University of North Carolina Athletics
Tar Heels Battle Georgia Tech For Coastal Division Lead
April 4, 2019 | Baseball
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GEORGIA TECHÂ SERIES HISTORY
• The Tar Heels are 66-76 all-time against GT in a series dating back to 1901.
• The two teams played four times last season, a series at Boshamer Stadium and a game in the ACC Championships. Carolina won all four matchups.
• In the four wins in 2018, UNC outscored GT, 37-14.
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QUICK NOTES
• UNC is currently tied with Georgia Tech for first place in the ACC Coastal Division at 7-5. The Tar Heels travel to GT this weekend for a big three-game Coastal Division series.
• UNC is No. 2 in the ACC and No. 2 in the country for walks as a team (184). Florida State leads the ACC and country in walks with 186.Â
• Michael Busch is T-3rd in the ACC in runs scored (32) and 5th in walks (28).
• Austin Love is T-2nd in the ACC in wins (5), with Tyler Baum, and appearances (16).Â
• Caden O'Brien is also T-2nd in the ACC in appearances (16).Â
• Freshman Aaron Sabato is T-2nd in ACC play with 5 home runs.Â
• Sabato's six home runs are the most by a freshman through 29 games since Levi Michael hit 10 home runs through 29 games in 2009.
• On Sunday, March 31, Sabato's home run traveled 436 feet and had an exit velocity of 114 MPH. It was the hardest hit home run, and furthest hit home run, recorded by a Carolina baseball player since the program began tracking distance and exit velo in 2015.
• Sabato leads UNC in batting avg. in ACC play (.343) and is 19th in the ACC.
• The 16 runs the Heels scored on Sunday are the most in an ACC game this season. It's the most since the Heels scored 16 last season against Florida State.
• Ike Freeman has reached base a career high, and current team high, 20 consecutive games in a row.Â
• UNC is now 8-6 in games where they have been out hit while last year UNC just 3-13 when being out-hit. UNC is also 7-2 in one run games.
• Tyler Baum threw a career high 8.2 innings against Duke in a shutout performance. The two allowed hits are the second fewest of any outing in his career.
• The Tar Heels are on the on the road for 2 ACC weekends. They go to Georgia Tech and Notre Dame over the next two weekends.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.
• 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
