University of North Carolina Athletics
No. 30 North Carolina Heads To Charlotte Tuesday To Face South Carolina
April 2, 2018 | Baseball
Tuesday's match against South Carolina will be featured on SEC Network and as always, you can listen to the game on GoHeels.com.
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SOUTH CAROLINA SERIES HISTORY
• This will be the 101st meeting between North Carolina and South Carolina in a series that dates back to 1903. Â
• UNC holds a 64-35-1 advantage, including last year's 20-5 victory in Charlotte.Â
• In last year's game, the Heels tacked on 14 hits and put up 12 runs over the first 4 innings.Â
DOMINANCE IN CHARLOTTE
• North Carolina beat Charlotte last Tuesday 14-2 on Tuesday at BB&T Ballpark in uptown Charlotte to continue its dominance in that ballpark.Â
• Over their last three trips in as many years, the Heels have outscored opponents 49-7 and logged 39 hits.Â
• The three meetings have been against Charlotte and South Carolina in both 2017 and 2016.Â
• The Tar Heels have beat South Carolina a combined 35-5 in over the last two seasons in Charlotte.Â
Quick Notes
• UNC swept Wake Forest this weekend for the first time since 2013.
• UNC has now won 9 of its last 11 games (two losses to FSU) and 11 of its last 14 overall. • After starting the season 7-7, the Tar Heels have since gone 11-3.
• In its last 14 games, UNC has outscored its opponents 110-44 and are 8-2 in the ACC.
• North Carolina sits at 8-4 in the ACC, one game behind Duke in the Coastal Division
• In ACC play, UNC ranks second in batting average (.285), slugging % (.438), home runs (14) and hits (125), but leads in OB% (.393), runs (90), RBI (87) and doubles (25).
• In ACC games only, North Carolina's pitching ranks 4th in ERA (3.42)
• Michael Busch is tied for first in the country and ACC in RBI (39).
• Kyle Datres' .374 average ranks second in the ACC behind Georgia Tech's Chase Murray (.400). Datres ranks third in hits.
• Through 28 games, Brett Daniels is second in the ACC in ERA with a 1.41 (Min 1.0 IP/Team Game) and 5th in ACC only stats. He is tied for 1st in wins (3).
• In ACC games only, Brett Daniels leads in appearances (9) while Cooper Criswell is tied for second (7).
• In ACC games only, Cody Roberts is 1st ACC play in runs scored (17) and tied for 4th in hits (18).
• Eight Tar Heels are hitting at, or over, .300 in ACC play, which includes the entire infield. All eight have seen at least action in 10 of 12 games.
