It’s only March, and there’s a lot of baseball left, but N.C. State needed a kick-start to its sluggish season.
The Wolfpack might have gotten one on Friday night with a 3-1 win over No. 1 Louisville. Freshman Brad Debo and junior Evan Mendoza staked starter Sean Adler to an early lead and reliever Joe O’Donnell did the rest.
N.C. State (13-10, 4-3 ACC) handed the Cardinals (19-2, 6-1) their second straight loss, and first in conference play, to rebound from a midweek loss to Campbell.
Debo and Mendoza both doubled in runs with two outs in the first inning off of Louisville ace Brendan McKay (4-1), who entered the game with a 0.