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Fraasman Leads No. 25 Wolfpack to 14-4 Win Over No. 2 Clemson
4/25/2025 12:36:00 AM | Baseball
RALEIGH, N.C. – Clemson hadn't lost an opening game of a series all season until Brayden Fraasman went 5-5 with two home runs and seven RBIs to lead No. 25 NC State to a 14-4 run-rule victory over No. 2 Clemson on Thursday night in front of a sold-out Doak Field.
The victory marks the second time in the last two seasons that the Wolfpack has beaten the No. 2 Tigers, following a similar victory in 2024 in Clemson.
Fraasman is the first Wolfpack player with at least seven RBIs and five hits in a game since Cannon Peebles had 10 runs batted in on six hits in 2023 against NJIT. Fraasman is the third Wolfpack player this season with a game of at least five RBIs.
Seven Wolfpack starters recorded multiple hits in the contest. Josh Hogue extended his team-best 17-game on-base streak with two hits and the game-clinching RBI in the bottom of the eighth.
Freshman Anderson Nance (7-1) came on in relief and went four innings, allowing no runs with just four hits while striking out seven on his way to his team-leading seventh win of the season.
Over his last three outings, Nance has gone 14 innings, allowing just five hits, no runs, no walks, and 19 strikeouts.
Nance came in to relieve Dominic Fritton in the fifth with two runners on and nobody out. Fritton went four innings, giving up three hits, four earned runs, and walking five while striking out five as well.
NC State continued to pass the bats around, tallying nine hits through three innings. The scoring did not stop from the first inning, with the Pack scoring in all of the first six frames.
In an eventful first inning, both teams plated multiple runs. The Tigers took the lead with a two-run home run, but the Wolfpack responded with a Justin DeCriscio double to score one and a Fraasman single to put the Pack ahead 3-2, a lead they would maintain for the rest of the game. Fraasamn was a triple shy of the cycle.
Another three-run inning in the third for the Wolfpack extended the lead to 7-2, with Ty Head recording his second sac fly of the game to extend the lead.
NC State gave Aiden Knaak (6-1) his first loss of the season and first since May 12, 2024, after going four innings, giving up 11 hits, eight earned runs, and two strikeouts coming into the game, leading the ACC in the category.
A Hogue double in the bottom of the eighth brought in the 14th run of the game to secure the Wolfpack's 11th run-rule victory of the season.
Up Next: The series continues tomorrow, Friday, April 26th, at 6 p.m. from Doak, and will be broadcast on ACCNX.
The victory marks the second time in the last two seasons that the Wolfpack has beaten the No. 2 Tigers, following a similar victory in 2024 in Clemson.
Fraasman is the first Wolfpack player with at least seven RBIs and five hits in a game since Cannon Peebles had 10 runs batted in on six hits in 2023 against NJIT. Fraasman is the third Wolfpack player this season with a game of at least five RBIs.
Seven Wolfpack starters recorded multiple hits in the contest. Josh Hogue extended his team-best 17-game on-base streak with two hits and the game-clinching RBI in the bottom of the eighth.
Freshman Anderson Nance (7-1) came on in relief and went four innings, allowing no runs with just four hits while striking out seven on his way to his team-leading seventh win of the season.
Over his last three outings, Nance has gone 14 innings, allowing just five hits, no runs, no walks, and 19 strikeouts.
Nance came in to relieve Dominic Fritton in the fifth with two runners on and nobody out. Fritton went four innings, giving up three hits, four earned runs, and walking five while striking out five as well.
NC State continued to pass the bats around, tallying nine hits through three innings. The scoring did not stop from the first inning, with the Pack scoring in all of the first six frames.
In an eventful first inning, both teams plated multiple runs. The Tigers took the lead with a two-run home run, but the Wolfpack responded with a Justin DeCriscio double to score one and a Fraasman single to put the Pack ahead 3-2, a lead they would maintain for the rest of the game. Fraasamn was a triple shy of the cycle.
Another three-run inning in the third for the Wolfpack extended the lead to 7-2, with Ty Head recording his second sac fly of the game to extend the lead.
NC State gave Aiden Knaak (6-1) his first loss of the season and first since May 12, 2024, after going four innings, giving up 11 hits, eight earned runs, and two strikeouts coming into the game, leading the ACC in the category.
A Hogue double in the bottom of the eighth brought in the 14th run of the game to secure the Wolfpack's 11th run-rule victory of the season.
Up Next: The series continues tomorrow, Friday, April 26th, at 6 p.m. from Doak, and will be broadcast on ACCNX.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Nance, Anderson (7-1)
L: Aidan Knaak (6-1)
Batting:
HR: Collin Priest 1 ; Andrew Ciufo 1
RBI: Collin Priest 2 ; Jacob Jarrell 1 ; Andrew Ciufo 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Dominic Listi 2 ; Collin Priest 1 ; Andrew Ciufo 1
SB: Jarren Purify 1
Batting:
2B: Head, Ty 1 ; Hogue, Josh 1 ; DeCriscio, Justin 1 ; Sosa, Alex 2 ; Fraasman, Brayden 1
HR: Fraasman, Brayden 2
RBI: Head, Ty 2 ; Hogue, Josh 1 ; DeCriscio, Justin 1 ; Fraasman, Brayden 7 ; Nixon, Luke 1
SH: Heavner, Matt 1
SF: Head, Ty 2
Base Running:
RUNS: Head, Ty 1 ; McHugh, Chris 1 ; Hogue, Josh 1 ; DeCriscio, Justin 2 ; Sosa, Alex 3 ; Fraasman, Brayden 2 ; Nixon, Luke 2 ; Ossenfort, Matt 2
HBP: McHugh, Chris 2 ; Ossenfort, Matt 1
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