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NC State Baseball Powers Past Army, Advances To NCAA Regional Final

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RALEIGH – Thanks to Evan Edwards’s multi-homer outing and a 2-RBI home run by Will Wilson, the ninth-ranked NC State baseball team powered past Army, 11-1, on Sunday afternoon to advance to the NCAA Raleigh Regional Final at Doak Field at Dail Park.

The Wolfpack improves to 42-17 on the season and the Black Knights end their season with a 37-24 record. The squad will face second-seeded Auburn this evening in the final.

Quick Hits
-The Pack struck first when Wilson’s sacrifice fly to center field plated Josh McLain in the first inning of the contest. McLain led off the game with a hit-by-pitch, and a stolen base followed by a groundout to Army’s first baseman moved him to third.
-Edwards broke up the no-hitter by Army’s Matt Ball in the sixth when he belted a two-run homer to left field, scoring Wilson after he reached on an error. It was his 14th homer of the season to give the Pack a 3-0 lead.
-In the bottom frame Army scored its lone run on a passed ball. Drake Titus and John McKenna led off with a walk and outfield single, and pulled off a double steal of second and third to start the threat.
-The Pack added five runs on as many hits in the seventh to take an 8-1 lead. McLain drove in the first run on a stand-up triple to right center, Brett Kinneman and Brock Deatherage followed with RBI singles to right center and Stephen Pitarra ripped a 2-RBI double off the right center wall to score the final two runs of the side.
-Wilson blasted his 15th home run of the year in the eighth, a two-run shot to left field, to give NCSU a nine-run advantage.
-Edwards started the ninth inning by going yard for the second time in the game. He turned in his fourth multi-homer game of the season and first since March 25th against Georgia Tech.

On The Mound
-Starting pitcher Johnny Piedmonte and Kent Klyman combined to take a no-hitter in the sixth.
-Due to injury Klyman relieved Piedmonte in the fifth and threw 2.1 innings. He struck out four, while giving up two hits and an unearned run to pick up the win and improve to 8-2 on the year.
-Nolan Clenney replaced Klyman on the mound in the seventh, and threw an effective 1.2 innings to close out the game as he only surrendered a base hit.

Inside The Box Score
-Three players turned in multi-hit performances, led Deatherage’s 3-for-4 outing.
-McClain and Bailey also tallied a pair of hits apiece.

Up Next
NC State will face Auburn tonight at 7:00 at Doak Field at Dail Park in the NCAA Raleigh Regional Final.

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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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February 20, 2023

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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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