Pack9 Moves on to Supers

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Wolfpack Baseball (47-14) continued down the path to Omaha Sunday night with a convincing 9-2 victory over the Tribe of William & Mary (39-24).

At the plate, Tarran Senay wasted no time in continuing his torrid post-season as he crushed a three run shot into the trees beyond right field in the first inning to give the Pack an early 3-0 lead.  The blast was Senay’s 8th of the season and 2nd during the regional.  He would add a 2 out 2RBI single during the Pack’s 3 run eight inning as well, giving him a nice little 2 for 5 effort with 5 RBIs on the night.

Jake Fincher (3 for 5, RBI, run) and Logan Ratledge (3 for 4, RBI, 2 runs, double, stolen base) each had three-hit nights, while Grant Clyde (2 for 5) had two of his own.

As has been the case lately for the most part, State’s pitchers showed up with their game faces on.

Freshman lefthander Brad Stone (3-2) would get the start for the Pack and earn the victory by scattering 4 hits over the course of 5.1 scoreless innings of work.  He struck out 3 and walked no one.

Ryan Wilkins would work two innings in relief of Stone, yielding 2 runs (1 earned) on 2 hits, with 3 Ks and no BBs.  He would then hand it off to Grant Sasser, who turned the lights out on the Tribe, and on the Raleigh Regional.  Sasser tossed 1.2 perfect innings, striking out 3 of the 5 batters he faced to secure the victory and the Pack’s second consecutive trip into the Super Regional round.

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The entire Wolfpack infield made the All-Regional team (Senay (1B), Ratledge (2B), Turner (SS), Clyde (3B)) as did Jake Fincher (RF) and of course, Carlos Rodon (P).

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Along with the Pack, FSU and UVa both emerged perfect from their regionals yesterday.

VT, Clemson and Miami were all eliminated yesterday.

GT (vs Vandy, 7pm) and Carolina (vs FAU, 6pm) must both win tonight.

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And the effing Oregon Ducks survived two elimination games on Sunday.  They play again tonight at 9pm vs Rice.  If they win, the Pack will travel to Eugene for super regionals.

If Rice prevails however, the Pack will welcome the Owls to Raleigh next weekend for the best of three supers, beginning either Friday or Saturday.

So…..Snap, Crackle and Pop, Dammit!!!!

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Go Owls!!!!!

(both the Rice and FAU varieties, that is 🙂 )

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About Wufpacker

A 2nd generation alumnus and raised since birth to be irrationally dedicated to all things NC State. Class of '88 and '92.

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100 Responses to Pack9 Moves on to Supers

  1. TheAliasTroll 06/03/2013 at 11:51 AM #

    Wooo go Pack and go Florida Atlantic (if they win tonight they eliminate UNC-Cheatin-asses).

  2. Whiteshoes67 06/03/2013 at 12:00 PM #

    Wuf, looking forward to your super preview. Would love to see some analysis of how the remaining 16 will stack up.

  3. Wufpacker 06/03/2013 at 12:08 PM #

    Will touch on that briefly I’m sure.

    Interesting thing is that if us and Carolina both make it to Omaha, they’ll be our opening game.

    I think it sounds like fun if we could push them into the loser’s bracket in Omaha, and then out altogether a couple days later.

    Don’t you?

  4. DFMo 06/03/2013 at 12:48 PM #

    Attendance recommended!

    Went to my first ever NCSU Baseball game last night sitting in bleachers (best avail) since did not order till after Sat night’s game. I coulda scalped but there were 5 of us so a bird in the hand …

    Parked in the garage (easy in, a little wait getting out of course), no line at will call, got a dog and eats and then a good game.

    I may have to do that again.

  5. bill.onthebeach 06/03/2013 at 12:55 PM #

    GO PACK9 !!!

    … when, where and who is our next game ???

    .. and them little FLA schools are all giant killers
    …. aren’t they ??

  6. Texpack 06/03/2013 at 1:25 PM #

    Rice doesn’t have one of their great teams this year but Wayne Graham is 85 years old and won’t screw up the coaching part. I just hope the extra game gets to the Ducks pitching.

  7. PackFamily 06/03/2013 at 1:42 PM #

    Hoping for a Oregon loss but as a State fan I am confident it won’t happen. Only hopin for a loss for UNC so we don’t have to face them.

  8. 44rules 06/03/2013 at 1:43 PM #

    Awesome news. Being mobile yesterday, I followed the score updates on this site. Great work.

  9. Wufpacker 06/03/2013 at 3:37 PM #

    Now bill, I love ya and all….but did you read the entry?

    I thought I covered who we may or may not next face, and where.

    To review…@Oregon OR at home vs Rice. Will be determined tonight at 9pm in game seven of Eugene regional. Supers rounds start either Friday(thru Sunday) or Saturday(thru Monday).

    Capisce?

    And yes, never underestimate a squad from the sunshine state.

  10. Wufpacker 06/03/2013 at 4:23 PM #

    SCar survives some 9th inning shakes vs Liberty and moves on. Will face FAU/Carolina winner in supers.

    The rest of today’s schedule….

    6pm FAU/Carolina (winner faces SCar in supers)
    7pm GT/Vandy (winner faces Louisville in supers)
    8pm Central Ark/Miss St (winner faces UVa in supers)
    9pm Rice/Oregon (winner faces the Pack in supers)

  11. ChemE79a 06/03/2013 at 5:42 PM #

    Wufpacker – Didn’t I read somewhere that the NCAA reseeds when everyone gets to Omaha? And if so we would be a higher seed than anyone else who was not a national seed wouldn’t we? So the only way we would face UNC in the first game is if Oregon was the only national seed not to make it to Omaha, right?

  12. Wufpacker 06/03/2013 at 6:28 PM #

    ^ Hmmmm. My old brain can’t seem to remember.

    I’ll see if I can find that out, but in the meantime, maybe the human rulebook can step in here and give an answer to the issue.

  13. Wufpacker 06/03/2013 at 6:31 PM #

    Start of FAU/Carolina in a rain delay currently, btw.

  14. CaptainCraptacular 06/03/2013 at 6:32 PM #

    They do not reseed. If we both win through – a big if as USC is also playing well, we’d face UNC first game in Omaha. Can check the bracket at NCAA.com for confirmation.

  15. highstick 06/03/2013 at 7:43 PM #

    I wish you guys would refer to those guys from Chapel Hill as the Un-Carolina so as not to confuse me…It’s taken me 35 years to finally start calling the Cocks “Carolina”…

    The Cocks were due “to not score another 19” against Liberty…LOL!

  16. Dr. BadgerPack 06/03/2013 at 7:45 PM #

    Captain is correct.

  17. TheCOWDOG 06/03/2013 at 8:21 PM #

    ‘Stick, I never asked. Who’s side exactly were you on in 19 and 75, when Bobby Richardson’s crew beat us 3-2 in the ninth.. in Columbia, to punch the ticket to Omaha?

  18. mikeD 06/03/2013 at 8:31 PM #

    Owls up on the holes 2-1 top of the 2nd! Gotta be good mojo for their cousins out on the West Coast!

  19. Wufpacker 06/03/2013 at 8:35 PM #

    Owls gotta rule the day.

    Gonna see how many licks it takes to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop.

  20. Pack78 06/03/2013 at 9:20 PM #

    Rice OWLS go up 3-0 in the top of the 1st on the Ducks…

  21. Wufpacker 06/03/2013 at 9:23 PM #

    ^ You beat me to it ’78.

    But still sweet.

  22. Wufpacker 06/03/2013 at 9:44 PM #

    Ducks get two back in bottom 1st.

    3-2 Rice going to the 2nd.

  23. Wufpacker 06/03/2013 at 10:03 PM #

    Rice gets two more…now 5-2 mid 2nd

  24. Wufpacker 06/03/2013 at 10:05 PM #

    GT goes down, Vandy moves on btw.

  25. Wufpacker 06/03/2013 at 10:18 PM #

    Call to the bullpen in Eugene…Rice now up 6-2, threatening for more

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