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Baseball Suffers First Loss Of The Season At ECU
February 27, 2022 | Baseball
GREENVILLE, N.C. – After winning the first two games of their series against East Carolina, the Tar Heels were unable to complete the sweep and were shut out by the Pirates, 5-0, sending UNC (6-1) to its first loss of the season.
The game was originally slated for a 4 p.m., but rainy conditions pushed the start time back by two hours.
ECU (2-5) scored single runs in the second and fourth innings before plating two runs in the seventh and taking on an insurance run in the eighth.
The Tar Heels never seriously threatened to score until the ninth inning, loading the bases with one out. However, ECU reliever Skylar Brooks struck out the final two Carolina batters to end the game.
UNC starting pitcher Shaddon Peavyhouse was tagged with loss despite not yielding hit in 3.0 innings of work. He allowed two runs, just one earned, during his second outing as a Tar Heel. Carter Spivey picked up the win for ECU, holding Carolina to just two hits in 4.1 innings with seven strikeouts.
NOTABLES
• Vance Honeycutt swiped his sixth and seventh bases of the season which are the most in a season since Logan Warmoth and Brian Miller had 11 and 10 respectively in 2015.
• The Tar Heels used a season-high six pitchers
• Angel Zarate extended his on-base streak to 30 games with a base hit in the eighth. He's the only player to hit safely in all seven of the Tar Heels' games this season.
• Honeycutt and Mac Horvath extended their on-base streaks to seven games.
• Shawn Rapp made his sixth appearance in seven games, striking out two of the three batters he faced.
• Kyle Mott, Connor Bovair and Gage Gillian each pitched 1.1 innings of relief.
HOW IT HAPPENED
• ECU got on the board first in the bottom of the second with Ryder Giles scoring on a wild pitch after a pair of Carolina fielding errors.
• Justin Wilcoxen hit a sacrifice fly in the fourth inning to plate Giles, who was hit by a pitch to lead off the frame.
• Jacob Jenkins-Cowart smashed a two-run double to right field in the bottom of the seventh.
• Wilcoxen homered in the eighth inning to cap the scoring.
UP NEXT
• The Diamond Heels will look to start a new winning streak on Tuesday at home against Longwood. First pitch is scheduled for 4 p.m. at Boshamer Stadium.
The game was originally slated for a 4 p.m., but rainy conditions pushed the start time back by two hours.
ECU (2-5) scored single runs in the second and fourth innings before plating two runs in the seventh and taking on an insurance run in the eighth.
The Tar Heels never seriously threatened to score until the ninth inning, loading the bases with one out. However, ECU reliever Skylar Brooks struck out the final two Carolina batters to end the game.
UNC starting pitcher Shaddon Peavyhouse was tagged with loss despite not yielding hit in 3.0 innings of work. He allowed two runs, just one earned, during his second outing as a Tar Heel. Carter Spivey picked up the win for ECU, holding Carolina to just two hits in 4.1 innings with seven strikeouts.
NOTABLES
• Vance Honeycutt swiped his sixth and seventh bases of the season which are the most in a season since Logan Warmoth and Brian Miller had 11 and 10 respectively in 2015.
• The Tar Heels used a season-high six pitchers
• Angel Zarate extended his on-base streak to 30 games with a base hit in the eighth. He's the only player to hit safely in all seven of the Tar Heels' games this season.
• Honeycutt and Mac Horvath extended their on-base streaks to seven games.
• Shawn Rapp made his sixth appearance in seven games, striking out two of the three batters he faced.
• Kyle Mott, Connor Bovair and Gage Gillian each pitched 1.1 innings of relief.
HOW IT HAPPENED
• ECU got on the board first in the bottom of the second with Ryder Giles scoring on a wild pitch after a pair of Carolina fielding errors.
• Justin Wilcoxen hit a sacrifice fly in the fourth inning to plate Giles, who was hit by a pitch to lead off the frame.
• Jacob Jenkins-Cowart smashed a two-run double to right field in the bottom of the seventh.
• Wilcoxen homered in the eighth inning to cap the scoring.
UP NEXT
• The Diamond Heels will look to start a new winning streak on Tuesday at home against Longwood. First pitch is scheduled for 4 p.m. at Boshamer Stadium.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: SPIVEY, Carter (1-0)
L: Peavyhouse, Shaddon (0-1)
S: BROOKS, Skylar (1)
Base Running:
SB: Honeycutt, Vance 2
HBP: Frick, Tomas 1
Batting:
2B: JENKINS-COWART, J. 1 ; WILCOXEN, Justin 1
HR: WILCOXEN, Justin 1
RBI: JENKINS-COWART, J. 2 ; WILCOXEN, Justin 2
SH: CUNNINGHAM, Carter 1
Base Running:
RUNS: WORRELL, Bryson 1 ; MAKAREWICZ, Alec 1 ; GILES, Ryder 2 ; WILCOXEN, Justin 1
SB: WORRELL, Bryson 1 ; MAKAREWICZ, Alec 1
HBP: MAKAREWICZ, Alec 1 ; GILES, Ryder 1
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