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PREVIEW: #10 NC State Hosts UNCW Today, @ Campbell Tomorrow

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UNCW – NC STATE
Date: Tuesday, March 6
Location: Doak Field at Dail Park
Time: 3 p.m.
Radio: WKNC 88.1 FM
Live Video: ACC Network Extra
Live Stats: SideArm Live Stats

NC STATE – CAMPBELL
Date: Wednesday, March 7
Location: Jim Perry Stadium
Time: 6 p.m.
Radio: WKNC 88.1 FM
Live Video: Big South Network
Live Stats: SideArm Live Stats

STARTING PITCHERS
Tuesday: RHP Breydan Gorham (UNCW) vs. LHP Nick Swiney (NCSU)
Wednesday: TBA (CAM) vs. TBA (NCSU)

RALEIGH, N.C. – The 10th-ranked NC State baseball team will host the UNCW Seahawks Tuesday afternoon at Doak Field at Dail Park and make the short trip to Buies Creek, N.C., for a matchup with Campbell Wednesday evening.

Tuesday’s game is slated for 3 p.m., while Wednesday’s rematch with the Fighting Camels will have a 6 p.m. first pitch. The Wolfpack’s battle against the Seahawks will be broadcast live on the ACC Network Extra, accessible though Watch ESPN and the Watch ESPN App.

The Big South Network will broadcast Wednesday’s game at Campbell. Both games will be carried live on WKNC 88.1 FM and on GoPack.com for premium subscribers.

NC State heads into the week with a 10-2 overall record, while UNCW is 9-3 and Campbell is 4-7.

Last Time Out
The Wolfpack dropped a 3-2 decision to Canisius in its last outing, as NC State’s eight-game winning streak came to a close.

Series Records
NC State leads the all-time series against UNCW, 68-19, and has won 11 of the last 12 meetings.
The Wolfpack and Camels met over the weekend, when NCSU earned a 21-4 victory to extend its advantage in the all-time series to 49-15-1.

Kinneman Repeats as ACC, National Player of the Week
For the second consecutive week, NC State baseball’s Brett Kinneman has been named ACC Player of the Week, in addition to collecting National Player of the Week honors from Collegiate Baseball Newspaper (CBN).

The junior outfielder has been on fire at the plate, as he was 9-for-19 during the week to compile a .474 batting average. His nine hits led NC State to a team batting average of .365 over the four-game stretch.

Kinneman hit three home runs during the week to remain the NCAA leader in that statistic with eight for the season.

Pack Power
NC State leads the ACC and ranks second in the NCAA with 27 home runs as a team, just one shy of the national leader, Tennessee Tech. The Wolfpack has hit at least one homer in 11 of 12 games this season.

The Pack is 7-0 on the year when hitting more than one home run in the contest.

Offensive Outburst
The Wolfpack’s bats erupted for 23 hits, 21 runs, 18 RBIs and five home runs in Saturday’s victory against Campbell. Each of those is the most by an ACC team in a game this season.

Lucky Fourth
NC State has scored 22 runs in the fourth inning, the most in any frame this season, and has limited opponents to just five runs.

Battle of the Deatherage Brothers
Senior Brock Deatherage will have the unique opportunity to compete against his younger brother Blake in Tuesday’s matchup with UNCW. The younger Deatherage is a junior right-handed pitcher for the Seahawks.

Brock owns a 3-1 record versus his younger brother in the matchup.

Getting On Base
Deatherage is the only NC State player that has reached base safely in all 12 games this season. Will Wilson has reached base safely in his last 27 games, but missed the series finale against Furman with an injury.

The Wolfpack’s on-base percentage of .438 leads the conference and ranks ninth in the NCAA.

Scouting UNCW
The UNCW Seahawks head to Raleigh with a 9-3 record on the year, after sweeping a four-game series against Princeton last weekend. The Seahawks were picked to win the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) in a vote of the league’s head coaches.

Last season, the Wolfpack swept the season series with an 8-5 win in the first meeting in Wilmington and a 6-3 victory in Raleigh.

UNCW owns a team batting average of .239 and averages 5.25 runs per game. Senior Zack Canada, one of Collegiate Baseball’s National Player of the Week Selections, leads the team at the plate with a .344 clip and 11 hits.

On the mound, the Hawks have a staff ERA of 3.08 with 119 strikeouts in 108 innings pitched.

Scouting Campbell
Wednesday’s matchup will be the second of three between NC State and Campbell this season. The Camels defeated Bowling Green on Sunday afternoon, 17-3.

The Camels offense has recorded a .249 batting average at the plate, scoring 65 runs over 11 games. Luis Gimenez headlines the group with a .360 slash to go along with nine hits.

On the mound, Campbell pitchers own a 5.26 ERA in 101 innings pitched, allowing 59 earned runs.

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Looks like UNCW game was cancelled due to weather.

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WATCH All 9 of NC State’s RBI’s From Their 9-8 Walk-Off Win Over #11 UNC

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NC State just defeated their rival #11 UNC 9-8 in dramatic fashion, walking it off in the Bottom of the 9th inning via a Solo Home Run from Junior Shortstop Brandon Butterworth.

The Wolfpack victory snapped a 5-game losing streak to the Tar Heels.

Check out all 9 RBI’s from NC State’s 6th walk-off win of the season, which leads the nation.

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NC State Defeats #11 UNC 9-8 with Walk-Off HR in Series Opener

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NC State just defeated #11 UNC 9-8 via a walk-off Home Run from Junior Shortstop Brandon Butterworth in the Bottom of the 9th inning.

The Wolfpack have 6 walk-off wins in 2024, which leads the nation.

In a game in which there was a combined 8 Home Runs between both teams, it was the last one that mattered most.

UNC kicked things off in the Top of the 1st inning with a Home Run from Casey Cook. The Wolfpack would respond in the Bottom of the 1st with a 2-RBI Single from Junior Catcher Jacob Cozart.

Cook would hit another Home Run in the Top of the 3rd, and Vance Honeycutt would also hit a 2-Run Home Run, giving the Tar Heels a 4-2 lead.

Once again, the Wolfpack responded in the bottom frame. Senior Third Baseman Alec Makarewicz hit his 15th Home Run of the season.

Junior Outfielder Chase Nixon had an RBI Single, and his Freshman brother Luke (2B) brought in the third run of the inning on a fielders choice, giving the Wolfpack a 5-4 lead.

The 4th inning was the only inning of the contest in which no runs were scored.

UNC’s Park Harber tied the game in the Top of the 5th with a solo shot.

Cozart was the Wolfpack’s MVP, giving his team a 3-run cushion in the bottom of the 6th inning with a 3-run Home Run. He had 5 RBI’s this evening.

The cushion wasn’t enough, with the Tar Heels scoring 3 runs over the next two innings. Alberto Osuna hit a solo shot, Alex Madera had an RBI Single, and Harber hit a sac fly.

With the game tied in the bottom of the 9th, with one out, Brandon Butterworth crushed the ball over the left field fence, snapping a 5-game losing streak against UNC.

Wolfpack Starter Sam Highfill lasted 3.1 innings, giving up 4 runs, while striking out 4. His ERA on the year is 5.16.

It was Sophomore Shane Van Dam that brought stability to the mound, pitching 3.2 innings, giving up 2 earned runs, while striking out 5. On the year, Van Dam’s ERA is 2.90.

Sophomore Derrick Smith came in to close things out, and gave up 1 run on 1 hit in 2 innings, striking out 2. Smith picked up the Win, and is 3-0 on the year.

Game 2 of the series is tomorrow night at 6pm at Doak Field. The Wolfpack will look to secure their first series victory over their rival since 2021, and their first one at home since 2016.

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NC State vs. UNC: A Historical Perspective

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The Wolfpack and the Tar Heels face one another on the diamond at 7pm on ACC Network.

NC State holds a 139-175-1 record against North Carolina in the all-time series.

NC State’s most recent series victory over North Carolina came in style, taking all three games in Chapel Hill with a three-game sweep over the Tar Heels from March 26-29, 2021. The Wolfpack allowed just six runs over three games in a dominant sweep over UNC, outscoring the Tar Heels 23-6 .

NC State has hosted UNC just twice over the past eight seasons. NC State’s most recent home series victory over North Carolina came from May 19-21, 2016. The Wolfpack won the rubber match, claiming the series with a dominant 10-1 victory on May 21.

North Carolina has won five straight in the series dating back to a series at Doak Field at Dail Park in 2022. NC State’s most recent win over the Tar Heels came in game one of a doubleheader on May 8, 2022, cruising to a 9-2 victory over UNC.

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NC State Baseball Bracketology Report Heading into UNC Series

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NC State and #11 UNC will kickoff a 3-game series in Raleigh tonight, but before the two rivals hit the diamond, here’s a Bracketology report for the Wolfpack before the first pitch.

D1Baseball currently projects that NC State will be the #2 seed in Greenville Region, hosted by #9 seed East Carolina. Back on April 2nd, the Wolfpack lost 4-12 to the Pirates at the Doak.

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Baseball America projects NC State will be a #2 seed in the Knoxville Region, hosted by #6 seed Tennessee.

The Wolfpack are currently 20-14 overall, ranking 33rd in the RPI.

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