University of North Carolina Athletics
No. 18 Carolina Welcomes No. 10 Miami This Weekend
March 26, 2015 | Baseball
CHAPEL HILL --- North Carolina concludes a modest four-game homestand when the Tar Heels host ACC Coastal division leader Miami in a three-game series beginning Friday at 6:30 p.m. at Boshamer Stadium. Carolina is 15-9 following a 9-0 win over Appalachian State on Tuesday, the team's first shutout of the year. The Hurricanes come to town having won eight of 10, including a home sweep of NC State and a road series win at Wake Forest. The series continues Saturday at 3 p.m. and concludes Sunday at noon. Tickets are available at the Boshamer box office and online at GoHeels.com/tickets, and all three games will be broadcast live on ESPN3.
AT A GLANCE
Records: North Carolina 15-9 (5-4 ACC), Miami 18-8 (6-3 ACC)
Rankings:North Carolina is ranked No. 22 by D1Baseball, No. 22 by the NCBWA, No. 18 by Perfect Game, No. 24 in the ESPN/USA Today Coaches' Poll and No. 27 by Collegiate Baseball. Miami is ranked in all six major polls, with a high of No. 10 from Perfect Game.
TV: ESPN3. All three games can by watched live on WatchESPN.com and the WatchESPN app.
Audio: All three games will be streamed live on GoHeels.com and are scheduled to be carried by WCHL.
On The Web: GoHeels.com • Twitter: @DiamondHeels, @CoachFox30
PROMOTIONS
Friday - 6:30 p.m.
• Fireworks Friday
• Drink coasters for the first 1,000 fans
• National anthem and special appearance by Beth Stovall, Miss North Carolina
• 3/4-sleeve 'Go Heels Go America' t-shirts for the first 400 students (after 7th inning stretch)
Saturday - 3 p.m.
• Military Appreciation Day
• Trading card set No. 2 for the first 500 fans
• All-Veterans Parachute Team delivering game ball
• First pitch by retired Major General Charles Gurganus (UNC class of 76)
• Kids take the field for the national anthem
• Joint UNC ROTC color guard, anthem performed by Army vocalist SSG Christopher Fairley
• Postgame autographs
Sunday - Noon
• Sunday Family Funday
• First pitch by Liam Canard, Vs Cancer
• Interactive inflatable behind the third-base grandstand
• Kids run the bases after the game
| Carolina Probable Starters | Miami Probable Starters | |
| Friday | RHP Zac Gallen (1-1, 4.05 ERA, 1.09 WHIP) | LHP Thomas Woodrey (3-1, 2.93 ERA, 1.37 WHIP) |
| Saturday | RHP J.B. Bukauskas (3-1, 3.09 ERA, 1.31 WHIP) | LHP Andrew Suarez (2-0, 2.81 ERA, 1.31 WHIP) |
| Sunday | RHP Benton Moss (3-0, 2.08 ERA, 1.25 WHIP) | RHP Enrique Sosa (3-2, 3.62 ERA, 1.39 WHIP) |
CAROLINA-MIAMI SERIES HISTORY
• North Carolina is 25-32-1 all-time against Miami, including a 15-17-1 mark under head coach Mike Fox.
• Carolina dropped two of three to the Hurricanes in 2014, but the Tar Heels have won four of their last six against UM. The Tar Heels took two of three from the Canes in Chapel Hill during the 2013 regular season and added an eight-inning mercy-rule win in the 2013 ACC tournament.
• Miami won two of three last season in Coral Gables. The Hurricanes grabbed the series-opener 6-5 in 16 innings before Carolina rebounded for an 11-2 win in the nightcap of a doubleheader. UM took the series finale 2-0 with Bryan Radziewski outdueling Zac Gallen.
• UNC is 9-5-1 against Miami in Chapel Hill under Fox, with series wins in 2007, 2009 and 2013.
