You can’t win four in a row without the first one.
Brian Brown and Patrick Bailey kept N.C. State’s baseball season alive on Saturday with a 9-3 win over Northeastern in the losers’ bracket in the Raleigh Regional of the NCAA tournament.
After being stunned by No. 4 seed Army on Friday night, the top-seeded Wolfpack (41-17) needed to string together four wins to advance through the double-elimination regional round.
Brown, the senior pitcher, helped them take the first step. The ACC pitcher of the year bounced back from a subpar effort in the ACC tournament with a complete game.