Heels Host Liberty In Wednesday Matinee

CHAPEL HILL – North Carolina hosts Liberty in the second of two meetings this season after falling in the first matchup in Lynchburg, Va., on March 8, 1-0.

Wednesday's game will be streamed on ACC Network Extra at 4 p.m.

In the first meeting of the season, Aaron Anderson hit a solo home run in the first inning for the game's only run. Carolina pitchers held the Flames to four hits and allowed just one hit over the final six innings. UNC racked up nine hits with Angel Zarate and Tomas Frick collecting two each.

The Diamond Heels lead the all-time series 23-6 but have lost three in a row to the Flames. Carolina's last victory over Liberty was a 16-1 win the 2019 Chapel Hill Regional. UNC and Liberty have split the last 10 meetings with the Heels winning five of seven at Boshamer Stadium while falling in each of the three road games.

Probable Pitching Matchup

	Wednesday \| 4 p.m. (ACCNX)
Liberty	RHP Trey Gibson (3-3, 4.78) ERA)
North Carolina	RHP Max Carlson (1-2, 4.12 ERA)
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HEELS HOT HITTERS

Junior shortstop Danny Serretti is one of the Diamond Heels' hottest hitters. He has hit safely in 14 consecutive games, batting .381 (21x55) with two home runs and 12 RBIs during his streak. He currently ranks second on the team in batting average (.338), slugging percentage (.538), on-base percentage (.425), runs scored (34), hits (54) and doubles (11).
Sophomore designated hitter Alberto Osuna has driven in a run in nine of the last 11 games. He has 17 total RBIs in those 11 games after collecting 17 RBIs in the first 29 games of the season.
After having his consecutive games reaching base streak stopped at 50 on April 3, Angel Zarate has reached base in each of the last nine games, collecting a hit in each of those games. Since the start of the 2020 season, Zarate has reached base safely in 102 of 106 games played. He has hit safely in 36 of 40 games this season with a team-high 20 multi-hit games.
Sophomore Hunter Stokely is amid a career-long eight game hitting streak, going 13-for-31 (.491) with a home runs, four doubles and seven RBIs.
Sophomore Mac Horvath has collected multiple hits in each of the last two games with four multi-hit games in the last seven contests. He has raised his batting average 47 points since the calendar flipped to April.

HEELS POWERING UP

The Diamond Heels have hit 22 home runs in 15 games, including 12 of the last 13, during the month of April. Alberto Osuna and Mac Horvath have each hit six home runs this month.
Carolina has 60 extra base hits this month, including 35 doubles. Horvath leads the way with 14 extra base hits (8 doubles, 6 home runs) and Osuna has nine (6 home runs, 3 doubles).

SERRETTI EYES 50 TWO-BASE HITS

Junior Danny Serretti is one double shy of becoming the 10th player in school history with 50 career two-base hits. He has nine doubles so far this season after collecting 18 in 2019 and again in 2021.
Serretti has started 164 consecutive games, including 131 at shortstop.
Serretti ranks 26th among all active NCAA DI players in doubles and third among ACC players; Rafe Chaumette of Boston College has 53 career doubles and Pittsburgh's Jeff Wehler has 50. Aaron Anderson of Liberty is the leader with 68.

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Players Mentioned

Max Carlson

Tomas Frick

Mac Horvath

Alberto Osuna

Danny Serretti

Hunter Stokely

Angel Zarate

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