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

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.