Take THAT, RPI...

3/17/2018 10:48:01 PM

GET THE SWEEP

3/18/2018 10:26:32 AM

Pitching has not looked great in game 3's so far this year. In the 3-game series so far this year, we've given up 16 runs in games 1 and 2 combined. In game 3's alone, we've given up 19 (not counting 3 more Clemson already scored in the first 2 innings today).

McClain just hit a 2-run homer to tie it at 3 in the top of the 3rd.

3/18/2018 1:47:30 PM

3/18/2018 3:41:58 PM

3/18/2018 3:42:57 PM

Winner Winner! Chicken Dinner!

3/18/2018 3:43:32 PM

Who needs basketball- with its FBI inquiries, and shitty ACC refs wearing blue under their stripes

We a baseball school

3/18/2018 3:49:42 PM

Quote :

"Clemson has the #1 RPI, while we're #61"

Quote :

"Take THAT, RPI..."

I'm excited to see where we end up now. 3-game sweep of the presumed top team in the conference on their own turf...feels good

4-1 ACC, 17-3 overall, both good for best in conference.

[Edited on March 18, 2018 at 4:30 PM. Reason : -]

3/18/2018 4:26:44 PM

Kinda surprising to me that Piedmonte didn't pitch at all this weekend, but I like that we went with someone besides Harrison for Sunday. I think Bienlien as Friday starter and Brown on Saturday should give us the opportunity to have some rested arms for Sunday, whether Piedmonte starts it or someone else.

Also 5-1 in the ACC & 18-3 overall

V damn, not again. I assumed it was probably injury related but was hoping not.

[Edited on March 18, 2018 at 4:50 PM. Reason : overall record]

3/18/2018 4:44:36 PM

^piedmonte didn't pitch because his bad back is acting up.

3/18/2018 4:47:29 PM

This site says we jumped all the way up to RPI #9
http://warrennolan.com/baseball/2018/conference/ACC

3/19/2018 3:23:49 AM

Man that looks good.

3/19/2018 8:25:40 AM

^clemson got swept by us and is still #3....lol. And im really not sure how. they're 6-3 vs RPI Top 100. We're 8-3. W. our schedules aren't drastically different looking as far as who we have faced either. I dunno. RPI makes zero sense to me and as proven in basketball this season, doesn't mean jack shit. I'll take 18-3 (5-1) with #9 RPI over 16-4 (3-3) with #3 RPI any day of the week

Or you could just look at UNC and their 12-8 record being #8 in the RPI and say, "Well, that things fuckin pointless"

[Edited on March 19, 2018 at 8:30 AM. Reason : esd]

3/19/2018 8:26:39 AM

RPI is pointless. Terrible statistic that shouldn't be used to prove anything with all the available metrics and calculations that exist today. The fact it is used to measure anything other than maybe a snapshot of SOS is dumb. Also this early in the year it is dumb as well since so many teams play soft schedules and rack up wins.

Any chance I can disparage RPI on this website I do, because it is the worst statistic used in a meaningful way in sports.

3/19/2018 10:19:33 AM

Actually RBIs in baseball are a worse statistic than RPI.

3/19/2018 10:23:43 AM

^^saw a guy ask warren nolan how a 12-8 UNC was ranked higher than a 18-3 NC State. He said it was because UNC's strength of schedule was #1 and NC State's was #50.

i'm really hoping that guy just comes back and tells him how f'n pointless his system is

3/19/2018 11:25:47 AM

https://d1baseball.com/ has us as their top story

3/19/2018 3:15:25 PM

Currently 18-3 & 21 games into a 55 game schedule. No game this week but play GT this weekend. They're 11-8 and 2-4 in conf after being swept by clempson and going 2-1 vs VT(9-10) last weekend.

We have 10 players batting over .300 (8 starters) with a team BA of .326 & 9 pitchers who have recorded W's and 8 of those are undefeated with a team era of 2.86.

3/20/2018 1:46:50 PM

Quote :

"NC State’s Will Wilson has been voted the ACC Baseball Player of the Week Wilson turned in a stellar week at the plate to lead No. 20 NC State to a perfect 5-0 week, highlighted by the program’s first-ever three-game sweep at No. 9 Clemson. In the five games, he hit .545 with 12 hits, seven runs and five runs driven in, and had five extra-base hits with a slugging percentage of .955 and an on-base percentage of .600. He recorded more than one hit in each game of the week and extended a streak of reaching base safely to 36 consecutive games. The sophomore shortstop from Kings Mountain, North Carolina, finished the series against the Tigers with a .500 batting average and tallied a series-high six hits. On Sunday, Wilson recorded his first career multi-home run game, giving NC State a 1-0 lead with a solo shot in the first and a go-ahead homer in the eighth that proved the difference in a 5-4 Wolfpack win."

3/20/2018 7:21:36 PM

Quote :

"In the 3-game series so far this year, we've given up 16 runs in games 1 and 2 combined. In game 3's alone, we've given up 19 (not counting 3 more Clemson already scored in the first 2 innings today)."

Clemson finished with 4 runs in that game. We are now averaging 2 runs allowed in each of games 1 & 2, and an average of 5.75 runs allowed in game 3's. Not bad considering we're scoring 8 runs per game, but would like to see better consistency.

3/20/2018 7:28:29 PM

read that we're only the 5th team in 10 years to sweep the series @Clemson. not bad.

3/21/2018 7:21:07 AM

Heading into the year the bullpen was my #1 concern. 21 games in and the bullpen and offense look to be two of the better units in the country. Rotation still has some question marks, but hopefully with the way the bullpen is pitching, that will allow the rotation to sort itself out prior to the Louisville series in a couple of weeks.

Brown has been very impressive as the #1. He was great his freshman year, and then has battled injuries each of the last 2 years. Nice to see him healthy so far this year. If Bienlien can perform close to the way he did in game 1 at Clemson, then there's State's #2. Only issue with him has been some of the injury issues this year that has limited his appearances. Fingers crossed that Piedmonte can be an effective #3 on Sundays, but his ineffectiveness / recent injury issue might put that into question. At the very least, if State can get performances like they did in Games 1 and 2 of the Clemson series from the starters, then a "whole staff" type game on Sundays doesn't look quite as bad an idea as it would have either of the last couple of years.

3/22/2018 8:58:18 AM

^yeah, when they went to the pen that early in game 3 I was very afraid but Avent has done that quite often over the years. It obviously worked out very well. That felt like a game clempson was going to break out of at any point and whoop us by 10.

3/22/2018 9:17:00 AM

Quote :

"Clemson finished with 4 runs in that game. We are now averaging 2 runs allowed in each of games 1 & 2, and an average of 5.75 runs allowed in game 3's. Not bad considering we're scoring 8 runs per game, but would like to see better consistency."

Just baffling that our third starter[s] are giving up more runs than our 1 and 2s...

3/22/2018 9:53:23 AM

I was hoping we would sail through this weekend's series, but we're in the second inning of the first game and GT scored six runs in the first.

[Edited on March 23, 2018 at 3:29 PM. Reason : wait no still 1st inning]

3/23/2018 3:27:03 PM

We’re playing like idiots so far

3/23/2018 4:04:33 PM

It's my fault. I was just bragging about the team this morning to an ill-informed fellow State alum. I should have remained silent. What is with us shutting the bed against mediocre GT teams?!

3/23/2018 4:11:04 PM

Quote :

"Just baffling that our third starter[s] are giving up more runs than our 1 and 2s..."

More than the 1 and 2s COMBINED. And it's not just the starters, the bullpen hasn't done as well in game 3s either.

But today's game 1 definitely brought the numbers closer together. 3 errors...damn.

3/23/2018 5:47:55 PM

Glad we were able to get it together and take the second game last night. It's mildly annoying that they play tomorrow and not today.

3/24/2018 7:43:59 AM

About gave me a heart attack, but came back in the 8th to win 9-6 and take the series!

3/25/2018 3:47:38 PM

pretty much all of the T25 lost 1 or 2 games this week. Would be surprised if we move around muchbin the ranks

3/25/2018 11:00:48 PM

We didn't play well this weekend and still took the series, I'll take it.

3/26/2018 9:38:35 AM

d1baseball.com ranks us #10, up 3 spots from last week. #14 RPI.

Updated national stats rankings:
Batting average: #6
Runs scored: #16 total, #12 per game
Home Runs: #4
ERA: #28
WHIP: #24

[Edited on March 26, 2018 at 6:54 PM. Reason : -]

3/26/2018 6:49:16 PM

We play George Mason this afternoon. They're 10-11 overall but have won 4 straight. They have a couple good pitchers but a team era over 6. Curious to see if they throw their ace or use the typical mid-week rotation. Team BA= .269

3/27/2018 8:45:50 AM

won 3-2, which puts our record at 21-4 (the best start we've had under Avent)

3/27/2018 5:28:34 PM

Kinneman tied for 1st in the nation with 12 home runs.

3/27/2018 7:47:12 PM

Dang... Hokie Birds giving us what-for in Blacksburg. 2-9 in the 5th.

3/29/2018 6:05:42 PM

our 3rd starting pitcher is a dumpster fire. Outside of Bienliens one start against Clemson where he was actually solid.....hes been horrendous. And there doesn't seem to be anyone else on the team outside of Brown and Piedmonte that is able to start and give us solid innings against ACC level comp

3/29/2018 6:18:52 PM

That team batting average is dropping quickly. Hoping for better tomorrow, don't want to break our series win streak.

3/29/2018 8:54:51 PM

Started the game today single, single, home rum.

3/30/2018 4:18:45 PM

Up 4-0 through 3. Piedmonte dominating. Amazing what happens with competent pitching


6-0 now after kinneman doubles in two. Top 4, runner on 2nd, 1 out.

[Edited on March 30, 2018 at 5:14 PM. Reason : Afh]

3/30/2018 5:10:14 PM

14-2 final. Great all around play for the Pack.

3/30/2018 7:28:46 PM

That was more like it. 14-2.

3/30/2018 7:29:36 PM

Got damn we are a baseball school!

3/30/2018 7:37:56 PM

Not only did Piedmonte get the game win, but he got the stache win.

https://instagram.com/p/Bg90bFzAnkf/

3/30/2018 7:54:12 PM

Clinched the series with a 1-0 win.

3/31/2018 4:06:40 PM

WE’LL TAKE IT!

3/31/2018 5:15:06 PM

Play series with Louisville, UNC (3+1), Duke, WF, FSU, ND, W&M, JMU (2) plus mid week games vs campbell, ECU & UNCW. Overall remaining opponents are 181-120 (.663)

Duke, FSU, UNC and ECU games will be BIG

4/2/2018 3:22:02 PM

Remaining schedule for convenience:

4/2/2018 6:39:40 PM

FSU is the only ACC team ranked higher than us...will be an intense end to the regular season, hopefully we'll be in contention for the #1 spot in the Atlantic division (currently one game ahead of Clemson, 2 ahead of FSU).

4/2/2018 7:08:35 PM