University of North Carolina Athletics
Carolina Hosts Maryland Tuesday, Game Time Now 2:30 PM
March 19, 2018 | Baseball
MARYLAND SERIES HISTORY
• UNC and Maryland will play for the 198th time in the series history, with the Heels holding a 140-55-2 advantage.Â
• The series began in 1899 with Maryland collecting a 6-5 win over the Tar Heels.Â
• The two played in 2017 for the first time since the Terps moved to the Big Ten. UNC earned a 9-2 win behind a combined one-hitter. Tyler Baum picked up the win, tossing five innings of one-hit ball. Â
HEELS SWEEP PITT
North Carolina won all three games of its series against Pittsburgh over the weekend, the team's second sweep of the season (March 2-4 vs. Liberty). The Tar Heels outscored the Panthers 32-5, the fewest runs allowed by UNC pitching since April 8-10, 2016 against Virginia Tech. Zack Gahagan drove in six runs, while Ike Freeman added six hits of his own and boosted his season average to .328. All three starters, Tyler Baum, Austin Bergner and Taylor Sugg, earned wins.
Quick Notes
• UNC is currently tied with Duke for first in the Coastal Division with a 4-2 record.
• The Tar Heel bullpen has been lights out over the last 8 games. Seven Tar Heel pitchers have combined to work 25 innings and have a combined ERA of 0.36. They have 22 strikeouts, one earned run and have only given up 9 hits.
• Over the last 7 games, the Tar Heel bullpen has not allowed an earned run in 23 innings.
• Josh Hiatt has not given up a run or earned run in 9 appearances this year. Dating back to last year, he has not allowed a run or earned run in 25 of his last 26 appearances.
• In three games against Pitt, the Tar Heels hit .439 with two outs while driving in 19 runs. In the previous 17 games, UNC hit .206 with two outs and only drove in 30 runs.Â
• In three games against Pitt, UNC hit .583 with 7 hits when the bases were loaded. In the previous 17 gamaes, UNC only had 8 total hits with the bases loaded.Â
• Austin Bergner set a career high with 12 stikeouts against Pittsburgh, the most by a UNC pitcher this season.
• Rodney Hutchison threw a complete game shutout against NC A&T on Tuesday, March 13, the first comlete game shutout since Zac Gallen against VT on April 8, 2016.Â
• Michael Busch leads the team in RB is currently third in the ACC with 27.Â
• Brandon Riley leads the team, and the ACC, in walks with 23.Â
• Tyler Baum is 4th in the ACC in strikouts looking with 14.Â
• In ACC play, UNC currently has the second best batting average (.303) trailing GT (.319)
• In ACC play, UNC currently has the third best ERA (2.94) trailing Miami and Duke.
