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OMAHA, Neb. — NC State grabbed its first lead of its College World Series opener against Kentucky in the ninth, but the Wildcats didn’t go away. With freshman reliever Jacob Dudan on the bump for his second inning of relief, the Wildcats jumped on him in a hurry. First baseman Ryan Nicholson hit a leadoff solo shot to knot the game before Wolfpack closer Derrick Smith kept the score level to force extras. But the Pack went down in order to start the 10th and the Wildcats used a walk-off home run from Mitchell Daly to skate past NC State. NC State fell 5-4 in 10 innings to open its stay in Omah…

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