For the second time Saturday, Ryan Mathews provided No. 13 NC State’s game-winning hit, blasting a two-run shot with two outs in the seventh to push the Wolfpack ahead en route to a 6-2 win over Virginia Tech at English Field.

The Wolfpack (36-12, 18-8 ACC) took a 1-0 lead in the top half of the third before Virginia Tech (32-18, 10-16 ACC) answered with a pair in the bottom half to take a 2-1 lead. State tied the game in the fifth, then Mathews’s two-run blast made it 4-2 in the seventh. Another pair of runs came in during an error-riddled ninth to make the final margin 6-2.

The victory extends the Pack’s current winning streak to 12 games, the longest run since State won 16 in a row in 2003. State’s 18 conference wins ties the most in a single season, matching 2008.

Trea Turner stole a pair of bases in the to improve to 50-for-52 on the year and become only the third player in ACC history to steal 50 bases in a single season, joining Georgia Tech’s Ty Griffin (50 in 1986) and UNC’s Brian Roberts (63 in 1997). Turner finished the game 2-for-4 with two runs and an RBI, marking the 15th-consecutive game the freshman has scored at least one run.