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In-State Test Takes NC State to Greenville to Play ECU
4/7/2025 4:18:00 PM | Baseball
RALEIGH, NC – NC State Baseball will take a break from conference play and travel to Greenville for a midweek matchup against East Carolina on Tuesday, Apr. 8th, at 6 p.m. from Lewis Field at Clark-LeClair Stadium. The game will be broadcast on ESPN+ with the radio call on WKNC 88.1 FM and the Varsity Network app.
Since their first meeting in 1957, NC State has a 71-44 record against the Pirates. The Wolfpack will be looking for their first win against ECU since 2023 after the Pirates took both meetings last season. Since 1990, NC State has been 14-13 playing in Greenville; this will be the first of two meetings this season, with ECU visiting Raleigh on April 22nd.
NC State is coming off its third ACC series win of the season after taking two out of three against Virginia. In game three against the Cavaliers, the Wolfpack erased an 8-2 deficit in the game's last three innings with the help of a Drew Lanphere pinch-hit grand slam and a Josh Hogue two-out three-run walk-off home run.
Lanphere came on in the seventh, and his grand slam was not only his first home run of the season but also extended his on-base streak to 16 games, which is tied for the longest this season by a Wolfpack player.
Josh Hogue's walk-off home run gave him 10 games with multiple RBIs, which leads NC State. He is on a six-game hitting streak entering Tuesday's game and is one of four players this season to have double-digit multi-hit games. He leads the team in doubles (13) and total bases (66).
Sunday's comeback was the ninth time NC State has come back to win this season and the first win when trailing after the eighth inning.
Justin DeCriscio hit home runs in back-to-back games over the weekend. He has a .596 SLG% to lead the team and is one of the country's toughest batters to strike out. In 99 at-bats, DeCriscio has struck out just seven times, putting him second in the ACC and 25th in the nation in the category.
Before this weekend, freshman Tristan Potts had just pitched in two-thirds of an inning, throwing a total of 10 pitches. Against Virginia, Potts came out of the bullpen in games two and three, throwing two scoreless innings, striking out a batter, and allowing just one base runner to help keep the deficit at two.
Following their starts over the weekend, Dominic Fritton and Ryan Marohn each rank among the top 35 nationally in strikeouts. Frinton is 19th with 62 punchouts, and Marohn has 36, placing him 35th. Both are among the top 10 in the conference and Fritton leads the ACC in innings pitched.
Fritton was named a Midseason Second Team All-American by D1 Baseball last week. D1 Baseball also released their midseason position player rankings, with six Wolfpack players ranked. Luke Nixon, second basemen- 29. Chris McHugh, first basemen- 45. Ty Head, outfielders, 77. Starting pitchers: Dominic Fritton- 16, Ryan Marohn- 43, Heath Andrews - 99
