University of North Carolina Athletics
UNC vs. LSU - Postgame Notes
June 15, 2008 | Baseball
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TEAM NOTES
• With Sunday's 8-4 win over LSU, North Carolina improved to 6-0 in the 2008 NCAA Tournament. The Tar Heels have outscored the opposition by a 59-24 margin in the postseason. UNC is the only team that is undefeated in this year's NCAA tourney.
• The Tar Heels won their opening game in the College World Series for the third straight year and improved to 9-5 over their last three CWS appearances. UNC is 11-13 overall in seven trips to Omaha.
• Carolina's 17 hits marked its most in CWS play, surpassing the 15 hits against Cal State Fullerton June 16, 2006. The Tar Heels have 17 games with 15-plus hits this season.
• With the victory, Carolina improved to 71-50 all-time in NCAA play. Mike Fox is now 36-18 in nine trips to the postseason.
• The Tar Heels' 52 wins rank as the third most in program history. Carolina has posted its top three win totals over the last three seasons and leads the nation with 163 wins in 2006-08.
• Sunday's win over LSU improved Carolina to 6-1 against the Southeastern Conference in last three NCAA Tournaments.
• The Tar Heels claimed their first-ever win over LSU Sunday. The teams had met just twice previously with the Tigers posting wins in 1990 and 1997.
• Carolina put the leadoff man on base in each of the first five innings and six of the first seven. The leadoff batter scored five of the Tar Heels' eight runs on the night.
• Every Tar Heel in the starting lineup recorded either a base hit or an RBI over the first three innings.
INDIVIDUAL NOTES
• Right-hander Alex White went seven-plus innings for the fourth straight start and held LSU to three runs on four hits and two walks. He fanned six batters and recorded at least six strikeouts for the 11th consecutive start and 14th time in 15 starts in 2008.
• White moved to 3-0 in this year's NCAA Tournament with a 2.74 ERA in 23 innings. He has struck out 20 and walked just four.
• White improved to 11-3 on the season with his win Sunday and is now tied for sixth on the UNC single-season victory list. With six strikeouts against LSU, White moved into seventh place on the Tar Heels' single-season list with 107. He surpassed four Tar Heels in Sunday's outing.
• White had surrendered just four home runs all season but gave up two in the first two innings Sunday against LSU.
• Seth Williams, who has hit safely in 28 of his 32 career NCAA Tournament games, went 3-for-4 with a game-high three RBI. Williams is batting .371 (43-116) with 19 RBI over his postseason career, including a .444 average (11-25) in 2008.
• In his first career CWS start, Ryan Graepel went 3-for-4 for just his second career three-hit game. Both three-hit efforts of his career have come in the NCAA Tournament, as he also had three hits against Mount St. Mary's in the opener of the NCAA Cary Regional.
• Kyle Seager went 3-for-4 with two runs and an RBI for his first three-hit game since May 16 at Miami and his seventh of the season. His fifth-inning double was his 28th of the season, extending his UNC single-season record. He now has 74 RBI, which ranks as the fourth-most in school history. Seager is also tied for second in school history with 42 extra-base hits this year.
• Tim Fedroff went 3-for-5 with two runs to move his current hitting streak to 12 games, which matches his career-best effort. Fedroff now has 108 hits on the season to rank third in program history, while Dustin Ackley, who was 2-for-5 Sunday, stands fifth with 106. These two hit totals are second and third nationally on the season.
• Dustin Ackley and Tim Fedroff each recorded multi-hit games for the fourth time in six NCAA Tournament contests. This duo shares the team lead with 35 multi-hit games on the season. Six Tar Heels posted multi-hit efforts on the night against LSU.
• Fedroff is batting .577 (15-26) in the 2008 NCAA Tournament, and Ackley is hitting .481 (13-27).
• Rob Wooten worked the final 1 2/3 innings to earn his fifth save of the season in his 40th appearance, which is tied for third in school history and ranks second nationally. He was making his seventh career College World Series appearance and has pitched in seven of the Tar Heels' last eight CWS games.
• Veterans Tim Federowicz, Chad Flack, Garrett Gore and Seth Williams each started their 14th career game in Omaha Sunday. They are the only Tar Heels to play in each CWS game over the last three seasons.
