The NC State baseball team opens a stretch of 12 of its next 13 games at home on Tuesday night against UNCW. Tuesday night's matchup at Doak Field at Dail Park is set for 6 p.m. and will be broadcasted live on ACC Network Extra.
A free audio stream will be available on the Varsity Network App for Tuesday's game with Tony Haynes on the call. The midweek matchup will also be available on the radio on WKNC 88.1.
NC State (20-11, 5-9 ACC) holds a 76-20 all-time record against UNCW (19-11, 10-4 CAA).
PROJECTED STARTING PITCHERS
Tuesday RHP Baker Nelson (NCSU) vs. RHP Ryan Calvert (UNCW)
THE MATCHUP: SERIES AGAINST UNCW
NC State holds a 76-20 all-time advantage in the series against UNC Wilmington. Other notes on this week's midweek matchup against the Seahawks:
On March 21, NC State recorded an 11-8 victory in 10 innings in its first matchup against UNCW in 2023. The Pack scored three runs in the top of the 10th before Justin Lawson struck out three Seahawks in the bottom half of the inning to seal the midweek victory. The game time (4:10) remains the longest for NC State so far this season.
The Pack and Seahawks first met back in 1971 when NC State posted a 3-1 victory under head coach Sam Esposito.
The two teams met twice in 2022. NC State earned a 7-6 victory over UNCW on April 12 as the Pack scored five unanswered runs, including three in the bottom of the ninth, to secure the midweek triumph. Josh Hood lifted a sacrifice fly to center field to score LuJames Groover III for the winning run in the comeback win.
UNCW avenged its defeat to the Wolfpack later in the season on May 10, defeating NC State 13-11 in Wilmington.
UNCW's win over NC State on May 10 snapped the Pack's nine-game winning streak over the Seahawks in the series.
SCOUTING UNCW
UNCW (19-11, 10-4 CAA) played just two games this past week, splitting a Sunday doubleheader at Elon with a 7-6 comeback victory in game two. UNCW won its first four CAA series before splitting a pair of games against Elon this past weekend, defeating Monmouth, Towson, Stony Brook and North Carolina A&T in series in league action. Offensively, the Seahawks rank 25th nationally with a .311 batting average and 40th nationally with a slugging percentage of .505. UNCW's most impressive wins of the season have come against then No. 11 & No. 8 East Carolina, sweeping the midweek series against the Pirates this season. The Diamond Hawks were picked to finish second in the CAA during the preseason, trailing only College of Charleston in the CAA Preseason Poll
PROMOTION: FEED THE PACK
Feed the Pack will be hosting a food drive at Tuesday's game to help fight food insecurity on campus for NC State students. Fans can bring nonperishable food items to the main gate to help a student in need through the fourth inning of Tuesday's game against UNCW
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