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Carolina-Oregon State Postgame Notes
June 16, 2018 | Baseball
CWS Postgame Notes
Carolina 8, Oregon State 6
June 16, 2018
• With Saturday's win, Carolina is now 18-21 all-time in the CWS and 16-13 since 2006. Head coach Mike Fox has either played or coached in all 18 wins.
• Carolina is now 6-0 in the NCAA tournament for the first time since 2008. Saturday's win was also UNC's first in the opening game of the CWS since the 2008 team beat LSU 8-4.
• UNC improved to 37-0 on the year when scoring six runs or more in a game.
• With his first-inning HBP, Michael Busch extended his reached-base streak to a career-best 34 games.
• Busch reached base twice on Saturday. Through six NCAA tournament games, Busch has reached safely 20 times (10 hits, seven walks, three HBPs) and has a slash line of .476/.645/.810.
• Freshman LHP Caden O'Brien made his 29th appearance of the season, establishing a new school record for appearances by a true freshman. RHP Spencer Trayner (2014) held the previous mark of 28 games.
• With his second-inning single, Zack Gahagan extended his hitting streak to a season-high eight games. He is 10 for 22 through six games in the NCAA tournament.
• Freshman Ben Casparius returned to the lineup for the first time since May 11 and drove in the Tar Heels' first run of the game with an RBI groundout in the second inning.
• With three hits Saturday, Ike Freeman has now recorded five straight multi-hit games in the postseason. Through six NCAA tournament games, Freeman is hitting a team-best .500 (13 for 26).
• Senior RHP Brett Daniels made his team-high 38th appearance of the season Saturday, moving him into a tie for seventh all-time at UNC for a single season. With 93 career appearances, Daniels is one game shy of the UNC career top 10 for pitchers.
• At four hours, 24 minutes, Saturday's game was the longest nine-inning game in College World Series history. It was the longest CWS game for the Tar Heels since 2006, when Carolina beat Cal State Fullerton 7-5 in 13 innings in its opening-round game. That game took four hours, 53 minutes.
Carolina 8, Oregon State 6
June 16, 2018
• With Saturday's win, Carolina is now 18-21 all-time in the CWS and 16-13 since 2006. Head coach Mike Fox has either played or coached in all 18 wins.
• Carolina is now 6-0 in the NCAA tournament for the first time since 2008. Saturday's win was also UNC's first in the opening game of the CWS since the 2008 team beat LSU 8-4.
• UNC improved to 37-0 on the year when scoring six runs or more in a game.
• With his first-inning HBP, Michael Busch extended his reached-base streak to a career-best 34 games.
• Busch reached base twice on Saturday. Through six NCAA tournament games, Busch has reached safely 20 times (10 hits, seven walks, three HBPs) and has a slash line of .476/.645/.810.
• Freshman LHP Caden O'Brien made his 29th appearance of the season, establishing a new school record for appearances by a true freshman. RHP Spencer Trayner (2014) held the previous mark of 28 games.
• With his second-inning single, Zack Gahagan extended his hitting streak to a season-high eight games. He is 10 for 22 through six games in the NCAA tournament.
• Freshman Ben Casparius returned to the lineup for the first time since May 11 and drove in the Tar Heels' first run of the game with an RBI groundout in the second inning.
• With three hits Saturday, Ike Freeman has now recorded five straight multi-hit games in the postseason. Through six NCAA tournament games, Freeman is hitting a team-best .500 (13 for 26).
• Senior RHP Brett Daniels made his team-high 38th appearance of the season Saturday, moving him into a tie for seventh all-time at UNC for a single season. With 93 career appearances, Daniels is one game shy of the UNC career top 10 for pitchers.
• At four hours, 24 minutes, Saturday's game was the longest nine-inning game in College World Series history. It was the longest CWS game for the Tar Heels since 2006, when Carolina beat Cal State Fullerton 7-5 in 13 innings in its opening-round game. That game took four hours, 53 minutes.
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