University of North Carolina Athletics
No. 9 North Carolina Hosts Campbell Tuesday
March 25, 2019 | Baseball
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CAMPBELL SERIES HISTORY
• North Carolina is 36-10 all-time against Campbell dating back to the original meeting in 1977, including a 8-1 record under head coach Mike Fox.Â
• Campbell's most recent win in the series was a 7-5 decision in 11 innings in 2007 at Boshamer Stadium.Â
• In the last matchup between the two sides, UNC won 7-1 in 2017 in Chapel Hill.Â
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Quick Notes
• UNC has scored 42% of its runs in the first 3 innings this year (71 of 170).
• UNC is No. 2 in the ACC and No. 2 in the country for walks as a team (159). Florida State leads the ACC and country in walks with 168.Â
• Over the 3 game series against VT, Caden O'Brien saw action in all 3 games and picked up 2 saves, only allowed one hit, no runs and struck out 6 batters in 5 inning.Â
• Over the last 8 games, O'Brien has a 0.90 ERA and only surrendering two hits and one run over 10 innings out of the bullpen. Opponents are only hitting 0.63 against the lefty.
• Over the last 8 games, Austin Love has a 0.87 ERA and only allowed one run in 10.1 innings while opponents are only hitting .176 again him.
• Over the 3-game series against VT, Will Sandy and Caden O'Brien combined for 10.2 innings without giving up a single run. They combined for one win and two saves.Â
• Michael Busch is No. 3 in the ACC & No. 6 in the country in walks (26). He trails Logan Wyatt (31)
• In ACC play, Dylan Harris leads UNC in batting average (.364). He's the only Tar Heel batting over .300.
• Over the last 7 games, Busch is hitting .321 and has 11 RBI. In the first 18 games, he only recorded 12 RBI and hit .278.
• Caden O'Brien is T-1st in the ACC and No. 9 in the country in pitching apps (14).
• Michael Busch T-1st in the ACC in runs scored (28) and in ACC play, he is 2nd in the conference in RBI (12).
• Dylan Harris has now reached base in 21 consecutive games, a career high, and longest overall streak on the team this season. Harris has not reached in only one game this season (NC A&T).
• Both Ike Freeman and Danny Serretti have reached base in a career high 16 consecutive games.
• Freshman Aaron Sabato is T-1st in ACC play with 4 home runs.Â
• Against Miami on 3/17, Sabato became the first Tar Heel freshman to hit two home runs in a game since Seth Baldwin accomplished the feat 10 years ago.
• The Tar Heels are on the on the road for 2 of the next 3 ACC weekends. They go to Georgia Tech and Notre Dame after hosting Duke at home this weekend.Â
• On 5/12/19 against Gardner-Webb, Danny Serretti was the first Tar Heel to collect five hits in one game since 2017 and the first freshman to do so since 2014.Â
