The NC State baseball team continues its four-game road swing this weekend at No. 2 Wake Forest. This weekend's ACC series at David F. Couch Ballpark has an updated schedule with a game on Friday night and a doubleheader on Sunday. Friday's matchup will remain at 6 p.m., while Sunday's doubleheader will begin at noon with game two to follow 45 minutes after the conclusion of the first contest.
All three games will now stream live on ACC Network Extra. Any further updates on TV designations will be announced as needed.
A free audio stream will still be available on the Varsity Network App for all three games with Andrew Sanders on the call. All three games will also be available on the radio on WKNC 88.1.
NC State (20-9, 5-7 ACC) is 126-66 against Wake Forest in the all-time series.
PROJECTED STARTING PITCHERS
Friday RHP Logan Whitaker (NCSU) vs. RHP Rhett Lowder (Wake Forest)
Sunday (Game 1) RHP Matt Willadsen (NCSU) vs. LHP Sean Sullivan (Wake Forest)
Sunday (Game 2) LHP Dominic Fritton (NCSU) vs. LHP Josh Hartle (Wake Forest)
THE MATCHUP: SERIES AGAINST WAKE FOREST
NC State enters this weekend's matchup against Wake Forest with a 126-66 advantage in the all-time series, winning the most recent matchup 11-8 at the ACC Tournament. More notes from the series against Wake Forest are listed below:
Despite dropping three of four games to Wake Forest in 2022, NC State recorded an 11-8 win over the Demon Deacons to open the ACC Tournament on May 24. The Pack rallied from a 4-0 deficit with a six-run fifth inning. NC State never trailed again in the contest, scoring five more runs in the top of the seventh to put the game out of reach.
NC State secured a series win at Wake Forest the last time the two teams met at David F. Couch Ballpark. NC State opened the weekend with a 13-7 win before Wake Forest bounced back with a 14-11 win on Saturday. The Pack won the finale 15-8 to take two games out of three from April 30-May 2, 2021.
NC State and Wake Forest are an even 5-5 in the past 10 matchups. All five of NC State's wins during that stretch have come on the road or at the ACC Tournament.
SCOUTING WAKE FOREST
No. 2 Wake Forest (26-4, 10-2 ACC) has been dominant on the mound this season, posting the lowest team ERA (2.28) and highest strikeouts per nine innings mark (12.6) in the nation. The Demon Deacons will carry a six-game winning streak in ACC play into Friday night's matchup against the Wolfpack. Wake Forest has not dropped an ACC series this season after being picked second place in the Atlantic Division with six first-place votes in the 2023 ACC Baseball Coaches Preseason Poll. All three of its projected weekend starters hold an ERA under 1.80, highlighted by Friday night starter Rhett Lowder, who holds a 1.40 ERA with 54 strikeouts to just eight walks. Offensively, Tommy Hawke has started all 30 games and leads the team in batting average (.397), doubles (13) and stolen bases (seven).
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