Heels Face Miami On Friday For A Spot In The ACC Semifinals

No. 19 North Carolina will square off against No. 16 Miami on Friday at 3 p.m. at the Durham Bulls Athletic Park to see who will face Boston College in the ACC Championship semifinals on Saturday, May 25 at 1 p.m. This will be the fourth meeting this year against the Hurricanes as the Tar Heels took two of the previous three in Chapel Hill. Head coach Mike Fox and the Heels are 2-2 all-time against Miami in the ACC Championship with the last meeting coming in the 2017 ACC Championship semifinals where downed the Hurricanes 12-4.

The game can be seen on ESPN3/ACC Network Extra and can be heard on GoHeels.com.

Miami Series History

• Head coach Mike Fox is 2-2 all time against Miami in the ACC Championship with the last meeting coming during a 12-4 win in 2017 in Louisville.

• Carolina took 2 of 3 games from Miami earlier in the year in Chapel Hill by outscoring the Hurricanes 21-14.

• In the 10 games against the Hurricanes, UNC is 7-3. But, Miami holds the all-time series 32-41-1.

Key Moments From Game 1 Against Virginia

After Aaron Sabato doubled off the left field wall in the bottom of the fourth inning, Ike Freemansingled to right field to score Sabato to give the Tar Heels a 1-0 lead. The Virginia right fielder missed the ball as he tried to field it and Freeman made his way to third on the two-base error.
With runners on second and third with two outs in the top of the 6^th inning, Tyler Baum induced a pop up to first base to hold the Cavaliers scoreless and maintain the 1-0 lead.
Michael Busch started the 7^th inning with a leadoff triple before jogging home on a Danny Serretti double to give the Heels a 2-0 lead.
Virginia responded with a solo home run to lead off the seventh inning to make it 2-1.
Virginia tied the game in the top of the 8^th inning with a single through the right side of the infield that scored a runner from second to make it 2-2.
After a Danny Serretti double and an Ike Freeman walk in the bottom of the 8^th inning, Dylan Enwiller struck out to end the inning as the Heels couldn't retake the lead.
With one out and bases loaded in the top of the 9^th inning, Joey Lancellotti struck out a Cavalier and induced a ground out to shortstop to get out of the jam.
Caleb Roberts was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded in the bottom of the 10th inning to give the Tar Heels a walk off win.

Notables From Game 1 Against Virginia

Aaron Sabato extended his career best reached base streak to 19 straight games after a double in the bottom of the fourth inning. He has at least one hit in 10 of his last 11 games.
Tyler Baum retired retired 11 straight Virginia batters from the second through the sixth inning.
North Carolina is now 25- 6 when scoring first, 35-2 and when leading after 7 innings and 4-0 when tied after 8 innings.
Ike Freeman collected his 15^th multi-hit game of the season and his first since May 8 against ECU.
Michael Busch picked up his first career triple in the bottom of the 6^th inning and extended his career best, and team best, reached base streak to 29 consecutive games.
Tyler Baum had his second longest outing of the year. He threw 7.1 innings, struck out six batters, walked two, and only gave up two earned runs on five hits. He threw 63 of his 97 pitches for strikes.
The 7.1 innings by Tyler Baum were the most thrown by a UNC pitcher in an ACC Tournament game since Kent Emanuel tossed eight scoreless against Miami on May 23, 2013.
This is the first ACC Tournament game that has gone to extra innings since the 18-inning marathon against NC State in 2013.
Joey Lancellotti has now thrown 2.0+ innings in 13 of his last 15 relief appearances.

Players Mentioned

Tyler Baum

Michael Busch

Dylan Enwiller

Ike Freeman

Joey Lancellotti

Caleb Roberts

Aaron Sabato

Danny Serretti

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