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NC STATE UNIVERSITY 2012 GAME NOTES No. 13 NC State (34-12, 16-8 aCC) at VirgiNia teCh (32-16, 10-14 aCC) Friday-Sunday, May 11-13, 2012 P BlackSBurg, Va. February PITCHING PROBABLES SERIES INFO 17 Marshall W, 10-3 Friday, 5:30 p.m. State vs. VT All-time .................................. 32-14-1 18 Youngstown State W, 14-3 Carlos Rodon, LHP (1.42 ERA, 8-0) vs. Joe Mantiply, LHP (3.51, 5-4) Last meeting ...................................(2010) W, 10-9 18 Wright State L, 5-4 (11) Last visit to Blacksburg ...................................2008 19 St. Joseph’s Cancelled Saturday, 2:00 p.m. 21 UNC Wilmington W, 10-0 24 George Mason@ W, 8-5 Anthony Tzamtzis, RHP (2.77, 5-3) vs. Marc Zecchino, RHP (4.47, 2-4) NC State Radio ....................................88.1 WKNC 25 West Virginia@ W, 16-0 Live Video ................................ GoPack All-Access 26 Coastal Carolina@ L, 3-2 Sunday, 1:00 p.m. Live Stats ...........................................GoPack.com 28 Campbell W, 9-2 Ethan Ogburn, RHP (2.60, 4-2) vs. Andrew Aizenstadt, RHP (5.44, 2-2) Twitter ......................................@NCStateBaseball March 2 UNC Asheville# W, 10-1 PACK NOTES 3 UNC Asheville# Cancelled 3 UNC Wilmington# Cancelled Rodon-culous 4 UNC Wilmington# W, 8-3 Freshman Carlos Rodon has quickly cemented his place in the conversation for National CARLOS RODON HIGHLIGHTS 7 Davidson W, 11-0 Pitcher of the Year by compiling one of the greatest freshman campaigns in Wolfpack history. • Seventh in the nation in strikeouts (97), leading all freshmen. Already owns the 9 No. 10 Georgia Tech L, 14-6 » Aaron Fitt of Baseball America named Rodon his Midseason Freshman of the Year, 10 No. 10 Georgia Tech W, 8-5 NC State freshman record, surpassing doubling down on his selection of Carlos for Preseason Freshman of the Year. Terry Harvey’s 85 in 1992, nine away from 11 No. 10 Georgia Tech W, 8-3 » “No question at this point, NC State LHP Carlos Rodon is my top freshman pitcher so far 13 at Elon W, 8-1 cracking State’s top-10 all-time. 16 No. 24 Wake Forest W, 9-5 this season. Rodon is a man among boys in most cases and will be one of the top picks 17 No. 24 Wake Forest W, 6-2 in the 2014 MLB draft for sure. Absolute stud.” - Kendall Rogers (PerfectGame.org) on • The only freshman in the country named 18 No. 24 Wake Forest W, 5-4 April 30, 2012 to the Golden Spikes Award Midseason 20 at No. 25 East Carolina L, 6-5 Watch List. 24 at North Carolina W, 3-1 Drop the Tzammer 25 at North Carolina L, 4-3 • One of three freshmen named to the Anthony Tzamtzis mowed down a career-high nine Blue Devils over 7 2/3 innings to out-duel College Baseball Hall of Fame’s National 26 at North Carolina L, 7-4 Duke ace Marcus Stroman on April 27. Tzamtzis claimed ACC Pitcher of the Week honors for 28 East Carolina W, 4-3 (11) Pitcher of the Year Watch List. 30 Virginia W, 5-1 his efforts. 31 Virginia L, 5-2 » In 48.2 innings pitched, Tzamtzis has allowed just seven extra-base hits. He ranks sec- • Tied for 15th in the NCAA with an 8-0 April ond in the ACC in opponent’s batting average (.177), and seventh in ERA (2.77). record (one of seven undefeated pitchers 1 Virginia W, 7-6 » Tzamtzis has only given up four earned over his last 25 1/3 innings. with 8 or more wins), one win shy of tying 4 at Old Dominion W, 16-6 (7) the NC State freshman record set by 6 at Maryland L, 4-0 Shawn Senior in 1991. Turner and Rodon to Suit Up for Team USA 7 at Maryland W, 3-2 Trea Turner and Carlos Rodon accepted invitations to play for USA Baseball’s Collegiate 8 at Maryland L, 7-6 (11) • Holds a 1.42 ERA, good for eighth in the 11 Elon W, 14-2 National Team on Wednesday, May 2. nation and first in the ACC. Second in the 13 at Clemson L, 7-6 (12) » The freshmen represent the first Wolfpackers to don the stars and stripes since Eric conference in innings pitched (82.1), third 14 at Clemson W, 3-1 Surkamp in 2007. Team USA’s schedule includes trips to Cuba, The Netherlands, and 10 in opponent’s batting average (.186). 15 at Clemson W, 6-3 games in the state of North Carolina. 17 at Campbell L, 8-6 20 Boston College L, 11-10 Youth Movement 21 Boston College (DH1) W, 9-0 NC State has started three or more true freshmen in 44 of 46 games this season. The Pack holds a 9-2 record when starting five 21 Boston College (DH2) W, 16-9 25 Charlotte W, 6-3 freshmen, 26-7 when starting four or more. 27 Duke W, 4-0 28 Duke W, 8-3 Swiper, No Swiping! Category Per Game Total NCAA ACC 29 Duke W, 8-7 Freshman Trea Turner enters the weekend 45-for-47 on stolen base Pitching Rank (5/7) Rank May attempts this season to lead the nation by six. The Pack is 79-for-95 as Earned Runs 3.31 149 48th 6th 4 Cal State Bakersfield W, 8-4 a team (24th in the nation at 1.71 per game). Strikeouts 8.6 388 6th 1st 6 Cal State Bakersfield (DH1) W, 2-0 Opp. BA .226 .226 T-3rd 1st 6 Cal State Bakersfield (DH2) W, 10-7 Hits Allowed 7.43 335 6th 1st 8 North Carolina A&T W, 5-1 Let’s Get Small K-to-BB Ratio 2.54 to 1 388 to 153 35th 3rd 11 at Virginia Tech 5:30 p.m. Elliott Avent has done a tremendous job reshaping the Pack around a Defense 12 at Virginia Tech 2 p.m. small-ball philosophy. The graphic at right shows how State stacks up Double Plays 1.04 47 11th 1st 13 at Virginia Tech 1 p.m. nationally (ACC ranks based on averages): Offense 15 UNC Greensboro 6 p.m. Sac Bunts 0.89 40 101st 3rd 17 at Florida State 6 p.m. Buenos Diaz Sac Flies 0.69 31 10th 2nd 18 at Florida State 6 p.m. Since moving permanently to the number two spot on April 15, shortstop Stolen Bases 1.71 77 20th 1st 19 at Florida State 1 p.m. Doubles 2.62 118 3rd 1st 23-27 ACC Tournament (Greensboro, N.C.) Chris Diaz is batting a scorching .509 (27-for-53). In the 13 games since, Scoring 7.2 326 12th 1st June the junior has driven in 14 RBIs, scored 17 times, and smashed 12 1-3 NCAA Regionals extra-base hits. 8-11 NCAA Super Regionals » For the season, Diaz ranks fifth nationally in doubles per game (21 in 46 games), third in the ACC in batting average (.388), and 16-26 NCAA College World Series leads the conference in hits (73). State sits 11-2 since moving Diaz back to the second spot in the order. @ Baseball at the Beach (Myrtle Beach, S.C.) # UNC Wilmington Tournament GLANCING AHEAD GOPACK.COM MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY » LateSt newS » LiVe StatiSticS 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 vs at at at » athLete ProFileS UNC FLorIDa FLorIDa FLorIDa » goPaCk Store greeNsboro STATE STATE STATE » Buy ticketS » BLogS & PollS GOPACK.COM PACK NOTES Wolfpack Prowling the RANKINGS RECAP Four Wolfpackers Capture ACC Weekly Honors NC STATE’S RECORD WHEN... National Rankings Date Baseball Collegiate Coaches Junior shortstop Chris Diaz earned the ACC’s Player of At Doak Field .........................................................24-4 The standings mark the America Baseball Poll the Week award on March 12 after keying the Wolfpack to On the road .............................................................7-8 highest for State since Preseason NR NR NR a league series win over No. 10 Georgia Tech. Freshman At a neutral site .......................................................3-0 Feb. 20 NR NR NR 2008, which saw the Feb. 27 NR NR NR third baseman Trea Turner followed him by claiming the Wolfpack ranked as award on April 16. Carlos Rodon joined the two with the In extra innings .......................................................1-3 March 5 NR NR NR In one-run games ....................................................5-7 highly as 15th in both ACC’s Pitcher of the Week award on April 23. A week later, March 12 23 19 25 In two-run games ....................................................3-1 Baseball America and March 19 20 11 20 Anthony Tzamtzis made it three in a row by taking Pitcher In games decided by five or more runs ..............15-1 Collegiate Baseball, and March 26 20 9 22 of the Week on April 30. Playing a doubleheader .........................................5-1 20th in the coaches’ poll. April 2 17 13 22 » State’s four weekly awards ties Clemson for the most of » The Pack ranks April 9 22 17 21 any team in the conference this season. NC State scores first ............................................22-7 April 16 21 18 19 Leading after 5 innings ........................................24-2 13th in the NCAA’s April 23 19 21 22 » Diaz went 6-for-13 with six RBIs, three doubles, and RPI released on three runs on the weekend. The honor marks the first of Trailing after 5 innings ...........................................5-5 April 30 17 17 18 Tied after 5 innings .................................................5-5 May 8. Diaz’s career, and the first for an NC State athlete since May 7 13 15 17 Leading after 6 innings ........................................27-2 » State’s No.