Questionable pitching moves cost Pack9 series at Virginia Tech

RALEIGH, NC - APRIL 14: NC State Wolfpack catcher Jacob Cozart (14) gets advice from NC State Wolfpack head coach Elliott Avent during the college baseball game between Boston College Eagles and the North Carolina State Wolfpack on April 14, 2022 at Dail Park in Raleigh, NC. (Photo by Nicholas Faulkner/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) | Icon Sportswire via Getty Images NC State’s NCAA Regional at-large hopes took a massive hit in Blacksburg this weekend, as NC State dropped their ACC series to the Hokies, two games to one. Brett Renfrow tossed a gem for Virginia Tech on Friday night, going 8.

0 IP or 3-hit, scoreless ball with just one walk and 9 strikeouts in leading the Hokies to a 4-0 win. Virginia Tech used their best reliever, Chase Swift, to lock down that win. Sometimes you run into a pitching buzzsaw.

Things happen. Saturday’s game was moved up to an early start with inclement weather in the area. The early going was a back-and-forth affair with both offenses in high gear early.

Virginia Tech took a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the 1st inning, then the Wolfpack responded with a pair of runs in the top of the 2nd before a 4-run bottom of the 2nd gave the Hokies a 5-2 lead. State then outscored the Hokies 5-1 over the next two innings to take a 7-6 lead into the 5th. Virginia Tech plated one in the bottom of the 5th and the Wolfpack responded in kind in the top of the 6th to regain the lead.