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No. 3 NC State Forces Extras, Comes Up Short at No. 11 Florida State

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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Down to its final out in the top of the ninth, NC State’s Brock Deatherage homered for the second time in the game to tie the score and force extra innings, but the Wolfpack came up short, as the 11th-ranked Florida State Seminoles hit a walkoff home run to earn a 6-3 win Friday night at Dick Howser Stadium.

With the win, the Seminoles clinch the series as the Wolfpack suffers only its second ACC series loss and first on the road this season.

NC State moves to 39-14 on the year and 18-11 in ACC play, while Florida State improves to 39-16 and 16-12 in league action.

Quick Hits
– Will Wilson gave NC State a 1-0 lead in the contest with a solo home run over the left field wall to start the fourth inning.
– The National Player and Hitter of the Week launched a first-pitch fastball out of the park for his 14th homer of the season.
– Brock Deatherage followed three batters later with a solo shot over the right field wall to give the Wolfpack a 2-0 lead on his 13th home run.
– Florida State answered with three runs in the sixth to take a 3-2 advantage.
– After a pair of quick outs, the Seminoles loaded the bases with two outs and got RBI singles from J.C. Flowers and Reese Albert to pull ahead.
– With two outs in the top of the ninth, Deatherage came up huge for NC State with his second home run of the game to knot the score at three apiece.
– The Burlington, N.C., native drove an 0-1 pitch over the center field wall for his 14thhomer of the season and third multi-home run game.
– After a flyout to start the bottom of the 10th, a walk and a single put runners on before Reese Albert hit a walkoff home run to right field.

Inside the Box Score
– It was the first time that NC State has played consecutive extra-inning games since March 2-3, 2013.
– Deatherage was 3-for-4 in the game with a pair of homers and was the only player in the contest to record three hits.
– NC State hit two or more home runs in a game for the 23rd time this season.

On the Mound
– Senior Brian Brown turned in a strong outing on the mound for the Wolfpack, as he 5.2 innings with six strikeouts and had not allowed a run when he departed the game with the bases loaded.
– Unfortunately, all three came around to score and were charged to Brown.
– Freshman Evan Justice threw two shutout innings and Johnny Piedmonte pitched the final 1.1 for the Pack.

On Deck
NC State and Florida State will wrap up the series Sunday afternoon at 1 p.m. at Dick Howser Stadium.

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NC State Baseball Rankings Update After Another Undefeated Week

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February 28, 2023

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The NC State Baseball team is now 7-0 through two weeks of play, going 4-0 last week, defeating Coastal Carolina 16-4 on the road in a midweek game, and sweeping Belmont at home this past weekend (11-4, 7-0, 7-1).

The Wolfpack remain ranked 21st in the D1Baseball Top-25.

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The Wolfpack moved up 11 spots to #19 in the Collegiate Baseball Poll, up 2 spots to #20 in the Coaches Poll, and up 1 spot to #24 in the Baseball America poll.

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

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NC State Sticks at #21 After Opening Weekend Sweep

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NC State’s Men’s Baseball team stayed put at #21 in the D1Baseball Top-25 after an opening weekend sweep of Wagner.

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NC State also stayed put at #25 in the Baseball America’s new poll, and stayed put at #30 in the Collegiate Baseball Poll.

The Wolfpack will play Coastal Carolina on the road this Wednesday at

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NC State Picked 3rd in the Atlantic in the 2023 ACC Baseball Preseason Poll

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February 3, 2023

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The 2023 ACC Preseason Poll was released yesterday, and NC State is projected to finish 3rd in the Atlantic.

NC State finished 5th in the Atlantic Division in 2022, with a 14-15 record in Conference play.

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The Doak is getting its renovation…and NC State fans aren’t exactly loving it

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January 26, 2023

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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…

Again, I’m going to wait until it’s really done before I cast judgement, but I think the official tweet from the school marketing it and drawing attention to it, has people thinking it’s in it’s final form. And maybe it is. But I hope it’s not.

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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