is 5-4 against top-10 opponents and holds an 8-6 record against ranked opponents.