June 16, 2013

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Rodon and NC State stop North Carolina

In Omaha, Neb., Carlos Rodon (left) tossed a five-hitter with eight strikeouts as NC State defeated top-seeded North Carolina 8-1 Sunday in front of 22,972 fans at TD Ameritrade Park.

Rodon (10-2) held the Tar Heels (57-11) scoreless for eight innings before they plated a run in the ninth. Rodon walked two, faced 32 batters and delivered 108 pitches.

The Wolfpack (50-14) got on the board in the top of the first as Trea Turner walked, stole second and scored on a two-out single by Tarran Senay to make it 1-0.

NC State chased UNC starter Kent Emanuel in the third. Brett Austin had a one-out double and came in on a two-out base hit by Grant Clyde. Brett Williams (2 for 4) doubled in Clyde and scored on a base hit by Bryan Adametz (2 for 4), ending the day for Emanuel (11-4, 2.2 IP, 6 H, 5 R, 1 BB, 2 K). Reliever Chris McCue walked Jake Armstrong before surrendering a single to Logan Ratledge (2 for 5) to bring in Adametz and make it 5-1.

Austin had a sacrifice fly in the eighth, while Armstrong and Ratledge drove in runs in the top of the ninth to extend the lead to 8-0.

Chaz Frank had a leadoff single in the bottom of the ninth for UNC and scored on a double by Landon Lassiter as the Tar Heels avoided the shutout.

Brian Holberton had a pair of hits for UNC.

North Carolina tied a CWS record by using eight pitchers.

NC State will face the winner of UCLA-LSU on Tuesday at 7 p.m. CT, while North Carolina will meet the loser of that game at 2 p.m. CT in an elimination contest.

(photo courtesy of NCSU Media Relations)