North Carolina
11-7
Gardner-Webb
8-8
Offense Leads Baseball Past Gardner-Webb, 13-6
March 10, 2020 | Baseball
Five Tar Heels ended with multiple hits, led by Aaron Sabato, who went two-for-three with a home run and a double. Kyle Smith collected his first hit of his Tar Heel career and added another in the fifth inning.
Nik Pry and Gage Gillian were electric out of the bullpen for North Carolina and combined for 6.0 innings pitched yielding just one earned run. Pry earned his third win of the season while Gillian picked up his first save.
Key Moments
- Gardner-Webb scored in the first inning after an RBI double down the right field line.
- Aaron Sabato tied up the game in the first inning with a home run to left field.
- The Tar Heels took their first lead of the ballgame after Joey Lancellotti doubled down the left-field line to score Zarate.
- North Carolina took advantage of a two-out error when Serretti scored to make it 3-1, UNC.
- Zarate collected an RBI with a sacrifice fly in the second inning to push the UNC lead to 4-1.
- An RBI bases-clearing double in the third inning highlighted the Bulldogs' four-run inning to take a 5-4 lead.
- After Kyle Smith singled and Dallas Tessar reached on an error, Mikey Madej tied up the game with a sacrifice fly to score Smith. Alvarez followed up Madej with a sacrifice fly as well, to put the Tar Heels in front, 6-5.
- Dallas Tessar crushed a home run over the left field wall in the fifth inning to give North Carolina a 7-5 lead.
- The Tar Heels put together a five-run fifth inning after Tessar's home run, an RBI double from Sabato, and RBI singles from Zarate and Smith.
- The Tar Heels loaded the bases in the sixth inning but could not take advantage, as they stranded three runners.
- North Carolina added its 12th run of the contest when Madej launched a sacrifice fly to center field to score Tyler Causey.
- Tyler Causey roped a single in the eighth inning to score Zarate and extend the North Carolina lead to 13-6.
Notes
- Aaron Sabato hit his fifth home run in as many games in the bottom of the first.
- Angel Zarate extended his reached base streak to 18 games and hit hitting streak to 10.
- Kyle Smith collected his first-career hit in the third inning, a grounder through the left side of the infield.
- Dallas Tessar hit his first home run of 2020.
- Tyler Causey recorded his first multi-hit game of his career.
- Pry picked up his third win of the season.
- Gage Gillian earned his first save of his career.
Postgame Quote
Head Coach Mike Fox
On the 13-8 win
I thought that the keys to the game were Nik Pry and Gage Gillian. We did not have a good start on the mound tonight and those guys did a really good job out of the bullpen. Credit to our offense for scoring some runs tonight. We got contributions from everybody tonight throughout the game.
Up Next
The Tar Heels return to against tomorrow at 4 p.m. against VMI inside Boshamer Stadium.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Pry, Nik (3-2)
L: RIVERS, Matt (0-1)
S: Gillian, Gage (1)
Batting:
2B: McLENDON, Mitch 1 ; PARKHURST, Keiji 1
RBI: McLENDON, Mitch 1 ; BRAZIL, Joe 1 ; PARKHURST, Keiji 3 ; LaSPALUTO, Ben 1
Base Running:
RUNS: PEARCEY, Cam 2 ; McLENDON, Mitch 1 ; CUNNINGHAM, Carter 1 ; BRAZIL, Joe 1 ; JONES, Eric 1
Batting:
2B: Sabato, Aaron 1 ; Lancellotti, Joey 1
3B: Harris, Dylan 1
HR: Sabato, Aaron 1 ; Tessar, Dallas 1
RBI: Sabato, Aaron 2 ; Zarate, Angel 3 ; Lancellotti, Joey 1 ; Causey, Tyler 1 ; Smith, Kyle 1 ; Tessar, Dallas 1 ; Madej, Mikey 2 ; Alvarez, Patrick 1
SF: Zarate, Angel 1 ; Madej, Mikey 2 ; Alvarez, Patrick 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Harris, Dylan 1 ; Sabato, Aaron 2 ; Zarate, Angel 3 ; Serretti, Danny 2 ; Causey, Tyler 1 ; Smith, Kyle 1 ; Tessar, Dallas 2 ; Alvarez, Patrick 1
SB: Harris, Dylan 1 ; Zarate, Angel 1
HBP: Lancellotti, Joey 1 ; Smith, Kyle 1
