After beating Louisville 3-1 on Friday night, NC State had a golden opportunity to take a series against the nation’s top-ranked team. Unfortunately, the Wolfpack couldn’t make it happen, dropping a 7-6 result in extras on Saturday and an 8-1 game Sunday.
State got going early again on Saturday, putting itself ahead early, but the Cards didn’t need long to get to Brian Brown, who allowed four earned runs in 2-2/3 innings. Needless to say, if State’s going to somehow turn this season around, Brown is going to have to be a whole lot better than that.
The Wolfpack went into the bottom of the ninth down 6-3 but put a couple of guys on for Joe Dunand, who came up with two outs.