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Austin Love Earns ACC Pitcher of the Week
May 24, 2021 | Baseball
CHAPEL HILL – North Carolina starting pitcher Austin Love was named the ACC Pitcher of the Week, the league announced Monday.
Love turned in a terrific performance against Georgia Tech on May 20, which yielded 9.0 innings, 15 strikeouts, two runs, eight hits, and zero walks.
It was his second complete game of the season after he went the distance on May 14, 2021 against Louisville. In the Atlantic Coast Conference this season, only nine complete games have been thrown, NC State (3), Notre Dame (2), rest of ACC (2).
The Salisbury, N.C. native has been electric in 2021 and turned in four performances in which he has pitched six-plus innings and recorded 10-plus strikeouts.
The ACC's leader in innings pitching (89.2), Love ranks third in strikeouts (111) and eighth in opposing batting average (.216).
He looks to lead Carolina to its eighth tournament championship beginning tomorrow (May 25) at 7 p.m. versus Pittsburgh.
Love turned in a terrific performance against Georgia Tech on May 20, which yielded 9.0 innings, 15 strikeouts, two runs, eight hits, and zero walks.
It was his second complete game of the season after he went the distance on May 14, 2021 against Louisville. In the Atlantic Coast Conference this season, only nine complete games have been thrown, NC State (3), Notre Dame (2), rest of ACC (2).
The Salisbury, N.C. native has been electric in 2021 and turned in four performances in which he has pitched six-plus innings and recorded 10-plus strikeouts.
The ACC's leader in innings pitching (89.2), Love ranks third in strikeouts (111) and eighth in opposing batting average (.216).
He looks to lead Carolina to its eighth tournament championship beginning tomorrow (May 25) at 7 p.m. versus Pittsburgh.
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