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Tar Heels Win Squeaker At UNC Wilmington, 3-2
May 2, 2001 | Baseball
May 2, 2001
WILMINGTON, N.C. - Junior righthander Ralph Roberts and freshman southpaw Daniel Moore combined to scatter six hits as North Carolina trimmed UNC Wilmington, 3-2, in college baseball action Wednesday night at rooks Field.
The Tar Heels gained a split of the regular season series with the Seahawks and improved to 29-23 on the season. UNCW had a four-game winning streak snapped and now stands 31-18.
UNCW starter Jake Mullis (7-4) took the loss, working four innings and allowing three earned runs on six hits, walking one and striking out one. Roberts gave up two unearned runs on just four hits in four innings, walking one and fanning three. Moore (5-4) hurled five innings of two-hit relief to collect the victory, retiring 14 of the 17 batters he faced, walking none and fanning four.
Junior third baseman Chris Maples went 3-for-4, scored once and drove in a run for the Tar Heels while sophomore outfielder Sean Farrell went 2-for-5 with one RBI. Junior outfielder Kevin Hairr went 2-for-4 with a pair of singles for the Seahawks and reached the 200-hit plateau with a two-out single in the eighth inning.
The Tar Heels grabbed an early 1-0 lead in the top of the third when Maples singled to left, moved to second on a ground-out by Adam Greenberg, took third on a ground-out by Russ Adams and scored on Farrell's two-out RBI single.
UNCW jumped out front, 2-1, with a pair of runs in the bottom half of the third. With two outs, sophomore outfielder Jamie Hemingway reached on an error by Roberts and senior outfielder Justin Wishon slammed his first home run of the season over the rightfield wall to put the Seahawks ahead by one run.
Carolina answered, however, with two runs of its own in the top of the fourth. Jason Howell drew a leadoff walk and went to second on a wild pitch. With one out, Chad Prosser ripped an RBI single to leftfield and went to second on the throw. After Ron Braun grounded out to short, Maples delivered an RBI double into the left-centefield gap to plate Prosser for the final 3-2 margin.
The Tar Heels open a three-game set with Georgia Tech next Friday, May 11, at 7 p.m. at Boshamer Stadium.
