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No. 8 Tar Heels Host Georgia Tech In Penultimate Home Series
April 19, 2018 | Baseball
Heading in to the weekend, North Carolina currently sits second in the ACC Coastal Division at 12-6 while Georgia Tech is tied for third with Miami at 9-9 as both rank among the top offenses in the conference. In ACC games only, Georgia Tech sits first in the conference in batting average (.295) with Carolina right behind them (.288).
GEORGIA TECH SERIES HISTORY
• The Heels have met with Georgia Tech 138 times in a series that dates back to 1901.Â
• Over the course of the series, the Yellow Jackets hold a 76-62 edge.
• Last season, North Carolina took two out of three games in the team's first road ACC series. The series was capped in game three by scoreless performances out of the bullpen from Brett Daniels (4.1 innings) and Josh Hiatt (1.1 innings).
• This meeting will be between the teams with the top two batting averages in ACC play.
Quick Notes
• Since starting the year 7-7, UNC has gone 17-6 and 10-3 in its last 13 games.
• Carolina is currently 12-6 in the ACC, one game behind Duke at 12-5.
• Michael Busch now has 43 RBI on the season and leads the team with 9 HR. He is currently second in the ACC in RBI and tied for 3rd in ACC play in HR with 5.
• Kyle Datres extends his career-best hitting streak to 17 games and is hitting .403 (26-for-63) during that time. He is second in the ACC with an overall batting average of .371 and tied for second in hits (53).
• Over Ashton McGee's last 11 games, he is 15-for-43 at the plate (.349).
• Over the last 7 games, Ike Freeman leads the team in batting average (.385) and hits (10) while hitting safely in six of those eight outings. In the last two ACC series, Freeman is hitting 10 for 20 (.500).
• In Joey Lancellotti's last 6.2 innings of work, the right-hander has allowed just two hits and no runs, striking out seven, including a career-high 5 Ks against NC State.
• Freeman currently ranks 4th in ACC games in batting average with a .364.
• Over the last 7 games, the starting Tar Heel pitchers have combined for 29.1 innings, while the bullpen secured the other 31.2 innings and picked up all five wins.Â
• UNC continues its first inning dominance on the season, outscoring opponents 36-10 and are 15-2 when they score in the first inning.Â
• In ACC play, UNC ranks first in runs (132), RBI (127), OB% (.393), and walks (98) and is second in batting avg. (.288), hits (186), doubles (35), triples (4) and slugging % (.429)
• In ACC games only, Brett Daniels is 2nd in ERA (1.05), leads in appearances (13) and tied for first in wins (4). He's only allowed 5 runs in 2.5.2 IP while striking out 24 batters.
• Since the start of ACC play, Cody Roberts is tied for 1st in run scored (20).
• Dallas Tessar started the last two games against UVA and hit .400 on the series with one home run and four runs scored. In ACC play, he is hitting .355.
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