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NC State baseball adds ACC pitcher from transfer portal

MattCarterby:Matt Carter•07/14/22•

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NC State baseball coach Elliott Avent (Photo from the ACC)

NC State baseball has added a second left-handed relief pitcher out of the transfer portal. This time it is Clemson redshirt sophomore P.J. Labriola.

The 6-foot-6, 220-pounder from Bradenton, Fla., appeared in 16 games, all in relief, last season for the Tigers and had a 5.06 earned run average, giving up 15 hits and five walks in 10.2 innings but also impressively striking out 16 batters.

Labriola did not pitch in the three-game series that NC State baseball took at Clemson last spring.

Oregon left-handed pitcher Rio Britton previously picked NC State. Baseball. Britton just completed his second season for the Ducks and threw 39.1 innings over 34 appearances, surrendering 25 hits and allowing a .188 batting average. Britton walked 20 but struck out 35.

He had a 4-1 record on the mound with a save while registering a 3.20 earned run average (ERA). 

Five Publicly Announced Transfer Additions Overall For NC State Baseball

The two pitchers join three field players who have publicly announced their transfers to NC State — Texas A&M shortstop Kalae Harrison,Davidson outfielder Parker Nolan and Old Dominion utility player Carter Trice.

Nolan batted .310 at the plate with 15 homers and 50 RBI. Nolan added 11 doubles and 5 triples and had a .663 slugging percentage. Nolan walked 40 times for a .442 on-base percentage and stole 12 bases while helping Davidson win the Atlantic 10 regular season title.

Nolan is also eligible for the MLB Draft.

In his sophomore year, Trice played all over the field, starting 34 games in right field, 13 at second base, three in left field and one at designated hitter.

Trice recorded a .288 batting average, belted 17 home runs, including a pair of grand slams, and stole 18 bases. He added 49 RBIs and 13 doubles while landing a spot on the All-Conference USA second team.

Trice was named to the Collegiate Baseball All-America second team and the Freshman All-America team after leading the Monarchs in batting average at .355 and hits with 83 in 2021. Perfect Game Baseball also awarded Trice with a Freshman All-America First Team selection. 

Harrison started all 56 games at shortstop for Texas A&M in 2021, his freshman season. Harrison batted .224 with a couple of homers and 26 runs batted in (RBI) while scoring 25 runs. He also had five doubles and walked 23 times for a .311 on-base percentage. In the field, Harrison had a .943 fielding percentage and led the team with 120 assists while committing 11 errors.

A back injury limited Harrison to just 19 games, 13 of them starts, in 2022. He was 6 of 37 at the plate with a pair of doubles and 4 RBI. He had a .962 fielding percentage. Texas A&M reached the College World Series this year.

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