The normally reliable Austin Staley surrendered a couple of solo shots to cough up a 3-1 lead against Miami in the eighth, but Shane Shepard picked him up with a two-run double in the bottom of the inning, and Staley nailed it down in the ninth to give NC State a 5-3 win in its ACC home opener Friday night.
Joe O’Donnell was lights out from the Pack pen, getting a strikeout to end a bases-loaded threat after coming on with two outs in the fifth of a 1-1 game. O’Donnell and his filthy slider sat down all seven batters he faced, five by strikeout, and four of those looking.