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Baseball Drops Middle Game of Set at NC State
April 27, 2024 | Baseball
RALEIGH, N.C. – The Ball State baseball team got its offense going late but not enough to complete a comeback at No. 24 NC State as the Wolfpack won 9-3 on Saturday afternoon at Doak Field.
The Cardinals (25-17-1) put single tallies on the scoreboard in the sixth, seventh and eighth innings, but the Wolfpack (24-16) got out to a 7-0 advantage after five to take control of the game on their way to a series-clinching victory.
Ball State's Hunter Dobbins got the scoring started for the visitors with a solo homer to left field in the sixth before Houston King rapped an inside-the-park homer to right center that bounced to center field after the two outfielders collided.
King tacked on an RBI single that plated Grant Miller in the eighth for the day's final scoring. The Cardinals previously had momentum in the seventh down 7-2 and with runners on second and third with only one away, but they couldn't cut into the Wolfpack lead, and NC State added a pair of insurance runs in the bottom half of the inning.
Dominic Fritton went 5.2 innings while striking out four and allowing a single run to earn the win and improve to 3-3. Ball State starter Keegan Johnson (6-1) suffered hist first career loss by giving up four runs in 3.2 innings pitched.
Decker Scheffler (three), Dobbins, King and Nick Gregory (two each) collected multiple hits for Ball State on the day. The Cardinals suffered their only series loss of April with the setback.
Ball State and NC State are set to conclude the series with a 1 p.m. showdown on Sunday afternoon.
The Cardinals (25-17-1) put single tallies on the scoreboard in the sixth, seventh and eighth innings, but the Wolfpack (24-16) got out to a 7-0 advantage after five to take control of the game on their way to a series-clinching victory.
Ball State's Hunter Dobbins got the scoring started for the visitors with a solo homer to left field in the sixth before Houston King rapped an inside-the-park homer to right center that bounced to center field after the two outfielders collided.
King tacked on an RBI single that plated Grant Miller in the eighth for the day's final scoring. The Cardinals previously had momentum in the seventh down 7-2 and with runners on second and third with only one away, but they couldn't cut into the Wolfpack lead, and NC State added a pair of insurance runs in the bottom half of the inning.
Dominic Fritton went 5.2 innings while striking out four and allowing a single run to earn the win and improve to 3-3. Ball State starter Keegan Johnson (6-1) suffered hist first career loss by giving up four runs in 3.2 innings pitched.
Decker Scheffler (three), Dobbins, King and Nick Gregory (two each) collected multiple hits for Ball State on the day. The Cardinals suffered their only series loss of April with the setback.
Ball State and NC State are set to conclude the series with a 1 p.m. showdown on Sunday afternoon.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Dominic Fritton (3-3)
L: Johnson, Keegan (6-1)
Batting:
2B: Dobbins, Hunter 1 ; Gregory, Nick 1
HR: Dobbins, Hunter 1 ; King, Houston 1
RBI: Dobbins, Hunter 1 ; King, Houston 2
Base Running:
RUNS: Dobbins, Hunter 1 ; Miller, Grant 1 ; King, Houston 1
CS: Scheffler, Decker 1
Batting:
2B: Chase Nixon 1 ; Matt Heavner 1
HR: Jacob Cozart 1
RBI: Eli Serrano III 2 ; Alec Makarewicz 1 ; Jacob Cozart 1 ; Chase Nixon 3
Base Running:
RUNS: Josh Hogue 1 ; Alec Makarewicz 1 ; Jacob Cozart 2 ; Brandon Butterworth 2 ; Luke Nixon 2 ; Chase Nixon 1
SB: Brandon Butterworth 1 ; Luke Nixon 1
CS: Chase Nixon 1
HBP: Matt Heavner 1
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