Late-Inning Heroics Carry Hokies Past Wolfpack
Virginia Tech and NC State dueled through nine innings of pitch-and-catch drama in Game Three of their ACC series. Griffin Stieg dazzled through seven shutout frames, racking up 90 pitches, before NC State’s Sherman Johnson unleashed a two-out, bases-clearing double in the sixth to flip a 1-0 Hokie lead. Unfazed, Virginia Tech answered instantly in the top of the seventh: Ethan Ball crushed a 414-foot homer to right field to restore a 4-3 advantage. Stieg returned for the final innings and set the Wolfpack down in order to clinch the series, with key defensive gems and strategic bullpen management underscoring a classic college baseball battle.
In an act of pure educational philanthropy, Griffin Stieg gifted NC State’s offense the sixth inning just so they wouldn’t feel left out of the highlight reel. Then Ethan Ball—which, ironically, sounds like a push-poll question—reminded everyone that baseballs are meant to leave the park when swung properly. Meanwhile, Wolfpack hitters flailed like tourists at a beach volleyball game, and VT’s defense stood poised, as if they’d just discovered the cheat codes to college baseball. All in all, it was the perfect recipe for another “we-can’t-believe-this-happened” edition of “Who Needs Sleep When You Have Live Updates?”
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