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CHARLOTTE, N.C. — After NC State graduate first baseman Garrett Pennington clubbed a hard-hit ball off the left field wall at Truist Field in the seventh inning, he was trying for a double the entire way. But his three trips around the bases before that might have made his legs tired in the process. The Lenexa, Kan., native was thrown out trying for second, but if there was a time to attempt for a double, that was it. Pennington had three doubles in his first four at-bats, looking to become the first Wolfpack hitter with a quartet of two-baggers in program history. Though Pennington didn’t mak…

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