NC State Baseball
#14 NC State Shuts Out Towson 10-0 in 2nd Game of Doubleheader
NC State kept their foot on the gas in the 2nd game of their doubleheader today, shutting out Towson 10-0 this evening.
Senior Logan Whitaker (2-1) pitched the best he’s pitched thus far in 2024, pitching 6 scoreless innings (90 pitches), striking out 4, while walking none in his second W of the year.
NC State hit 6 bombs in the game: JR C Jacob Cozart (2), SR 1B Garrett Pennington (1), SO CF Eli Serrano III (1) FR 2B Luke Nixon (1) and JR SS Brandon Butterworth (1).
Cozart now has 5 on the year, tying Alec Makarewicz for the team lead. Nixon’s was his first college baseball Home Run.
Pennington, Cozart and Serrano III all had multi-hit performances.
Pennington was 3 for 4, with 2 RBI’s and 2 Runs, with a Home Run and a Double. He currently leads NC State with 17 hits on the year.
Both of Cozart’s hits went over the fence, finishing with 3 RBI’s and 3 Runs. Serrano was 2 for 4, with 2 RBI and a Run.
A rocket for his first homer with the Pack 🐺#Pack9 | @Garrettpenn14 pic.twitter.com/dUYPZnvhlV
— #Pack9 ⚾️ (@NCStateBaseball) March 2, 2024
Scoreboard shot 🚀#Pack9 | @eliserrano__ pic.twitter.com/xcXWapGpPh
— #Pack9 ⚾️ (@NCStateBaseball) March 2, 2024
Have a day, Zart 💣💣 pic.twitter.com/AQx2HpnEBz
— #Pack9 ⚾️ (@NCStateBaseball) March 2, 2024
First-career homer for Luke 💪 pic.twitter.com/KBfjmzUUNU
— #Pack9 ⚾️ (@NCStateBaseball) March 2, 2024
How about another first homer in Red & White?@SlippinOnButter makes it five Wolfpack homers already in game two! pic.twitter.com/O6m3mElQ3z
— #Pack9 ⚾️ (@NCStateBaseball) March 2, 2024
A Saturday afternoon hat trick for Zart 🎩 pic.twitter.com/kDMUgMdJJC
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NC State is now 8-2, and will face Towson in the season finale tomorrow at 1pm.