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No. 8 Carolina Sweeps Georgia Tech, Tied For First In ACC
April 22, 2018 | Baseball
Chapel Hill – No. 8 North Carolina defeated Georgia Tech 10-3 on Sunday afternoon at Boshamer Stadium, completing the sweep of the Yellow Jackets for the first time since 1996. Cooper Criswell picked up his third win of the season after tossing a career-high seven innings only surrendering one run on four hits while striking out five.
Carolina scored runs in the bottom of the second and third innings to take an early 3-0 lead over Georgia Tech. In the second inning, a Cody Roberts RBI double scored Jackson Hesterlee from second base for the first run of the game before Zack Gahagan followed with a RBI single of his own for the 2-0 advantage.
In the third inning, Michael Busch added to his team leading home run count with a blast to right field for his 10th long ball of the season to make it 3-0.
Georgia Tech answered quickly with a run in the top of the fourth to make it 3-1, but in the bottom of the seventh inning the Tar Heels broke the game open by scoring seven runs to take a 10-1 lead.
Gahagan got things started for Carolina with a two-run home run off the left field foul pole for his fourth of the year to make the score 5-1. A sacrifice fly from Brandon Riley scored Dallas Tessar from third base before a pair two-RBI doubles from Ike Freeman and Cody Roberts plated four more Tar Heels.
This is the third straight ACC series win for the Tar Heels as they move to 27-13 on the year and sit in first place in the Coastal Division with a 15-6 record and are tied for first place in the ACC overall with NC State.
Carolina will be back in action on Tuesday at 6 p.m. ET as they host Coastal Carolina. The game can be seen on ESPNU.
Carolina scored runs in the bottom of the second and third innings to take an early 3-0 lead over Georgia Tech. In the second inning, a Cody Roberts RBI double scored Jackson Hesterlee from second base for the first run of the game before Zack Gahagan followed with a RBI single of his own for the 2-0 advantage.
In the third inning, Michael Busch added to his team leading home run count with a blast to right field for his 10th long ball of the season to make it 3-0.
Georgia Tech answered quickly with a run in the top of the fourth to make it 3-1, but in the bottom of the seventh inning the Tar Heels broke the game open by scoring seven runs to take a 10-1 lead.
Gahagan got things started for Carolina with a two-run home run off the left field foul pole for his fourth of the year to make the score 5-1. A sacrifice fly from Brandon Riley scored Dallas Tessar from third base before a pair two-RBI doubles from Ike Freeman and Cody Roberts plated four more Tar Heels.
This is the third straight ACC series win for the Tar Heels as they move to 27-13 on the year and sit in first place in the Coastal Division with a 15-6 record and are tied for first place in the ACC overall with NC State.
Carolina will be back in action on Tuesday at 6 p.m. ET as they host Coastal Carolina. The game can be seen on ESPNU.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Criswell, Cooper (3-2)
L: Tristin English (2-1)
Batting:
2B: Tristin English 1 ; Colin Hall 1
RBI: Chase Murray 1 ; Tristin English 2
Base Running:
RUNS: Joey Bart 1 ; Kyle McCann 1 ; Chase Murray 1
Batting:
2B: Freeman, Ike 1 ; Roberts, Cody 2
HR: Busch, Michael 1 ; Gahagan, Zack 1
RBI: Busch, Michael 1 ; Riley, Brandon 1 ; Freeman, Ike 2 ; Roberts, Cody 3 ; Gahagan, Zack 3
SF: Riley, Brandon 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Tessar, Dallas 1 ; Busch, Michael 2 ; Datres, Kyle 1 ; Freeman, Ike 1 ; Hesterlee, Jackson 1 ; Ladowski, Josh 1 ; Roberts, Cody 1 ; Enwiller, Dylan 1 ; Gahagan, Zack 1
SB: Datres, Kyle 1
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