The Wolfpack are going with freshman right hander Matt Willadsen. He’s 5-3, with a 4.73 ERA. He has walked 29 and struck out 72. He’s their number 3 guy. They are saving junior right hander Reid Johnston, their number one starter, for a game tomorrow, if necessary. Johnston is 9-3, 4.47, 23 walks, 96 K’s. They’ll have their excellent closer, Evan Justice, the lefty available today and tomorrow.
We’ll go with Kumar today. Rocker is 13-3 with a 2.58 ERA, 36 walks and 162 K’s in 111.2 innings of work. If we win today, I’m speculating we’ll go with Patrick Reilly tomorrow. The freshman right hander is 4-2 with a 4.87 ERA, with 24 walks and 52 K’s in 42.1 innings of work. Jack threw 123 pitches Monday Night, so not so sure he would be ready for tomorrow. I would say it’s doubtful. Plus, if we pull it off and win today and tomorrow, we would have Jack for Monday’s championship series opener. You never know though. He could come out of the bullpen today or tomorrow as well.
First pitch is 1 PM CT on ESPN2.