By Trey McCurry.

RALEIGH, NC — Here is a look back at Clemson’s (8-4, 1-0 ACC) 6-4 win over NC State (7-4, 0-1 ACC) on Friday afternoon at Doak Field.

What happened?

The Tigers again struck first with a run in the first inning as Tyler Slaton led off the game with a walk and moved to second when the Wolfpack muffed a ground ball by Tyler Krieger. Steven Duggar followed with a single through the right side to plate Slaton and give Clemson a 1-0 lead. The Tigers added to their lead with a wild seventh inning. Eli White led off the inning with a single, moved to second on a balk, and advanced to third on a wild pitch. After two outs, Krieger was intentionally walked and Duggar also drew a walk to load the bases. Following a pitching change, White would come in to score on a wild pitch giving Clemson a 2-0 lead while both Krieger and Duggar advanced a base. Chris Okey would draw a walk as ball four bounced away from the NC State catcher, allowing Krieger to score and Duggar to also come in to stretch the Tiger lead to 4-0. Weston Wilson drew Clemson’s fourth straight walk and Chase Pinder followed with a single through the left side to plate Okey and give the Tigers a 5-0 lead. The final run of the inning came when Wilson scored on another wild pitch to put Clemson up 6-0. The Wolfpack would answer with a solo homer in the bottom of the seventh and a three-run homer in the eighth to cut the lead to 6-4, but Drew Moyer shut NC State down in the ninth to preserve the lead and earn his second save of the season.

Game-Changing Moment:

The game changed in the top of the seventh inning. As mentioned above, the Tigers plated five runs in the frame on only two hits. Clemson took advantage of four walks, four wild pitches, and a Wolfpack error in the frame before holding on for their first ACC win of the season.

What went right?

Matthew Crownover had a great day on the mound, allowing one run on two hits in 7.0 innings while also striking out seven. Drew Moyer had his best inning of the young season, retiring all three batters he faced including two strikeouts. Despite tallying only six hits on the day, Clemson took advantage of NC State miscues (3 errors, a passed ball, and a balk), walks (8), and wild pitches (5) as two of their six runs were unearned. 

What went wrong?

Offensively, the Tigers had their chances to add to their early lead but ended the contest with 10 runners stranded, including seven in scoring position. Despite retiring his first tow batters, Paul Campbell had a tough outing in relief as he allowed three runs on two hits in his single inning of work.