Both teams put runners on the corners with no outs in the first in NC State’s Saturday matinee at Duke; neither team managed to score. A pitchers’ duel ensued, and thanks largely to a reversal of an out call at home plate, NC State prevailed 2-1. Dating to last season, the Pack have won 10 consecutive ACC series.
Josh McLain, who went 3-for-4 with a double, opened the game with a single to left off Duke starter Mitch Stallings. Brett Kinneman followed with a single to right. Will Wilson followed with a drive to left, but Jimmy Herron robbed him of extra bases, perhaps even a home run, with a leaping grab at the wall, and Stallings settled down to strand a pair of Pack on the sacks.