Joe Dunand, some horrid base running from Clemson, and a generous third strike call on Seth Beer to end the game likely punched NC State’s ticket to the NCAA tournament Thursday night. The Pack won their seventh straight ACC game and 12th in their last 13 overall with the 3-2 win over the Tigers, who dropped their eighth straight in league play after looking like a shoe-in for a national seed a couple of weeks ago.
Dunand’s hustle led to the go-ahead run in the eighth, when he ran hard out of the box on a looper to center and took second when Clemson’s Chase Pinder briefly bobbled the ball.