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The Pack takes on Pittsburgh to close out its 2023 regular season schedule at The Doak. NC State opens its series against the Panthers on Thursday night at 6 p.m. All three games in the series will be broadcasted live on ACC Network Extra.

These games mean nothing. Rest our starting pitchers and main bullpen guys or only have each throw a couple innings max to keep rust off. If don't win ACCT, will be watching regionals from home.

packman34 said:

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These games mean nothing. Rest our starting pitchers and main bullpen guys or only have each throw a couple innings max to keep rust off. If don't win ACCT, will be watching regionals from home.

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Is that the case? Dont we need to at least make the ACCT?

packman34 said:

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These games mean nothing. Rest our starting pitchers and main bullpen guys or only have each throw a couple innings max to keep rust off. If don't win ACCT, will be watching regionals from home.

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Gotta win the series to ensure we make the ACCT and a sweep puts you back on the bubble.

A sweep would have us finish with a 13-16 ACC record, 4-6 in ACC series with a Top 20 RPI and no losses outside the top 100 and only 1 loss outside the top 50.

Wrong side of the bubble probably but right now we're not even there.

Glasswolf said:

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packman34 said:

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These games mean nothing. Rest our starting pitchers and main bullpen guys or only have each throw a couple innings max to keep rust off. If don't win ACCT, will be watching regionals from home.

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These games might mean making the ACCT

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standings
May 14

Atlantic
Wake Forest 20-6 .769
Clemson 17-10 .630
Boston College, Notre Dame 14-13 .519
NC State 10-16 .385
Louisville 9-18 .333
Florida State 7-20 .259

Coastal
Miami Virginia 16-11 .593
Duke 15-11 .577
unc-ch 14-11 .560
Georgia Tech 12-15 .444
Virginia Tech 11-15 .423 edit
Pittsburgh 10-15 .400

May 18-20 all series Thursday through Saturday
Notre Dame @ Boston College
unc-ch @ Clemson
Virginia Tech @ Wake Forest
Pittsburgh @ NC State
Virginia @ Georgia Tech
Florida State @ Louisville
Duke @ Miami

Pittsburgh 10-15 .400

@ Florida State 1-2
unc-ch 0-1
Virginia Tech 2-1
@ Duke 1-2
Notre Dame 1-3
@ Virginia 2-1
Wake Forest 1-2
@ Georgia Tech 1-2
Miami 1-2

For those wondering: VT & GT clinch with a win or Louisville loss. Pitt & NC State clinch a spot with 2 wins, a win & Louisville loss or 2 Louisville losses. FSU is eliminated @11point7 https://t.co/0v8L4BVxTk

— FQ Just Means Less (@FQACC) May 14, 2023

Glasswolf said:

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For those wondering: VT & GT clinch with a win or Louisville loss. Pitt & NC State clinch a spot with 2 wins, a win & Louisville loss or 2 Louisville losses. FSU is eliminated @11point7 https://t.co/0v8L4BVxTk

— FQ Just Means Less (@FQACC) May 14, 2023

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thank you

The NC State baseball team concludes its regular season schedule this weekend at home against Pittsburgh. This weekend's series at The Doak will run Thursday through Saturday with first pitch times scheduled for 6 p.m., 6 p.m. and 1 p.m., respectively.

All three games of this weekend's series against the Panthers will be broadcasted on ACC Network Extra. A free audio stream will be available on the Varsity Network App for all three games with Tony Haynes on the call. This weekend's contests will also be available on WKNC 88.1.

NC State (31-18, 10-16 ACC) holds a 14-1 advantage in the all-time series against Pittsburgh (23-27, 10-15 ACC).

PROJECTED STARTING PITCHERS
Thursday RHP Logan Whitaker (NCSU) vs. RHP Jack Sokol (Pittsburgh)
Friday RHP Matt Willadsen (NCSU) vs. RHP Logan Evans (Pittsburgh)
Saturday TBD (NCSU) vs. RHP Kyle Mosley (Pittsburgh)


THE MATCHUP: SERIES AGAINST PITT
NC State enters this weekend's series against Pittsburgh with a 14-1 record against the Panthers. More notes from the series against Pitt are listed below:

NC State is a perfect 14-0 against Pitt since the Panthers joined the ACC in 2013. The Pack is 12-0 in weekend series' matchups against Pitt and 2-0 against this weekend's visitors in ACC Tournament contests.
The Wolfpack is 6-0 against Pitt at Doak Field at Dail Park. In the first recent meeting between the two programs back on March 27-29, 2015, NC State outscored the Panthers 30-8 in a three-game sweep at The Doak. NC State then swept Pitt in a much closer series in Raleigh back in 2019, posting a pair of one-run victories in a three-game sweep from March 8-10.
In the most recent series between the Pack and Panthers, NC State swept No. 16 Pitt on the road from May 14-16, 2021. The Pack opened the series with a 3-2 win before closing out the series with 9-7 and 10-3 victories, respectively.
The Wolfpack knocked off Pittsburgh 8-3 to advance to the 2022 ACC Tournament Championship Game this past season in Charlotte. NC State jumped out to a 5-0 lead in the first inning behind three opening-inning homers. Canaan Silver tossed 5.2 innings to earn the win on the mound.
Pittsburgh's sole win in the series came back in 1941 when the Panthers earned a 3-1 victory over Doc Newton's Wolfpack.

SCOUTING PITT
Pittsburgh (23-27, 10-15 ACC) enters this weekend's matchup in Raleigh following an 11-3 midweek victory over in-state rival Penn State at PNC Park. The Panthers dropped their weekend series at home to No. 11 Miami, winning game two 7-4 while dropping Friday and Sunday's games by just one run apiece. Pitt ranks second in the ACC with 303 walks at the plate and third in the league with 18 successful sacrifice bunts. Four Panthers have started all 50 games this season, highlighted by CJ Funk, who leads the team with 13 homers, 104 total bases and 28 extra-base hits. On the mound, the Panthers rank last in the ACC with a 1.83 WHIP as a pitching staff. Closer Bryan Nash has tallied a team-high seven saves with a 42-to-11 strikeout-to-walk ratio.
https://gopack.com/news/2023/5/17/baseball-pack9-concludes-home-slate-with-series-against-pitt.aspx

Final homestand begins tonight in Raleigh 👊

⏰ 6 p.m.
📍 #TheDoak
🆚 Pitt
📺 https://t.co/qZ9oKg8ZoO (ACCNX)
📻 Tony Haynes on @WKNC881
🎧 https://t.co/yjmgalMads
📊 https://t.co/CD2VEwhj6m pic.twitter.com/h23HJyGQ98

— #Pack9 ⚾️ (@NCStateBaseball) May 18, 2023

It's win or stay home

I hate the Pitt team hitting approach. It's the equivalent of four corners in basketball. Going up there with the intention of drawing a walk just doesn't seem like the spirit of the game to me.

On the wrong end of a review for the hundredth time this season.

Our true freshman back up catcher is our best player.

There have been very few, if any.

Whitaker battling tonight. Strike zone is inconsistent even in the same at bats.

All of the 2 out hits!!

Great start from Whitaker.

Our bullpen is consistent at least.

nice job tonight. win tomorrow and see what happens in the ACCT. This team is built like 2021 pitching wise, so maybe we can sneak up on a team or two

Alex Gee said:

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I wonder how much gamesmanship goes into pitching this weekend. Tonight was big for saving arms, assuming we make it into next week. I typically fall into the "win today and figure it out tomorrow" mindset, but there's obviously some sort of vision that needs to exist in this situation.

I think best case would be to find a way to get a sweep while preserving Fritton to start the opener of the tournament. Getting to 1-0 in the pool play is so important especially as the low seed in a pool.

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Man if we could get through the next 2 games with some sort of combo of Lawson/Britton/Labriola/Kelly out of the pen and not have to use Fritton that would be huge.

standings
morning of May 19

Atlantic
Wake Forest 21-6 .778
Clemson 18-10 .643
Notre Dame 15-13 .536
Boston College, 14-14 .500
NC State 11-16 .407
Louisville 10-18 .357
Florida State 7-21 .250

Coastal
Virginia 17-11 .607
Duke 16-11 .593
Miami 16-12 .571
unc-ch 14-12 .538
Georgia Tech 12-16 .429
Virginia Tech 11-16 .407
Pittsburgh 10-16 .385

what do we have to do to avoid wakes pool?

Lights out performance last night from Whit 🔥 pic.twitter.com/v7McaieOdv

— #Pack9 ⚾️ (@NCStateBaseball) May 19, 2023

pack2010 said:

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what do we have to do to avoid wakes pool?

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Pool A
#1 Wake Forest
#8
#12

Pool B
#2 Coastal winner
#7
#11

Pool C
#3 probably Clemson
#6
#10

Pool D
#4 too many possibilities
#5
#9

Zart doing damage with two down 👊#Pack9 pic.twitter.com/YsQL7sD2ic

— #Pack9 ⚾️ (@NCStateBaseball) May 18, 2023

Make it six punchouts through four frames for Whit 🔥 pic.twitter.com/ypsClvMgJC

— #Pack9 ⚾️ (@NCStateBaseball) May 18, 2023

A team-high 11th homer of the year for @cpeebs34 💣 pic.twitter.com/RwfbUnltPX

— #Pack9 ⚾️ (@NCStateBaseball) May 18, 2023

Big weekend at #TheDoak starts 🔜⏳ pic.twitter.com/8rOSbOw72p

— #Pack9 ⚾️ (@NCStateBaseball) May 18, 2023