PACK WINS!!

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Wolfpack downs South Carolina by a score of 2-1 while only allowing 3 hits for second time this weekend!

Baseball America has a nice article that can be read by clicking here.

In our NCAA tournament preview podcast last week, I said North Carolina State’s pitching was very good, but not great. John Manuel disagreed.

I was wrong, and John was right.

The Wolfpack has a solid starting rotation, but what makes its staff truly great is its deep, versatile bullpen. The strength of that pen was on full display at the Raleigh regional this weekend, and it came up huge again in Sunday’s regional-clinching 2-1 win against South Carolina.

State will play the winner of Monday’s Georgia Tech – Georgia game in the Super Regional with the winner advancing to the College World Series!

Good luck, boys!

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73 Responses to PACK WINS!!

  1. blpack 06/01/2008 at 9:12 PM #

    Pretty amazing win for the Pack! Come up short so often, but not tonight. Big for Avent too. Now State needs to go to the next level.

  2. Dr. BadgerPack 06/01/2008 at 9:14 PM #

    State used the recipe they’ve used all season. Pitching, pitching and some pitching on the side. They also got a little bit of pop from the offense; those pesky little things called homers I mentioned that you need to win these things.

    Outstanding weekend for NC State baseball. An undefeated regional win– the first ever regional in Raleigh. Not only that, but they absolutely shut down South Carolina twice– this is a good offense, and a team that was in the top 10 during the early part of the season. (Incidentally, RPI-wise this was one of the tougher regionals- if not the toughest- in the tournament this year).

    Again, just a great weekend for State baseball. Gotta love it for the seniors (and perhaps those that leave early for the draft) who got a chance to not only play a home regional, but win it.

    And somewhere, I’m sure Lee Fowler just climaxed while shouting FACILITIES!! at the top of his lungs…

  3. Dogbreath 06/01/2008 at 9:16 PM #

    Let’s make something clear, Lee Fowler is only concerned about one thing right now: finding a tooth pick to get that well-done flank steak gristle out of his tooth.

  4. PackFan 06/01/2008 at 9:18 PM #

    Great job Pack! Props were given on ESPNU to the job our pitching staff has done to SC.

  5. PAPacker 06/01/2008 at 9:19 PM #

    ANybody have any background on Georgia? When does the series start?

  6. PAPacker 06/01/2008 at 9:22 PM #

    UGA is ranked #8 in 2 of 3 polls, #17 in the third

  7. Dr. BadgerPack 06/01/2008 at 9:25 PM #

    PAPacker– Georgia has Gordon Beckham at SS who will probably go in the top 5 or 10 in the draft (SEC player of the year, that’s saying something considering Smoak- who we just saw- was pretty darn good). Whomever we end up playing, I’ll put a similar preview up to the one I did for the regional (maybe a bit more in-depth, since it’s only two teams). But first, we have to see who wins that last GT-Georgia matchup.

  8. PAPacker 06/01/2008 at 9:31 PM #

    I thought UGA just beat GT today 8-0. Is there another game Monday?

  9. Dr. BadgerPack 06/01/2008 at 9:32 PM #

    GT was in the winners bracket. It’s double elimination, so tomorrow it’s winner-take-all.

  10. PAPacker 06/01/2008 at 9:36 PM #

    Sorry about that. I thought today was the elimination game. Go Tech!

  11. WV Wolf 06/01/2008 at 9:44 PM #

    According to Tony Haynes on the postgame on 88.1, since the GT game in the ACC tourney State’s bullpen has pitched 15.1 innings with one hit and no earned runs. That is just outstanding.

  12. Lee Fowler's Sandwedge 06/01/2008 at 9:56 PM #

    What’s goin’ on? Did somethin happen back home?

  13. ruffles31 06/01/2008 at 10:01 PM #

    This is excellent news. Let’s go Georgia Tech so we can host next weekend.

  14. packfan4ever 06/01/2008 at 10:14 PM #

    Such an Awesome weekend!! The atmosphere was incredible!! GO PACK!!

  15. Lunatic Fringe 06/01/2008 at 10:18 PM #

    If you had told me before the game that we would only score 2 runs this evening than I would have just assumed we would be playing on Monday…

    What a fantastic job by the pitching staff this weekend. BTW…I thought coaches/managers (Holiday in particular) did a great job with the staff…mixing them in the right spots & taking visits to mound before key at bats.

  16. spanky 06/01/2008 at 10:29 PM #

    I must say, after flying to London last Tuesday and not having any ‘Pack news in nearly two weeks, to come home and see that we have not only hosted but won our regional without losing is pretty fantastic news.
    And because we are seeded higher than GT IF and a big IF they beat UGA on Monday we host our Super regional correct? Please help if I am mistaken.

  17. Lunatic Fringe 06/01/2008 at 10:35 PM #

    Spanky…you are correct.

  18. Dr. BadgerPack 06/01/2008 at 10:39 PM #

    Well, it is assumed that the Pack would host GT in a superregional. BUT, it is an NCAA decision and there is a chance they’d do something screwy.

  19. tooyoungtoremember 06/01/2008 at 11:01 PM #

    Tech has a super awesome baseball facility, and this is NC State we’re talking about here, so I wouldn’t put it past the NCAA to pull something screwy if Tech wins the Athens regional tomorrow.

  20. CStanley 06/01/2008 at 11:11 PM #

    Well deserved and much needed regional win this weekend. NC State athletics needed this badly. Credit to the baseball team and Coach Avent for making this one count!

    I think this is our best shot in a long, long time to get to Omaha. I like our chances against either GT or UGA better than I did against Miami in 2003.

    What’s the closest we’ve ever gotten to Omaha since the ’68 team (other than 2003)? Did any of Tanner’s teams get very far?

  21. statemech 06/01/2008 at 11:48 PM #

    closest we’ve gotten was the only other super regional we’ve been to, 2003 against Miami, lost the series 2-0. correct me if I’m wrong on this one

  22. tulsapack 06/02/2008 at 2:15 AM #

    Great writeup on Baseball America:

    http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/college/?p=469#more-469

  23. kool k 06/02/2008 at 8:06 AM #

    Here is some love from ESPNU:

    http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/news/story?id=3421812

  24. graywolf 06/02/2008 at 8:08 AM #

    Question : Do we want to host and play GT…..which we have had little success against or play UG away?

    Just asking……

  25. Noah 06/02/2008 at 8:11 AM #

    Way to go, Pack!

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