University of North Carolina Athletics
Postgame Notes
May 22, 2008 | Baseball
May 22, 2008
* Virginia improved to 5-9 against North Carolina in ACC Championship play with tonight's 11 inning win, which officially concluded at 1:26 a.m. on Thursday.
* Tonight's contest was the fourth extra inning affair between North Carolina and Virginia in ACC Championship history. In the three previous games, all between 1982 and 1986, North Carolina was a perfect 3-0 against the Cavaliers, including a 3-2 12 inning win for the title in 1982. * Virginia is now 5-5 in 10 all-time extra-inning tournament games, while North Carolina falls to 5-8 in extra-inning contests
* The Cavaliers, now 37-19 for the 2008 season, are 38-60 in 35 all-time appearances in the tournament. Virginia is 7-4 in Championship games played in Jacksonville, Fla., while the Tar Heels fall to 63-58 in Championship play.
* With David Adams' 15th stolen base of the year in the top of the 10th inning, Virginia set a school record for team stolen bases, with 129.
* After surrendering three hits and three runs in innings one and two, North Carolina starter and ACC Pitcher of the Year Alex White held the Cavaliers both scoreless and hitless during his remaining five innings on the mound. White, who held Virginia scoreless over seven innings in his only previous ACC Championship start in 2007, has allowed just five hits and struck out 16 in 14 innings of tournament play and holds a 1-0 career record.
* With 11 strikeouts in seven innings, White tied the record for strikeouts in ACC Championship games played in Jacksonville, Fla. That record was set earlier Wednesday by Clemson's D.J. Mitchell. White has struck out six or more batters in 11 of his 14 showings in 2008.
* Earning the win for the Cavaliers was senior reliever Michael Schwimer, who struck out five over three innings and induced the game-ending fly ball from Tar Heel third baseman Chad Flack. Schwimer's outing was his second-longest of the 2008 season and just his second of more than two innings.
* North Carolina senior third baseman Chad Flack added to his career hit total with a single and double against Virginia's Carraway, and a game-tying home run in the bottom of the 10th inning. Flack, who is now 14-for-37 (.378) with 10 RBI and a trio of home runs in his ACC Championship career, leads UNC in career hits (318) and now ranks second in runs (203) and total bases (512) and third in both extra-base hits (106) and RBI (205).
