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Baseball Faces No. 8 Notre Dame In Penultimate Road Series
April 29, 2021 | Baseball
The Rundown
Opponent:Â Notre Dame
Dates:Â April 30- May 2
Site: South Bend, Ind.
First Pitch: Friday, 5 p.m. / Saturday, 2 p.m. / Sunday, 1 p.m. (ET)
TV:Â ACCNX
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Game Notes:Â North Carolina
Pitching Matchups:
Game One: Austin Love (5-3, 4.23 ERA) vs. LHP Will Mercer (1-1, 6.90 ERA)
Game Two: Shawn Rapp (0-0, 3.92 ERA) vs. LHP John Michael Bertrand (4-1, 3.46 ERA)
Game Three:Â TBA vs. TBA
Top Storylines
• North Carolina enters the weekend after winning its fifth ACC series of the year against Miami and a 4-1 extra-innings loss to Charlotte.
• With three former Tar Heels called-up in the last two weeks (J.B. Bukauskas, Kent Emanuel, Skye Bolt), the Tar Heels have 11 active players in the Major Leagues. The other 17 Division I programs in the state of North Carolina also have 11 combined alumni on big league rosters. Other than UNC, NC State has the most representation with three.
• Roberts hit two home runs in game three versus Pitt. It marked the third time this season that Roberts homered twice in the same game. He became the first Tar Heels to homer multiple times in three different games since Dustin Ackley did it five times in 2009.
• The 21 runs against Duke were their most since scoring 21 in a win over Virginia Tech on April 12, 2013. They were also tied for their most against Duke since Mike Fox's first season as head coach in 1999.
• Brett Centracchio hit two home runs in the fifth inning against Duke in game three, making him the first Tar Heel to hit two homers in an inning since Chris Maples did so on March 23, 2002, against Florida State.
• The Tar Heels check in at third the ACC and rank 24th in the country in home runs with 48.Â
• UNC junior Joey Lancellotti will miss the rest of the 2021 baseball season after undergoing Tommy John surgery last week. Lancellotti made four appearances for the Tar Heels this season with an ERA of 2.45.
• Scott Forbes is the only first-year head coach among Power 5 conference programs in 2021.
• Scott Forbes took the reigns from Mike Fox on Aug. 7, 2020, who wrapped up a legendary 22-year career at Carolina. He becomes just the fifth head coach of the Tar Heel baseball program since 1931.
