NC State will continue its home stand later this week when it welcomes Boston College to Doak Field at Dail Park for a three-game series. The teams will play Thursday and Friday at 6:30 p.m. and Saturday at 1 p.m. Thursday's game will be NC State baseball's annual Military Appreciation Day, while Saturday will be its annual #StrikeOutALS Game.

NC State baseball (20-11, 7-7 ACC) will continue its home stand this week when it welcomes conference foe Boston College (15-18, 3-12 ACC) for a three-game series. The teams will play Thursday and Friday at 6:30 p.m. and Saturday at 1 p.m. at Doak Field at Dail Park.

All three games will be broadcast on ACCNX and there will be an audio stream on WKNC 88.1 and the Varsity Network App.

Thursday's game will be the Wolfpack's annual Military Appreciation Day, while Saturday has been tabbed the program's annual #StrikeOutALS Game.

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SERIES HISTORY
NC State and Boston College have met a combined 46 times in program history, and the Pack owns a 30-16 advantage in the all-time series.

The last time the teams met was on April 9-11, 2021, at Boston College, and the Pack earned 20-5, 5-4 and 7-0 wins to compete the sweep for its second-straight series win in Newton, Mass. The Sunday victory marked Matt Willadsen's first collegiate complete game shutout.

The last time the teams squared off in Raleigh was on March 9-10, 2018, and NC State won the first two games, 2-1 and 13-7, respectively, to clinch the series. The Eagles avoided the sweep with an 11-3 result in the finale.

NC State has won eight of the last 10 meetings with the Eagles, dating back to 2017.

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▪️ Military Appreciation Day
▪️ Fireworks
▪️ Trading Cards
▪️ #StrikeOutALS Game

Fun series on deck.

📰https://t.co/6RPDpQtKSB pic.twitter.com/SdgC0kzBLQ

— #Pack9 ⚾️ (@NCStateBaseball) April 13, 2022

Series rotation against the Eagles. pic.twitter.com/B8vwzsaFuH

— #Pack9 ⚾️ (@NCStateBaseball) April 13, 2022

ACC game day in Raleigh!

⏰ 6:30 PM
📍#TheDoak
📺 ACCNX
📻 @WKNC881
📊 https://t.co/ihv2LzCtFq pic.twitter.com/SgpAlpiHue

— #Pack9 ⚾️ (@NCStateBaseball) April 14, 2022

Saturday will be a special game for the #Pack9 and @BCBirdBall, as both programs in recent years have lost a special member to ALS - Chris Combs and Pete Frates.

The teams will play to raise awareness and #StrikeOutALS. pic.twitter.com/AWOjrMCMJg

— #Pack9 ⚾️ (@NCStateBaseball) April 14, 2022

Starters for this evening against Boston College. pic.twitter.com/3Tbt1pzqnQ

— #Pack9 ⚾️ (@NCStateBaseball) April 14, 2022

Little guy homer!

Would be nice for Whittaker to get a few quick outs. He's been sharp after the early hits, but their guy only has 20 pitches through two.

wilmwolf80 said:

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Would be nice for Whittaker to get a few quick outs. He's been sharp after the early hits, but their guy only has 20 pitches through two.

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And after I post, three straight guys reach. Ugh.

I thought that was pretty clearly off the end of the bat, which just goes back to our replay discussion from the last game thread.

Soles RAKING!

Boy Green can fly

Replay killing us again. Right call, but man, that would've been a helluva play.

Tough sequence, should've been strike three.

This ump costs us severely with that missed third strike.

game of inches in this inning. wow. didn't get a break

and JT with a rare miscue not flipping to hood for the double play

wilmwolf80 said:

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Tough sequence, should've been strike three.

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Yeah, most pitchers get that in that situation. It was right on the edge.

FIRE US UP‼️

Clutch double play with the bases loaded to keep us out front. pic.twitter.com/YYvPJnXD2G

— #Pack9 ⚾️ (@NCStateBaseball) April 14, 2022

WolfQuacker said:

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wilmwolf80 said:

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Tough sequence, should've been strike three.

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Yeah, most pitchers get that in that situation. It was right on the edge.

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And a pitch their guy has continued to get.

Sole Train's still going full speed 🚂 pic.twitter.com/uA8VDFTcYe

— #Pack9 ⚾️ (@NCStateBaseball) April 14, 2022

wilmwolf80 said:

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WolfQuacker said:

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wilmwolf80 said:

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Tough sequence, should've been strike three.

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Yeah, most pitchers get that in that situation. It was right on the edge.

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And a pitch their guy has continued to get.

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Yep, both SOs this inning have all been same location.

Prior to Tuesday, Payton had not hit a triple.

This week, Payton has hit two triples. pic.twitter.com/pOax8rqFCe

— #Pack9 ⚾️ (@NCStateBaseball) April 14, 2022

Defense turning two when we need it most tonight.

Sheeeeesh. Wolfpack defense on lockdown tonight 😮‍💨 pic.twitter.com/1CWC4SJ3hE

— #Pack9 ⚾️ (@NCStateBaseball) April 15, 2022

LFG!

a W is a W. stressful, but i'll take it.

Woot! DEVO! That was fun. Let's do it again tomorrow.

A win we needed to have and Villaman only had to throw 4 pitches.

Fun game. Hope to see a little more offense and secure the series tomorrow!

EthanBarry said:

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Francis Combs posted on facebook that Highfill is out 6-8 weeks. 8 weeks from his last start is ACC tourney

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Really really tough loss. Hopefully he can come back closer to 6 weeks so we can ease him into it. His role might be middle relief in the post season

Due to forecasted weather for the rest of the series, NC State baseball's game against Boston College Friday has been moved up to a 3 p.m. first pitch.

There is potential for a doubleheader Friday, and if the decision is made it will be communicated prior to first pitch. If the teams play a doubleheader, the second game of the day will be the team's annual #StrikeOutALS game.

https://gopack.com/news/2022/4/14/nc-state-baseballs-game-friday-moved-up-to-3-pm.aspx

For the second-straight game NC State baseball (21-11, 8-7 ACC) managed to capture a thrilling ninth-inning walk-off win, defeating Boston College (15-19, 3-13 ACC), 4-3, on Thursday evening in the series opener at Doak Field at Dail Park.

Despite the Eagles plating the first run of the game in the first inning, the Wolfpack responded with runs in its half of the first and in the second to take the lead. In the sixth BC tied things up to force the game to come down to the final three outs, and the Pack managed to pull off another walk off victory on a Devonte Brown bases-loaded sac fly to right field.

Travis Honneyman put the Eagles on the board in the first inning when he led off with a single to center field, and after Luke Gold laced a one-out double to put runners in scoring position he crossed home plate on a wild pitch.

NC State quickly tied things up though in the bottom frame when LuJames Groover III started the spark with a one-out double to left field, and then a wild pitch followed by Tommy White's sac fly to left field brought him home.

Groover extended his hit streak to 19 and reached base streak to 21 games.

J.T. Jarrett belted a solo shot to left field in the second inning to give the Pack a 2-1 lead, marking his third home run of the season.

The Eagles looked to tie things back up in the third when it loaded the bases up with one out, but a clutch double play started by Jarrett got the Pack out of the jam.

In the fifth the Pack added a run when Payton Green led off the side with a triple to right field and came home on a passed ball. Green has hit a triple in back-to-back games after not tallying one prior to this week.

Starting pitcher Logan Whitaker had a stellar outing, going five complete innings and surrendering one earned run on five hits while allowing just one walk and fanning a career-high seven batters.

BC used three hits in the sixth to knot the score at 3-3 when Lucas Stalman delivered with a two-out 2-RBI single to left field with the bases loaded. The Eagles looked to bring the go-ahead run across in the seventh with runners at the corners and one out, but another double play started by Jarrett ended the threat.

After three scoreless frames, the Pack managed to pull off its second-straight walk off win in the bottom of the ninth. Soles tallied his second hit of the game with a leadoff single, and then after Green drew a walk and an error allowed Jacob Cozart to load the bases Brown hit a deep fly ball to right field to send Soles home.

Soles went 2-for-3 on the night and has continued his hot streak at the plate, as he has tallied 17 hits in eight games.

After Justin Lawson and Baker Nelson strung together 3.2 innings of solid baseball on the mound, Chris Villaman got the final out of the Boston College ninth with a strikeout to earn his first win of the season. In each of his last seven appearances Villaman has earned a decision.


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