If I’ve learned one thing from years of honed sports-pain, it’s that baseball is a distinct animal that nonetheless pulls us back to the unfitting tropes of most other team games. Most of the time, baseball is a one-on-one proposition, which includes the events that happen before, during, and after a batter hits the ball. This is why the whole deal is tough to figure, and also why it’s the best sport there is.
NC State has lost five games in a row, three of them by one run. NC State entered that stretch with an undefeated record in one-run games.