Pack 9 (3-4) returns to Doak Field on Tuesday 02/25 against the Richmond Spiders. 1st pitch is scheduled for 3 PM

Spend your Tuesday at the Doak with us. It's Gameday!

🆚: Richmond
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Shaffner on mound for NC State

Fun fact, they are called the Spiders because they used to have a pitcher with really long arms

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Almost that time!

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I'm bored at airport waiting on business flight, will provide some updates

UR Top 1st
First pitch pop up
-single to left on 3-0 count
-deeeep fly out to the wall
-swinging K
1 stranded

B1
-DeCriscio out 6-3. nice play UR ss
-Luke smokes one to shallow gap, hustles into 2B
-Fraasman BABIP grounder just gets by ss
-Sosa HBP in the back. bases loaded.
-McHugh huge swing and miss to go behind 0-2. nice take. then ropes an RBI single to left on hanging breaking ball. bases still loaded.
-Ossenfort 4-6-3 DP. gets behind 1-2. then hits it hard right at 2B.

1-0 Pack End 1

T2
-2-1 count, fastball line drive to the LF corner. double.
-Pop up to shallow right
-grounder to ss. very nice play by DeCriscio, who throws back to second to get leadoff guy cheating toward 3B
-4-pitch walk
-Shaffner gets ahead 0-2 on two aggressive swings then swinging strikeout on 1-2

1-0 Pack Mid 2

B2
-Jaros swinging K on breaker way out of zone
-Ty Head pops up to Bermuda Triangle outfield. bloop single.
-Jet Gilliam oppo warning track flyout. good swing.
-DeCriscio hit and run popout

1-0 Pack end 2

T3

-top of the order. sharp single to right
-opposite field single to left
-runner going on first move. pickoff.
-grounder to ss, we get the lead runner at third
-runner steals 2B. no throw from Sosa.
-seeing-eye super soft RBI single, scores the guy who just stole 2B. ugh.
-bloop, flare single to right. super unlucky there.
-first pitch groundout to ss

Mid 3 1-1

My plane is here, going to need some runs guys. Go Pack

That change up is killing us

Base running blunders have cost them at least two runs already.

Really needed more out of the opportunity in the first inning. Tough sledding against this reliever.

pack2010 said:

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At some point you need to bench Sosa for a game or two. He isn't even really close to being productive in the box

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Yup. I was glad he got hit in the first, saved us an unproductive out.

Woof

All with two outs. Brutal.

Another pitcher left in too long. That is probably game over with how we have been hitting.

He clearly lost his command and should have been pulled prior to that AB. Oh well

Just me or does the guy who calls our games seem to enjoy it when things don't go our way?

Back to back - geez. Everyone can hit exceptions apparently…

To answer James' podcast this morning- no. It's not too early to worry about this team.

They'll likely get better as the season goes along but for the life of me I can't understand the portal strategy after you saw the success you had last year with experienced guys. The only proven bat you were bringing in changed his mind and went back to Campbell.

I get wanting to lean on your pitching but even Carlos Rodon gave up a couple runs a game, this lineup wouldn't be able to overcome that most games.

That change up is still killing us.

Crazy that we were preseason ranked.

Alex Gee said:

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8 hits in the last 118 at bats

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Chris hart has been able to find/develop dudes for years. Safe to say he missed/won't be able to make magic out of this lineup this year?

B8| NC State 1, Richmond 5

The Pack goes down in order for the sixth straight inning.

— Technician Sports (@TechSports) February 25, 2025

ClePack said:

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Alex Gee said:

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8 hits in the last 118 at bats

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Chris hart has been able to find/develop dudes for years. Safe to say he missed/won't be able to make magic out of this lineup this year?

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Its similar to basketball, we assume a Keatts team will be above average offensively, but in this new era nothing is for sure. Especially in baseball its going to be a toss up every year.

1 out walk in bottom of 9th breaks streak of 20 NC State batters retired in a row

Edit it was 21

Going to be a long season. 5 in a row now?? Jeez