University of North Carolina Athletics
Friday, May 18
Chapel Hill
1 p.m.
North Carolina
36-17, 0
11
vs
2
Virginia Tech
21-32, 0
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Runs R | Hits H | Errors E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Virginia Tech | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
| North Carolina | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 11 | 14 | 1 |
Photo by: Jeffrey A. Camarati
No. 6 Tar Heels Beat Hokies 11-2 In Penultimate Home Game
May 18, 2018 | Baseball
Chapel Hill – After clinching the Coastal Division title Thursday night, the No. 6 Tar Heels took care of business Friday afternoon beating Virginia Tech 11-2. Kyle Datres, Michael Busch and Ashton McGee led the way offensively as they combined to go 11-14 with six RBI, six runs scored with two doubles, a triple and a home run. Datres was a home run short of the cycle.
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Just like they have done all year, the Tar Heels jumped out to an early lead by scoring three runs in the first inning for the 3-0 lead. After back-to-back-to-back singles from Dallas Tessar, Michael Busch and Kyle Datres, a sacrifice fly from Ike Freeman and a double from Ashton McGee cleared the bases to put the Heels on top.
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The Hokies got one run back in the top of the third inning, but the Tar Heels tacked on two more runs in the bottom of the third for the 5-1 lead. Datres led off the inning with a triple that bounced off the right field wall and was driven in on another Freeman sacrifice fly. After driving in two runs in the first inning, McGee launched a solo home run over the right field wall for his second of the year.
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Thanks to some shaky Hokie defense, Carolina would tack on another four runs in the fourth inning to take the 9-1 lead before the two teams traded runs in the fifth to make it 10-2. Carolina would eventually tack on one more to make the final score 11-2.
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Austin Bergner picked up his sixth win of the season after throwing six innings and giving up three hits and one earned run while striking out four Hokies.
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The Tar Heels will play its final game of the 2018 regular season on Saturday at 2 p.m. ET at Boshamer Stadium.
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Just like they have done all year, the Tar Heels jumped out to an early lead by scoring three runs in the first inning for the 3-0 lead. After back-to-back-to-back singles from Dallas Tessar, Michael Busch and Kyle Datres, a sacrifice fly from Ike Freeman and a double from Ashton McGee cleared the bases to put the Heels on top.
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The Hokies got one run back in the top of the third inning, but the Tar Heels tacked on two more runs in the bottom of the third for the 5-1 lead. Datres led off the inning with a triple that bounced off the right field wall and was driven in on another Freeman sacrifice fly. After driving in two runs in the first inning, McGee launched a solo home run over the right field wall for his second of the year.
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Thanks to some shaky Hokie defense, Carolina would tack on another four runs in the fourth inning to take the 9-1 lead before the two teams traded runs in the fifth to make it 10-2. Carolina would eventually tack on one more to make the final score 11-2.
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Austin Bergner picked up his sixth win of the season after throwing six innings and giving up three hits and one earned run while striking out four Hokies.
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The Tar Heels will play its final game of the 2018 regular season on Saturday at 2 p.m. ET at Boshamer Stadium.
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Pitching:
W: Bergner, Austin (6-2)
L: Ian Seymour (3-3)
Batting:
HR: Joe Freiday, Jr. 1
RBI: Joe Freiday, Jr. 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Nick Menken 1 ; Joe Freiday, Jr. 1
HBP: Cam Irvine 1 ; Nick Menken 1
Batting:
2B: Datres, Kyle 1 ; McGee, Ashton 1
3B: Datres, Kyle 1
HR: McGee, Ashton 1
RBI: Busch, Michael 2 ; Datres, Kyle 1 ; Freeman, Ike 3 ; McGee, Ashton 3
SH: Tessar, Dallas 1
SF: Freeman, Ike 2
Base Running:
RUNS: Tessar, Dallas 2 ; Busch, Michael 3 ; Datres, Kyle 2 ; McGee, Ashton 1 ; Brandenburg, Kip 1 ; Gahagan, Zack 2
HBP: Illies, Brendan 1
Game Leaders
AB
5
R
3
H
4
RBI
2
3b/ss
AB
5
R
2
H
4
RBI
1
lf/2b
AB
4
R
1
H
3
RBI
3
AB
3
R
2
H
1
RBI
0
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