Tuesday’s game between North Carolina and N.C. State technically wasn’t an ACC game. The division-leading Wolfpack treated it like one anyway.
Freshman catcher Patrick Bailey homered and drove in three runs to lead N.C. State to a 8-3 win over the Tar Heels at Durham Bulls Athletic Park.
N.C. State (29-7) has the best record in ACC play, at 13-5 and in first place in the Atlantic Division, and just keep knocking down the conference foes in front of them, whether it counts in the conference standings or not.
The nonconference game was set up by UNC (24-13) coach Mike Fox and N.