Pack powers past Tar Heels
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RALEIGH, NC -- Matt Willadsen tossed a complete game and NC State did plenty of yard work at the plate to cruise past North Carolina, 9-2, in the first game of a scheduled doubleheader Sunday at Doak Field in Raleigh.
The Wolfpack moved to 30-14 overall, 12-10 in ACC play with the victory. UNC dropped to 26-18, 9-14 in the league with the defeat.
Both teams scored a run in the opening inning. Tommy White smacked his 20th home run of the campaign to level things off for NCSU.
NC State took the lead for good in its half of the third inning when a wild pitch brought home LuJames Groover III.
Josh Hood drove in a run in the bottom of the fourth and two innings later he homered for another two runs batted in to give NC State a comfortable, 6-1, advantage.
The top-4 of NC State's batting order (Brown, Groover III, White, and Hood) is a combined 11-for-20 at the plate with 2 HR, 4 XB hits, one walk, and 6 RBIs in today's game.
— Rob McLamb (@RobMcLamb) May 8, 2022
The 5th batter (Pilolli) is 0-for-1 but has four walks this afternoon.
State 9, Carolina 2 -- end of 8th
Jacob Cozart also homered in the seventh inning for the Pack.
Willadsen was dominant on the mound for NC State. The righty from Holly Springs, North Carolina allowed two runs on only five hits while fanning nine and walking two on 120 pitches for the afternoon.
MATTY ICE GOES THE DISTANCE! pic.twitter.com/14G9kPWOpG
— #Pack9 ⚾️ (@NCStateBaseball) May 8, 2022
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A lifelong native of the Triangle area in North Carolina, Rob McLamb has covered NC State Athletics since 2010, as well as writing about each of the five major sports leagues in North America (NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, and MLS) for various newspapers and outlets. As a journalist who has also served as a high school and college coach, McLamb provides an educated, unfiltered, and analytical perspective on the Wolfpack and the ACC.