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Press Release of Clemson's ACCT win over NC State
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May 22, 2025, 11:41 PM
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DURHAM, N.C. (theACC.com) – No. 5 seed Clemson (43-15) defeated No. 4 seed NC State (33-19), 7-6, in a back-and-forth scoring affair in the second of two quarterfinal games of the 2025 ACC Baseball Championship on Thursday, May 22, in Durham, North Carolina.
The Tigers will play No. 1 seed Georgia Tech (40-16) in the semifinals on Saturday, May 24, at 1 p.m. ET on ACC Network.
Defensively, the two teams combined to turn five double plays, four by Clemson and one by NC State.
Eight of the nine Tigers to go up to the plate recorded a base hit, led by a four-hit game from lead-off hitter Cam Cannarella (4-for-5). Jack Crighton (3-for-5, 3B, 2 runs) had three hits, including a triple, while Jacob Jarrell (2-for-3, HR, SF, BB, 3 RBI, 2 runs) had a game-high three RBIs in the win.
Offensively, the Wolfpack registered 12 hits from six different players, highlighted by multiple hits from Ty Head (3-for-4, run), Justin DeCriscio (3-for-3, BB, 2 RBI, run), Chris McHugh (2-for-5, 2 runs) and Josh Hogue (2-for-4, 2B, 2 runs). Alex Sosa (1-for-3, HBP, RBI) and Brayden Fraasman (1-for-4, RBI) each drove in one RBI in the loss.
Picking up the win for the Tigers was Lucas Mahlstedt (3-0), as he entered the game in the sixth inning and went the final 4.0 innings, holding the Wolfpack to just one run on four hits, one walk and four punchouts.
Suffering the loss for the Wolfpack was Anderson Nance (8-2), as the reliever gave up four runs on seven hits while striking out five hitters over 2.1 innings out of the bullpen.
Aggressiveness on the base paths was a key factor for both teams from the start, as Clemson got on the scoreboard first in the second inning on a Dominic Listi single, a wild pitch and a stolen base followed by a sacrifice fly to center field from Jarrell to put the Tigers in front 1-0.
After double plays halted NC State’s scoring chances in both the second and third innings, the Wolfpack broke through in the bottom of the fourth frame on three straight singles from McHugh, Hogue and DeCriscio, with the last one scoring McHugh from third to tie the game up at 1-1.
Clemson attempted to get out of the fourth inning without any further damage with a 4-6-3 double play, its third twin killing of the game, only to see a wild pitch to the next NC State hitter allowing Hogue to race in from third base and put the Wolfpack in front for the first time at 2-1 heading into the fifth inning.
The lead did not last for long, as the Tigers retook the lead in the top half of the fifth, as Crighton led off the inning with a triple to left-center field, then later scored on a bunt squeeze play by Andrew Ciufo to tie the game up at 2-2.
Two batters later, following a Cannarella single and a Ciufo stolen base, the Tigers converted on another squeeze play attempt, this time on a bunt from Jarren Purify to score Ciufo and retake the lead at 3-2.
The Wolfpack kept the scoring going in the bottom half of the inning on a walk, single and a ground out to the third baseman where Matt Heavner sprinted all the way around from second base on the play to slide in safely at home to tie the game up at 3-3 after five innings of play.
Clemson once again had an answer for NC State, this time using a solo home run to center field off the bat of Jarrell in the sixth inning to pull back in front at 4-3, only to see the Wolfpack respond with two runs of their own in the bottom half of inning on back-to-back RBI singles by DeCriscio and Sosa to put the home team back out in front at 5-4 with three innings left to play.
The back-and-forth contest continued in the eighth inning, as Clemson roared back in front with five hits, including three RBI singles from Jarrell, TP Wentworth and Ciufo, to jump back out in front at 7-5.
NC State pushed across one more run in the bottom half of the inning on an RBI single by Fraasman to put the score at 7-6 in favor of the Tigers heading into the ninth and final inning.
That’s where the score would stand as the Tigers stranded two runners on base in the top of the inning and NC State went down in order in the bottom half, nearly tying the game with a long fly ball out to the wall in right field off the bat of Luke Nixon.
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