Brett Kinneman and Andy Cosgrove homered, and Joe O’Donnell got three of his four outs via the strikeout for his team-leading fifth save, as NC State won its eighth game in nine tries, downing visiting UNC-Wilmington 6-3.
Kinneman’s blast, in the bottom of the second, staked State to an early 1-0 lead. A Brad Debo double plated Cosgrove in the third to make it 2-0, and Joe Dunand’s sac fly, plating Stephen Pitarra, pushed the advantage to 3-0.
The Seahawks battled back to knot the game at 3-3 in the top of the fifth, but Kinneman answered in the bottom of the inning with an RBI single to push the Pack back in front.