Tar Heels Stay Hot With Win Over Clemson

Tuesday, May 24

Charlotte. N.C.

7 p.m.

North Carolina

35-19

Clemson

35-22

Clemson

North Carolina

May 24, 2022 | Baseball

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (theACC.com) – North Carolina closed the regular season on a tear, and the eighth-seeded Tar Heels continued their winning ways by downing 12th-seeded Clemson, 9-2, in Tuesday night's ACC Baseball Championship Pool A game at Truist Field.

UNC received a solid outing from sophomore starting pitcher Max Carlson, Danny Serretti and Vance Honeycutt drove in two runs apiece, and Mikey Madej hit his third home run of the season as the Tar Heels won for the 12th time in their last 14 outings. UNC leadoff hitter Angel Zarate reached base in all five of his plate appearances, finishing 4-for-4 with a walk and four runs scored.

Carlson (2-2) pitched six innings, allowing one run on six hits while striking out four batters and walking one. It marked Carlson's second-longest career stint, surpassed only by his 6.2-innings outing versus Virginia on April 22. His teammates provided plenty of breathing room by scoring at least one run in each of the first five innings.

Clemson starter Mack Anglin (6-6) took the loss, allowing seven runs (five earned) on seven hits in four innings.

NOTABLES
• UNC won its fourth straight game and was victorious for the 12th time in the last 14 games.
• North Carolina won its fourth consecutive overall game against Clemson and its third straight over the Tigers in the ACC Championship (2013, 2015, 2022).
• The Tar Heels havee scored seven or more runs in each of the last seven games and in 10 of the last 14 games.
• Zarate recorded his second four-hit game of the season. He owns the team's longest current hitting streak at seven games.
• Honeycutt drove posted his third consecutive multi-RBI game.
• Carlson earned his first win since February 25 against East Carolina.

HOW IT HAPPENED
• Following a leadoff double, Angel Zarate scored on a base hit to left field by Serretti in the bottom of the first (UNC 1, CU 0).
• Clemson tied the game in the top of the second with a sacrifice fly (UNC 1, CU 1).
• Hunter Stokely and Zarate scored on a dropped fly ball by Clemson left fielder Tyler Corbitt in the bottom of the second (UNC 3, CU 1).
• Madej hit a solo home run with two outs in the third inning (UNC 4, CU 1).
• Serretti drew a bases loaded walk and Honeycutt slapped a two-run single through the left side in the fourth (UNC 7, CU 1).
• Zarate singled through the side and knocked in Stokely, who led off the fifth inning with a double (UNC 8, CU 1).
• Horvath doubled to left field, driving in Zarate from third base in the eighth (UNC 9, CU 1).
• Will Taylor singled to left field in the ninth inning to drive in Reed Garris (UNC 9, CU 2).

UP NEXT
The Tar Heels will now face top-seeded Virginia Tech (40-11) in Friday night's 7 p.m. tournament game, with the winner claiming Pool A's spot in Saturday's 1 p.m. semifinal. The Hokies took two of three from UNC when the teams met in Chapel Hill on April 1-3.