University of North Carolina Athletics
UNC Baseball Notebook: April 15
April 15, 2002 | Baseball
April 15, 2002
Overall Record:25-13, 10-5 ACC
Last Week: 3-2 (1-2 vs. ranked teams)
Tuesday (4/9): Charlotte vs. UNC: W, 6-4
Wednesday (4/10): Davidson vs. UNC: W, 9-2
Friday (4/12): #1 Clemson vs. UNC: L, 7-11 (10 innings)
Saturday (4/13): #1 Clemson vs. UNC: L, 2-4
Sunday (4/14): #1 Clemson vs. UNC: W, 12-5
IN THE POLLS
Collegiate Baseball: 12
aseball America: 21
TOP PERFORMERS:
Carter Harrell made three appearances during the week and collected two wins to go along with a 2.61 ERA, lowering his season ERA to 3.66. Harrell pitched 10.1 innings on the week , gave up just three earned runs and one walk to go along with 10 strikeouts. Harrell now leads the Tar Heels with six wins (6-3) and has struck out 49 batters in just
39.1 innings. In his most impressive outing of the week, Harrell entered the game Sunday against top-ranked Clemson in the fourth and pitched 5.2 innings of relief allowing only four hits and one run while striking out six and picking up his second win of the week to lead the Tar Heels to a 12-5 win over the Tigers.
Russ Adams batted .353 (6-for-17) last week with four runs scored, five RBIs, seven walks and five stolen bases. Adams is now Carolina's statistical leader in batting average (.370), runs (51), hits (54), doubles (15), walks (34), and leads the nation with 39 stolen bases. His 39 steals are the fourth most in a single season in UNC history. Brian Roberts holds the school record with 63 steals in 1998.
Jeremy Cleveland got his first start in nearly a month on Wednesday versus Charlotte and he was 4-for-4 with two RBIs to help lead the Tar Heels to a 6-4 win over the 49ers. He hit his third home run of the season in the eighth inning of that game. Cleveland played in three games on the week and finished with a .462 average.
NEWS AND NOTES
QUOTING MIKE FOX:
Carolina head coach Mike Fox had the following to say after Sunday's 12-5 win over No. 1 Clemson:
"There's a fine line between winning and losing. We could have easily one of these other two, Friday or Saturday. We could have easily won, and should have won the game last Sunday (at Wake Forest), so we're 2-4 over the last two weekends and we could easily be 4-2. I'm not going to lose any sleep over it. We're going to continue to play well.
"Our team today played with a sense of urgency and I think a chip on their shoulder and maybe a little meanness today. That was important for us to do against a good Clemson team.
"We're 10-5 (in the ACC). We beat Florida State, we beat Clemson. I'd feel a lot better if we had won two out of three, but I'm happy with where we are. I think our program has made strides, but we've still got to keep going. We're not there yet."
NEXT WEEK (PROBABLE STARTER):
Wednesday (4/17) at East Carolina at 7 p.m. (Scott Manshack)
Friday (4/19) vs. N.C. State at 7 p.m. (Scott Autrey)
Saturday (4/20) vs. N.C. State at 2 p.m. (Garry Bakker)
Sunday (4/21) vs. N.C. State at 2 p.m. (Daniel Moore)
