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No. 22 Tar Heels Beat No. 18 Chants, 9-3
April 8, 2015 | Baseball
CHAPEL HILL --- Adam Pate reached five times and finished a triple shy of the cycle as No. 22 North Carolina beat No. 18 Coastal Carolina 9-3 Tuesday night at Boshamer Stadium. Tyler Ramirez added three hits for the Tar Heels, who avenged a 13-2 loss to Coastal in winning their second game in a row. Carolina continues its seven-game homestand Wednesday night at 6 against Liberty.
Pate's home run in the third was the first of his career and put UNC (19-13) up 2-1. The Tar Heels would take the lead for good in the fourth on Zack Gahagan's RBI double, and Logan Warmoth's single scored Gahagan to make it 4-2.
Carolina added two more in the sixth on run-scoring hits from Skye Bolt and Tyler Ramirez, and Alex Raburn's perfect safety squeeze pushed the lead to 7-3 in the eighth. Korey Dunbar, who threw out two more runners, and Warmoth added RBIs in the eighth.
Four Tar Heel pitchers combined for a six-hitter, as Jason Morgan made his first career start before handing it over to the bullpen. Spencer Trayner (2-3) picked up his second win of the year and Trent Thornton worked the final two innings for his sixth save. Trevor Kelley pitched in his NCAA-high 23rd game of the year and went three scoreless frames.
Michael Paez homered for the Chanticleers (23-9), who had won their last two against UNC dating back to last year. Shane Sawczak allowed four runs in three innings to fall to 1-2 on the year. Coastal pitchers walked 11 batters on the night and UNC out-hit the Chants 12-6.
Hunter Williams is scheduled to start for Carolina Wednesday when the Tar Heels welcome Liberty at 6 p.m.
