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April 24, 2002 | Baseball
April 24, 2002
KANNAPOLIS, N.C. - North Carolina rode the strong pitching of Scott Manshack to An 8-0 win over Charlotte Wednesday evening in college baseball action at Fieldcrest Cannon Stadium in Kannapolis. Carolina, ranked No. 9 in the latest Collegiate Baseball poll, has won seven straight over the 49ers and is 30-14 overall in 2002. Charlotte falls to 17-24.
Manshack (5-0) allowed just two hits over six scoreless innings while striking out a career-high nine batters, including a run of five straight, in leading UNC to its second shutout victory of the season. Charlotte starter John Maine (4-7) gave up three runs on three hits over 2.1 innings for the loss.
"It was a good night for us, getting our 30th win," said UNC head coach Mike Fox. "I thought Scott pitched well. He got behind some in the count but he came back and got some strikeouts. He had a couple of innings where he was real efficient and it looked like he had some good life on his fastball tonight. It was a good night all the way around."
Carolina scored three runs and chased Maine from the game in the third. With Maine struggling with his control, Chase Younts and Adam Greenberg drew consecutive walks to start the inning and each advanced a base on a wild pitch. That set the stage for a sac fly by Russ Adams to drive home Younts for the first run of the game. Sean Farrell pushed a double to right, sending home Greenberg and Maples singled in Farrell after the 49ers brought out Pat Gambale from the bullpen.
Russ Adams again drove in Younts in the fourth, this time with a single to right center, for a 4-0 Carolina lead, and a two-out double by Greg Mangum in the fifth gave UNC a 5-0 cushion.
A triple by Greenberg high off the right field wall highlighted a two-run sixth inning for the Tar Heels. Carolina's career triples leader, Greenberg hit his sixth of the season and 16th in the last three years to drive home Younts, while Russ Adams added his second sacrifice fly of the game to knock home Greenberg from third, making the score 7-0.
Meanwhile, Charlotte had managed just a first-inning single off of Manshack until Brad Lamm sent the first pitch of the seventh inning up the middle. Fox brought Mell Adams out of the bullpen, and Adams delivered three straight outs in the seventh.
Russ Adams drove in his fourth run of the game and his ninth in the last two days with an RBI single in the eighth inning to cap the game's scoring at 8-0. Adams then took advantage of no 49ers covering second base after the bloop hit and got his first steal in the last six games and his 40th of the season, which ties for the third most stolen bases in a single season at UNC.
Daniel Moore pitched the eighth and Scott Senatore the ninth to preserve the shutout.
Farrell and Braun both extended career-long hitting streaks in the win. Farrell (2-for-4) has hit safely in nine straight games, while Braun (1-for-3) has six consecutive games with at least one hit. Greenberg and Younts both scored three times in the win.
The Tar Heels, in the midst of a stretch of eight games in nine days, return to Boshamer Stadium for a three-game series this weekend versus the defending national champion Miami Hurricanes. Game times are Friday and Saturday at 7 p.m. and Sunday at 1 p.m.
