University of North Carolina Athletics
Thursday, May 20
Atlanta, Ga.
7 PM
North Carolina
26-22, 0
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Georgia Tech
26-21, 0
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Runs R | Hits H | Errors E |
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| North Carolina | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 0 |
| Georgia Tech | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 3 |
Photo by: Georgia Tech Athletics
Love Fans A Career-High 15 In 3-2 Win Over Georgia Tech
May 20, 2021 | Baseball
ATLANTA – Austin Love led the way for North Carolina in game one with his second consecutive complete game and a career-high 15 strikeouts in a 3-2 game one win against Georgia Tech.
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Love paired his 15-strikeout performance with zero walks. Dominant from the start, he surrendered just two runs on eight hits.
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He was the first Tar Heel hurler to strikeout 15 batters since Gianluca Dalatri did it against Radford on Feb. 26, 2017.
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After two innings of scores baseball, Georgia Tech took the first lead of the game in the third inning with a 2RBI single to right field.
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Carolina answered with a run in the top of the fourth when Brett Centracchio roped a one-out double to score Danny Serretti. An inning later, Johnny Castagnozzi tied the game with a left-field no-doubter to even the score at two.
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The Tar Heels loaded the bases in the sixth inning, and initially took the lead after an RBI single from Zarate on a 10-pitch at-bat, but the call was overturned and the inning was over.
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Carolina had an opportunity in the eighth inning with runners on the corners and one out but was unable to capitalize.
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Brett Centracchio broke the tie in the ninth inning with an RBI groundout to second base. He was at-bat with one out and the bases loaded, after Caleb Roberts drew a walk, Serretti doubled down the left-field line, and Mac Horvath was intentionally walked.
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Love struck out the side to end the game and finished the contest with a 97 MPH fastball to secure the victory.
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Serretti led the way for the Tar Heels at the plate with a pair of hits, which included a double.
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With the win, Carolina won its fifth-straight contest.
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Carolina returns to the diamond tomorrow at 6 p.m. in search of its seventh ACC series win of the 2021 season.
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Love paired his 15-strikeout performance with zero walks. Dominant from the start, he surrendered just two runs on eight hits.
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He was the first Tar Heel hurler to strikeout 15 batters since Gianluca Dalatri did it against Radford on Feb. 26, 2017.
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After two innings of scores baseball, Georgia Tech took the first lead of the game in the third inning with a 2RBI single to right field.
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Carolina answered with a run in the top of the fourth when Brett Centracchio roped a one-out double to score Danny Serretti. An inning later, Johnny Castagnozzi tied the game with a left-field no-doubter to even the score at two.
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The Tar Heels loaded the bases in the sixth inning, and initially took the lead after an RBI single from Zarate on a 10-pitch at-bat, but the call was overturned and the inning was over.
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Carolina had an opportunity in the eighth inning with runners on the corners and one out but was unable to capitalize.
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Brett Centracchio broke the tie in the ninth inning with an RBI groundout to second base. He was at-bat with one out and the bases loaded, after Caleb Roberts drew a walk, Serretti doubled down the left-field line, and Mac Horvath was intentionally walked.
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Love struck out the side to end the game and finished the contest with a 97 MPH fastball to secure the victory.
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Serretti led the way for the Tar Heels at the plate with a pair of hits, which included a double.
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With the win, Carolina won its fifth-straight contest.
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Carolina returns to the diamond tomorrow at 6 p.m. in search of its seventh ACC series win of the 2021 season.
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Pitching:
W: Love, Austin (8-4)
L: Luke Bartnicki (1-2)
Batting:
2B: Serretti, Danny 1 ; Centracchio, Brett 1 ; Frick, Tomas 1
HR: Castagnozzi, Johnny 1
RBI: Centracchio, Brett 2 ; Castagnozzi, Johnny 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Roberts, Caleb 1 ; Serretti, Danny 1 ; Castagnozzi, Johnny 1
HBP: Tessar, Dallas 1 ; Castagnozzi, Johnny 1
Batting:
2B: Brad Grenkoski 1
RBI: Kevin Parada 2
Base Running:
RUNS: Luke Waddell 1 ; Austin Wilhite 1
Game Leaders
AB
5
R
1
H
2
RBI
0
AB
5
R
0
H
1
RBI
0
AB
5
R
0
H
1
RBI
0
AB
4
R
0
H
1
RBI
0
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