Baseball Racks Up 17 Hits In Win Over Yellow Jackets

Saturday, April 16

Chapel Hill

2 p.m.

North Carolina

Georgia Tech

Photo by: ANTHONY SORBELLINI

April 16, 2022 | Baseball

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By: Jody Jones

CHAPEL HILL – The University of North Carolina baseball team snapped a four-game losing streak with a 10-5 win over Georgia Tech at Boshamer Stadium on Saturday. The Diamond Heels collected 17 hits, including six players with multiple hits, to also end a three-game slide against the Yellow Jackets.

UNC (22-13, 8-9 ACC) plated four runs in the third inning after each team scored a run in the first. Danny Serretti had an RBI-triple, Alberto Osuna a run scoring single. Mikey Madej lifted a sacrifice fly and Hunter Stokely singled to knock home the final run of the frame.

Horvath homered to lead off the fourth inning and Johnny Castagnozzi knocked in his second run of the game with a one-out RBI single. UNC then added three runs in the seventh with Vance Honeycutt homering to lead off the frame and Madej slapping a two-run single through the right side.

Junior Brandon Schaeffer (3-1) pitched 5.2 innings and became the first Tar Heel starting pitcher to throw 5.0 or more innings since Max Carlson at Miami (Fla.) on March 27. Schaeffer surrendered four runs but gave the Carolina bullpen a much-needed rest.

"Trying to go deeper into games has been a big emphasis for the starters," Schaeffer said. "I know the bullpen has been taxed and used a lot recently. One of my strengths has been the ability to go deep into games. Whether there is a little adversity early like there was in the first inning or as the game goes on, it's just a matter of making pitches and trusting your defense."

Nick Pry came out of the bullpen and held Georgia Tech (22-14, 8-9) to one run and two hits in 3.0 innings before Davis Palermo came on the get the 27th out on one pitch.

Schaeffer's win was his first since February 25 against East Carolina, while Logan McGuire (2-2) suffered his first loss since March 19 at Wake Forest.

NOTABLES

North Carolina matched its season-high for hits with 17, also equaling its most hits at home since April 21, 2019 versus Boston College. The Tar Heels had 17 hits in the series opener against Louisville on April 8.
Horvath homered for the fourth consecutive game becoming the first Tar Heel to do so since Clemente Inclan hit a home run in four straight games last season (March 9 – 14).
Serretti, Castagnozzi and Hunter Stokley combined for nine hits with each player collecting three hits. Serretti finished a home run shy of the cycle.
Castagnozzi and Serretti are tied for second on the team's 14 multi-hit games, while Stokley recorded his 10th multi-game of the season, fourth-most on the squad.
Honeycutt hit his ninth home run of the season and first since March 20 against Duke. It was his first home run in 69 at-bats.
Pry matched his season-high for innings pitch with 3.0. He also tossed 3.0 innings against Winthrop (3/2) and Duke (3/19).
Madej collected three RBIs for the second straight game against Georgia Tech. He hit a three-run home run in the series opener on Friday.
Schaeffer tossed 5.0 or more innings for the fourth time this season and most in his last five starts. It's the first time since pitching 5.1 innings against Pittsburgh on March 11 that he has qualified for a win.

HOW IT HAPPENED

After leading off the game with a single, Chandler Simpson scored on a sacrifice fly by Tim Borden (GT 1, UNC 0).
Castagnozzi singled and drove in Serretti with the Heels' first run in the bottom of the first inning (UNC 1, GT 1).
Serretti tripled to score Horvath, Osuna singled to plate Serretti, Madej's sacrifice fly knocked in Osuna and Stokely drove in Castagnozzi as part of the Tar Heels' four run third inning (UNC 5, GT 1).
RBI singles by Colin Hall and Stephen Reid added two runs to the Yellow Jackets' total in the fourth inning (UNC 5, GT 3).
Carolina answered with two runs in the bottom of the fourth inning as Horvath homered and Castagnozzi drove in his second run of the game with another single (UNC 7, GT 3).
Borden homered to lead off the sixth inning (UNC 7, GT 4).
Honeycutt homered to lead off the bottom of the seventh inning and Madej smacked a two-run single (UNC 10, GT 4).
Kevin Parada singled to score Hall with outs in the top of the ninth inning (UNC 10, GT 5).