University of North Carolina Athletics
No. 12 UNC Travels To Pittsburgh In Final ACC Road Test
May 10, 2019 | Baseball
All three games this weekend can be seen live on ACC Network Extra and heard live on GoHeels.com.
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Pittsburgh History
• UNC and Pitt have faced each other 16 times in a series that dates back to 2014.
• Coach Fox is 3-3 overall at Pittsburgh and took 2 of 3 from Pitt the last time the Heels came north. UNC only outscored Pitt 17-14 in that series win on the road.Â
• UNC went 3-1 against Pittsburgh last year including a series sweep in Chapel Hill where they outscored the Panthers 32-5. The lone loss was a 5-4 defeat in the ACC Tournament.
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Quick Notes
• UNC has won 8 of its last 9 ACC games at home and are 29-4 in Chapel Hill this season.
• UNC is tied for 1st in the ACC Coastal Division with Georgia Tech at 15-9 overall.
• UNC has been out hit in 24 games and have out hit their opponents in 22 games. UNC is 13-11 when being out hit this season. In 2018, they were 3-13.
• In the last 7 games, UNC's bullpen gave up 6 earned runs in 34.1 innings (1.57 ERA).
• In the last 7 games, the Tar Heels have given up 18 unearned runs.
• Joey Lancellotti is 3-0 in his last 4 relief apps and has not giving up an ER in 12.0 inns.
• Aaron Sabato and Michael Busch are T-3rd in the ACC with HRs in conference play (8).
• UNC is 2nd in the country in walks (310) and 2nd in the ACC in on base % (.402).
• Michael Busch is 1st in the ACC and 13th in the country in runs scored (59).
• Sabato is the first freshman to hit 10+ home runs since Levi Michael did so in 2009.
• Aaron Sabato is 6-for-7 (.857) with 2 HRs and 6 RBI since coming back from exam break
• Freshman Danny Serretti (.319) and Aaron Sabato (.318) lead UNC in batting averge during ACC play. Sabato also leads the team in batting avg. overall with .311.
• Michael Busch has reached base in 21 straight games, tying his career high.
• UNC now has 14 games with 2+ errors and 11 games without an error. UNC is 10-1 in those games without an error and 9-5 in games with 2+ errors.Â
• UNC has now hit 50+ home runs in the last 3 consecutive seasons. The last time UNC had 3 consecutive seasons of 50+ home runs was from 2006-2008.
• In UNC's 35 wins, it has a team ERA of 3.32 but in its 13 losses it has a 6.71 ERA.
• In UNC's 35 wins, the bullpen has a 2.86 ERA. In it's 13 losses, it has a 5.68 ERA.
• UNC has a team ERA of 3.67 at home, but a 5.53 ERA on the road.Â
• UNC has scored 156 of 357 (43%) of its run in the first 3 innings this year.Â
• Michael Busch is the first Tar Heel to have back-to-back seasons with 10+ home runs since Chad Flack did so in 2005-2006 with 15 HR and 13 HR, respectively.Â
• Danny Serretti is the first player since Dustin Ackley in 2009 to have two games of 5+ hits in a single season. He's the first freshman Tar Heel under head coach Mike Fox to have two games of 5+ hits in a single season.
