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 Quick hits from NC State’s 10-5 NCAA Tournament loss to Kentucky.
•  To begin the rain delayed playoff game,  NC State starting pitcher Johnny Piedmonte struggled to find the plate, with four walks and four earned runs in 3 2/3 innings.
• Brett Kinneman put NC State in front with a two-run moon shot home run to right field in the second inning.

• NC State held a 5-4 lead into the seventh when  Kentucky put up 3 runs in the seventh and the ninth on only 2 hits.

• Kentucky got a clutch relief job from the SEC pitcher of the year and game winner Sean Hjelle. Hjelle pitched 3.1 innings with no hits and 5 strikeouts.

Check swing send Wolfpack back to Raleigh?
The final box score will show Kentucky with 10 runs,6 hits, two errors and 5 walks allowed. NC State will show up with 5 runs , 5 hits , four errors and nine walks allowed.

What the box score won’t show is some of the questionable check swing calls that swung this game. In at least three critical at-bats,  Kentucky batters broke their wrists attempting a swing at an NC State pitch. On all plays, the plate umpire called the pitch a ball. All three were appealed to the third base umpire but the home cooked call stood up to the original recipe.  NC State’s catcher and third baseman were livid with the horrible calls and Coach Avett argued with no results.

Did these ball and strike calls determine the ultimate winner?  There were the errors, the poor pitching and lack of timely hitting, but man those check swing calls didnt help. However, for an NC State fan, it was par for the course.

Sour grapes for dessert.

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Wolfer96
Wolfer96
5 years ago

This baseball team always teases then just NC State shits it every time.

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NC State will host Longwood today at 3pm in their next matchup.

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I was just about to write a piece about the Doak renovation going down.

But while I was over on Twitter, I saw a ton of comments on it, all of them NC State fans, and almost all of them critical of the new look.


Look, I don’t know what’s going on here. Maybe it’ll look a lot better once it’s done, or maybe the grass will match up a lot better when it greens up. But right now, it’s a little jarring. Here is how it used to look…

And here is how it’s looking right now…

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I remember this being shared a while back…

This shows grass in foul territory and dirt in the 1st/3rd baselines. So I’m not sure when this turf thing came along. And while we’re on the subject, aren’t we a turf management school? Shouldn’t we be turning up our noses at artificial turf?

Apparently, this is a thing now, where foul territories are artificial turf and fair territory is grass. Here is Mississippi State’s baseball field doing the same thing.

Can’t say I like it there either, honestly. It just seems like one of those fads. Remember when everyone was going crazy with field/court colors?

Did anyone ever really like those? Do people like them now? Have they ever gotten a recruit to come to the school? Have they ever scared a recruit away?

I don’t know. You tell me. I’ll hold final judgment, but things NC State fans don’t seem like they’re going to follow along.

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