NC State baseball vs Kentucky prediction, odds for College World Series The Fayetteville Observer
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N.C.StatebaseballandKentuckybegintheCollegeWorldSeriesonSaturday(2p.m.,ESPN)atCharlesSchwabFieldOmaha.
TheWolfpack(38-21)andWildcats(46-15)aretwoofeightteamsattemptingtogettothechampionshipseries,whichisscheduledforJune22-24.ThewinnerofSaturday’sgamewillplaythird-seededTexasA&M(49-13)orFlorida(34-28)onMonday(7p.m.,ESPN).
N.C.State,whichismakingitsfourthCollegeWorldSeriesappearance,isinOmahaforthefirsttimesince2021.KentuckyismakingitsdebutattheCollegeWorldSeries.Overall,theWolfpackis4-3againsttheWildcats.
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Offensively,Kentuckyis47thnationallyinrunspergame(8.0),105thinbattingaverage(.287)and114thinhits(549).TheWolfpackis92ndinbattingaverage(.289),tiedfor60thinrunspergame(7.7)and67thinhits(584).
Kentucky’spitchinganddefensea