Groover III's hot streak resulted in the junior winning ACC Player of the Week honors and Perfect Game National Player of the Week honors on April 17.Ĭoming up clutch. The third baseman has hit safely in 15 of his past 16 games and has reached base in 29 straight contests. Since April 9, Groover III has caught fire, raising his average over 50 points to. The junior tallied at least one hit in 48 of the Pack's 57 games this past season, reaching base safely in 50 contests. 364 batting average, 86 hits, 16 doubles and a. Junior LuJames Groover III had a breakout season for the Pack in 2022, making 55 starts and 57 total appearances in his first season in Raleigh. The Pack is 3-2 against that quadrant this season. 43) will mark the Pack's sixth game against a team currently between No. Thursday's series opener at Notre Dame (No. NC State ranks 25th nationally in overall strength of schedule. The Pack is 22-1 in games against teams ranked above No. Trevor Candelaria hit two of the Pack's four homers on the afternoon, recording his second multi-home run game this season. Fritton struck out all three batters he faced to keep the game tied heading to the final frame. On the mound, Dominic Fritton earned the win after escaping a bases-loaded with nobody out situation in the top of the ninth. LuJames Groover III delivered the solo walk-off homer with two outs in the bottom of the ninth to break a 5-5 tie. NC State smacked four home runs to record a 6-5 comeback victory over NC A&T on Tuesday. The Pack has taken one game out of three in each of its prior four three-game series in South Bend. NC State will look to record its first-ever series victory at Notre Dame this weekend.Sam Highfill and Evan Justice shut down the Fighting Irish in the 5-2 victory, allowing a combined five hits. NC State's most recent win in the series came in game two of a three-game series in South Bend in 2021.Notre Dame won both games against NC State this past season, winning 8-4 in 12 innings in game one before posting an 11-4 win in game two.The Pack outscored Notre Dame 25-7 in the doubleheader sweep. NC State's last series win against Notre Dame came from April 13-14, 2018, in Raleigh, sweeping a doubleheader on April 14 to record the series victory.More notes from the series against Notre Dame are listed below: NC State enters this weekend's series against Notre Dame with a 13-12 record against the Fighting Irish. LHP Aidan Tyrell (Notre Dame)įriday – RHP Matt Willadsen (NCSU) vs. NC State (29-14, 8-12 ACC) holds a 13-12 advantage in the all-time series against Notre Dame (25-17, 13-11 ACC). All three games will also be available on WKNC 88.1. Friday and Saturday's games will be streamed live on ACC Network Extra.Ī free audio stream will be available on the Varsity Network App for all three games with Andrew Sanders on the call. Thursday night's game will be televised on ACC Network. This weekend's series in South Bend, Indiana, will run Thursday through Saturday with first pitch times scheduled for 7 p.m., 5 p.m. In the end, all that matters is winning.RALEIGH – The NC State baseball team carries a four-game winning streak into this weekend's road ACC series at Notre Dame. So much for the fairy tale of Notre Dame's first mission being the molding of Christian youth and teaching the values of sportsmanship, respect, moral behavior, and fair play. And."I want guys that maybe get caught drinking that are underage, or guys that maybe got arrested because they got in a fight at a bar, or guys who are willing to cuss in public and don't mind the repercussions of it." Pinkett has not apologized and received a mere one game "paid vacation" from the broadcasting booth. And."You look at the teams have won in the past. And."You get your butt kicked if you've got a team full of choirboys so you've got to have a little bit of edge". Pinkett said the following gems on a Chicago sports show at the beginning of the season: "I've always felt like to have a successful team, you've got to have a few bad citizens on the team". (3) - Allen Pinkett, former Notre Dame All-American football player and current team radio analyst. talk show host and Notre Dame's most visible/vocal fan. (1) - Tuscaloosa, Alabama, the home of the U of A. We need some thugs and bad guys out there! (3) Regis jumped off the Brooklyn Bridge! (2) The way they played was one crying shame.īack in South Bend they all say "Oh Damn"!Īfter this rout they may change their name.
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