NC State Baseball
NC State Baseball Picks Up 6-3 Win To Complete Sweep Over Radford
RALEIGH – No. 20 NC State baseball earned a 6-3 win on Sunday afternoon over Radford at Doak Field at Dail Park, collecting its fourth sweep of the season and first since March 22-24 at Miami.
The Wolfpack took a 3-0 lead in the first two innings, but the Highlanders managed to knot the score in the fourth. With a sacrifice fly in the fifth and back-to-back RBI singles in the seventh to secure the victory, the Pack extends its win streak to four and improves to 37-12 overall.
The Highlanders fall to 23-24 on the year.
Quick Hits
-Brad Debo opened the scoring in the first with a bases-loaded two-run double to right field. Will Wilson and Patrick Bailey both laced outfield singles to reach safely, and Tyler McDonough drew a two-out walk to load the bases up for Debo.
-Dillon Cooper tacked on a run in the third as he hit a one-out triple to right field and scored on Jonny Butler’s sac fly to left.
-Radford knotted the game at three in the fourth inning on four hits. With runners at the corners, David Bryant’s single through the right side put the Highlanders on the board. A bases-loaded hit-by-pitch and sac fly to right field plated the other two runs.
-Wilson scored on Bailey’s sac fly to the shortstop in the fifth to give the Pack is lead back. He reached on a one-out single to the pitcher, and advanced to third on Edwards’ base hit through the right side.
-Back-to-back RBI singles by Edwards and Bailey in the seventh extended the Pack’s lead to three. Cooper collected his third hit of the game, a single up the middle, to start the inning, and Wilson walked to put runners on. Edwards drove in Cooper, and with runners at the corners after Wilson advanced to third on the throw, Bailey’s knock to center field allowed him to cross home plate.
Inside The Box Score
-Cooper turned in a 3-for-3 performance, his second of the week, for his third multi-hit outing of the season.
-Wilson, Edwards and Bailey tallied two hits apiece while Wilson scored three runs.
-Bailey and Debo drove in two runs each.
On The Mound
-Five Wolfpack pitchers contributed to the win. Starter David Harrison matched his career high in strikeouts with five.
-Nick Swiney earned his fifth win of the season, tossing 2.2 innings and yielding one earned run on two hits while fanning two.
-Dalton Feeney tallied his team-leading seventh save of the year, as he fanned two and produced a fly out to center field in the ninth inning.
On Deck
NC State will continue its home stand Tuesday when it welcomes Campbell to Doak Field at Dail Park. First pitch is 6 p.m., and the contest will be broadcast live on the ACC Network Extra. There will also be a free audio stream on WKNC 88.1 FM.