Tuesday, May 3
Chapel Hill
7 p.m.
North Carolina
vs
Charlotte
Photo by: Jeffrey A. Camarati
Diamond Heels Welcome Charlotte To The Bosh
May 3, 2022 | Baseball
CHAPEL HILL - The Diamond Heels open the final month of the regular season Tuesday night against Charlotte at Boshamer Stadium. North Carolina is 21-5 at home this season, including a 16-1 record against non-conference opponents.
The game will be televised on the ACC Network beginning at 7 p.m.
North Carolina leads the all-time series 34-8-1 with a 19-4-1 record at Boshamer Stadium. The series began in 1979 with UNC recording an 8-1 victory; the first of seven straight by the Heels to start the series. Carolina won 15 consecutive games in the series from 1992 - 2008. The Niners won last year's meeting in Chapel Hill, 4-1 in 10 innings.
Probable Pitching Matchup
HEELS POWERING UP
The Diamond Heels hit 24 home runs in 16 games, including 13 of the last 14, during the month of April. Mac Horvath blasted seven round trippers and Alberto Osuna circled the bases six times. Carolina recorded 62 extra base hits last month, including 35 doubles. Horvath led the way with 14 extra base hits (8 doubles, 7 home runs) and Osuna has nine (6 home runs, 3 doubles).
SPEED AND POWER
• Freshman Vance Honeycutt is the only player in the country with 10 home runs and 20 stolen bases this season. Honeycutt ranks second in the ACC with 23 stolen bases, second-most among all NCAA Division I freshmen.
• Sophomore Mac Horvath and Honeycutt are two of four players in the ACC with 10 home runs and 10 stolen bases this season. Honeycutt and Horvath have hit 10 home runs each, while Honeycutt has stolen 23 bases and Horvath has swiped 14 bags.
• Honeycutt has homered and stolen a base in a game five times this season, while Horvath has done it twice.
• Honeycutt is one of eight players in school history with a 10-20 season for a total of 11 times.
• The Tar Heels are one of four teams in the conference with 50 home runs and 50 stolen bases this season along with Virginia (62/59), Louisville (67/77) and Virginia Tech (84/67). Carolina is tied for 11th in the conference with 55 homers and ranks fifth with 50 stolen bases.
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.
• He is four hits shy of 200 for his career.
• Serretti has started 165 consecutive games, including 132 at shortstop.
• Serretti ranks 27th among all active NCAA DI players in doubles and third among ACC players; Rafe Chaumette of Boston College and Pittsburgh's Jeff Wehler have 53 career doubles each.
BULLPEN APPEARANCES
• Shawn Rapp leads all NCAA DI players in pitching appearances this season with 31, including 30 relief appearances. He leads the Tar Heels with 12.7 strikeouts per nine innings.
• Junior Kyle Mott (24) and sophomore Davis Palermo (23) rank second and fourth in the ACC in pitching appearances. Palermo has appeared in 11 of the Tar Heels' last 13 games.
• Senior Caden O'Brien ranks fifth among all active Division I pitchers with 105 career appearances, which is tied for eighth-most in school history and one shy of seventh-place (106, Jonathan Hovis, 2003-06). His 99 career relief appearances are eighth-most among active DI pitchers.
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The game will be televised on the ACC Network beginning at 7 p.m.
North Carolina leads the all-time series 34-8-1 with a 19-4-1 record at Boshamer Stadium. The series began in 1979 with UNC recording an 8-1 victory; the first of seven straight by the Heels to start the series. Carolina won 15 consecutive games in the series from 1992 - 2008. The Niners won last year's meeting in Chapel Hill, 4-1 in 10 innings.
Probable Pitching Matchup
| Tuesday | 7 p.m. (ACCN) | |
| Charlotte | RHP Matt Brooks (3-1, 3.19) ERA) |
| North Carolina | LHP Brandon Schaeffer (4-1, 3.74) |
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HEELS POWERING UP
The Diamond Heels hit 24 home runs in 16 games, including 13 of the last 14, during the month of April. Mac Horvath blasted seven round trippers and Alberto Osuna circled the bases six times. Carolina recorded 62 extra base hits last month, including 35 doubles. Horvath led the way with 14 extra base hits (8 doubles, 7 home runs) and Osuna has nine (6 home runs, 3 doubles).
SPEED AND POWER
• Freshman Vance Honeycutt is the only player in the country with 10 home runs and 20 stolen bases this season. Honeycutt ranks second in the ACC with 23 stolen bases, second-most among all NCAA Division I freshmen.
• Sophomore Mac Horvath and Honeycutt are two of four players in the ACC with 10 home runs and 10 stolen bases this season. Honeycutt and Horvath have hit 10 home runs each, while Honeycutt has stolen 23 bases and Horvath has swiped 14 bags.
• Honeycutt has homered and stolen a base in a game five times this season, while Horvath has done it twice.
• Honeycutt is one of eight players in school history with a 10-20 season for a total of 11 times.
• The Tar Heels are one of four teams in the conference with 50 home runs and 50 stolen bases this season along with Virginia (62/59), Louisville (67/77) and Virginia Tech (84/67). Carolina is tied for 11th in the conference with 55 homers and ranks fifth with 50 stolen bases.
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.
• He is four hits shy of 200 for his career.
• Serretti has started 165 consecutive games, including 132 at shortstop.
• Serretti ranks 27th among all active NCAA DI players in doubles and third among ACC players; Rafe Chaumette of Boston College and Pittsburgh's Jeff Wehler have 53 career doubles each.
BULLPEN APPEARANCES
• Shawn Rapp leads all NCAA DI players in pitching appearances this season with 31, including 30 relief appearances. He leads the Tar Heels with 12.7 strikeouts per nine innings.
• Junior Kyle Mott (24) and sophomore Davis Palermo (23) rank second and fourth in the ACC in pitching appearances. Palermo has appeared in 11 of the Tar Heels' last 13 games.
• Senior Caden O'Brien ranks fifth among all active Division I pitchers with 105 career appearances, which is tied for eighth-most in school history and one shy of seventh-place (106, Jonathan Hovis, 2003-06). His 99 career relief appearances are eighth-most among active DI pitchers.
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