Carolina Hosts NC A&T And Gardner-Webb On Tuesday And Wednesday
March 12, 2018 | Baseball
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HEELS TAKE ONE IN LOUISVILLE
North Carolina dropped the first two games of their series in Kentucky last weekend, but a breakout from the lineup helped the Tar Heels to a 10-3 win to notch the first ACC win of the season. The offense collected 11 hits and had three-RBI performances from both Ike Freeman and Zack Gahagan. The dropped series was North Carolina's first conference loss since May 19-21, 2016 against N.C. State.
NORTH CAROLINA A&T SERIES HISTORY
• This will be just the fifth time that the Tar Heels have played North Carolina A&T.
• North Carolina leads, 3-1, in a series that dates back to 1993.
• The last time the two met was back in 2014 when the Tar Heels captured a 10-0 win. Starter A.J. Bogucki tossed seven innings of one-hit ball, striking out ten.
GARDNER-WEBB SERIES HISTORY
• North Carolina has battled Gardner-Webb 15 times since 2002, owning a 14-1 edge in the series.
• The Tar Heels rolled in the two's meeting last year, winning 11-1 on February 22nd. Seven different players had hits, including multi-RBI performances from Kyle Datres and Zack Gahagan.
Quick Notes
• The Tar Heels hasve won 8 of its last 9 first non-conference games following its first ACC series.
• Kyle Datres is tied for third in the ACC in hits (19) and tied for fifth in runs scored (13).
• Brett Daniels pitched in all three games against Louisville for the first time in a series since UVA in 2016. Over the weekend he went 6.1 IP, gave up 3 hits, 0 runs and struck out 6 Cadrinals.
• The 6-9 hitters accounted for 8 of 11 hits, 7 of 9 RBI, and 7 of 10 runs in the Tar Heels 10-3 win over Louisville on Sunday, March 11.
• Josh Hiatt threw another two scoreless innings against Louisville on Sunday, March 11 to raise his total to 11 IP with no runs and 14 strikeouts. Â
• Ike Freeman is enjoying his best offensive stretch of his UNC career. He currently has a career high six-game hitting streak and a career high seven-game reached base streak.
• Three Tar Heels have currently tied, or set new career high hitting streaks: Gahagan (6 games), Freeman (6 games) and Martorano (5 games).Â
