Tar Heels Fall to Hokies, 4-1

Friday, March 22

Blacksburg, Va.

1 p.m.

North Carolina

16-7, 2-5

Virginia Tech

16-6, 4-3

North Carolina

Virginia Tech

Photo by: Jeffrey A. Camarati

March 22, 2019 | Baseball

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By: T.J. Scholl

Blacksburg, Va. – North Carolina fell to Virginia Tech, 4-1, on Friday afternoon on a blustery day in Blacksburg. Dylan Harris extended his career best, and team best, reached base streak to 19 consecutive games with a single in the 9th inning.

Key Moments

Virginia Tech scored first after a two-out, two-RBI single in the bottom of the second inning from Jack Owens for the Hokie 2-0 lead.
The Hokies doubled the lead in the 5^th inning with a two-run home run to make it 4-0.
Dylan Harris got the Tar Heels on the board with a RBI single in the 9^th inning with two outs to make it 4-1 for the Hokies.

Notables

Harris's single extended his career best, and team best, reached base streak to 19 consecutive games.
Ike Freeman and Danny Serretti also extended their season high reached base streak to 14 games. Serretti's is a career high while Freeman is one off his career high of 15 games.
The Tar Hell bullpen combined for 1.2 innings of no-hit baseball while striking out three batters. Caden O'Brien threw 1.2 innings striking out one Hokie while Josh Dotson threw 1.0 innings and struck out 2.

Pitcher Records
Win: Virginia Tech, Ian Seymour (4-0)
Loss: North Carolina, Tyler Baum (4-2)

UP NEXT

UNC will take on Virginia Tech in game two of the three-game series at 3 p.m. on Saturday, March 23.

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