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Heels Take Two From Duke, 5-3 and 10-6
April 29, 2000 | Baseball
April 29, 2000
Game 1 Box Score & Play-By-Play
Game 2 Box Score & Play-By-Play
DURHAM, N.C. -- No. 10 North Carolina defeated Duke 5-3 and 10-6 in a doubleheader Saturday at Jack Coombs Field. The two schools played a doubleheader to make up for Friday's canceled game due to inclement weather. With the losses, Duke drops to 14-36 on the season and 4-17 in the ACC while North Carolina improves to 39-11 overall and 11-10 in the ACC.
Duke battled back from a 3-0 deficit to send the game into extra innings. North Carolina rallied for two runs in the top of the tenth on RBI singles from Tyrell Godwin and Ryan Matthews for the victory.
North Carolina built a 3-0 lead over the first two innings but Duke stormed back with three runs of its own, one coming in the third inning on J.D. Alleva's RBI single and two in the fourth on RBI doubles from Kevin Kelly and Brian Patrick.
North Carolina reliever Derric DePriest (2-3) earned the victory after throwing the final 3 1/3 innings. Duke's Kevin Thompson (1-3) took the loss after pitching the final 1 2/3 innings. Duke starter Ryan Caradonna threw 8 1/3 innings, allowed six hits and three runs (one earned).
David Mason led the Blue Devils with a 3-5 performance and Jeff Becker and Larry Broadway each collected two hits apiece. Godwin finished 2-5 with two RBI for North Carolina.
In game two North Carolina used a four-run fifth inning, then opened up a 9-1 lead and fended off a late Duke rally to win 10-6.
With a 2-1 lead in the fifth inning, the Tar Heels used RBI hits from Dan Moylan, Ryan Matthews and Matt McCay along with a Tyrell Godwin sacrifice fly go up 6-1. North Carolina added a run in the sixth (Dan Moylan RBI single) and two in the seventh (Ryan Earey two-RBI double) to go up 9-1
Duke rallied back with four runs in the bottom of the ninth on J.D. Alleva's two-RBI double, Larry Broadway's RBI single and Troy Caradonna's double.
UNC's Chad Prosser drove in five runs on a 3-3 performance. Duke was led by Troy Caradonna's 3-4, two RBI day while Broadway and Wes Goodner each collected hits. North Carolina starter Chris Elmore (7-1) earned the victory after throwing 7.0 innings while Duke's Jeff Alleva (1-6) took the loss.
Note: Story courtesy Duke Sports Information.
