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Tar Heels Take Series From #13 Wake Forest With 12-3 Win
March 23, 2003 | Baseball
March 23, 2003
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - North Carolina (16-7) defeated Wake Forest (15-7), 12-3 on Sunday afternoon at Boshamer Stadium. The Tar Heels used another explosive offensive performance in which every starter recorded at least one hit to win a series against the Demon Deacons for the first time since the 1999 season. Carolina starter Adam Kalkhof gave up just 3 runs over 5.2 innings to pick up his team-leading fourth victory of the season.
Wake Forest jumped out to an early 1-0 lead in the top of the first inning. Adam Bourassa walked to lead off the game and after a sacrifice bunt by Ryan Hubbard, Bourassa scored on a single up the middle by Jamie D'Antona.
Carolina jumped ahead with four runs in the bottom of the first inning. With two outs, Jeremy Cleveland was hit by a pitch for the fourth time on the weekend and came around to score on a double by Sean Farrell. Farrell then scored the Tar Heels' second run on an RBI double off the bat of Ryan Blake. After a Chris Iannetta single, Chase Younts hit a two-run double into the right-center field gap, scoring Blake and Iannetta and giving Carolina a 4-1 lead.
Farrell continued his hot hitting with a two-run homer in the bottom of the third. Cleveland singled to lead off the inning and scored on Farrell's team-leading sixth home run of the season which gave Carolina a 6-1 advantage. With two outs and the bases loaded, Wake Forest second baseman Chris Getz let a ground ball off the bat of Greg Mangum go through his legs, allowing Iannetta and Younts to score and giving Carolina an 8-1 lead.
The Tar Heels' offense continued to pour it on with two runs in the bottom of the fourth inning. Cleveland walked leading off the inning and moved to third on Farrell's second double of the day. Blake then lined a single up the middle which scored Cleveland. Two batters later, a Younts groundout brought Farrell around to score.
Carolina and Wake Forest traded runs back and forth throughout the rest of the game, but the Tar Heels' early inning explosion proved too much for the Deacons to overcome.
The Tar Heels return to action with two games against Towson on Tuesday and Wednesday. Starting time for Tuesday's game is 6:00pm while Wednesday's matchup gets underway at 3pm.
