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Nik Pry
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Heels Hold Lengthy Scrimmage On Wednesday
September 28, 2022 | Baseball
Chapel Hill, NC -- With this coming weekend's weather looking very uncertain, the North Carolina Tar Heels will only hold two scrimmages this week. The Heels held an 11 1/2 inning scrimmage on Wednesday with Navy taking a 5-3 win over Blue and will scrimmage again on Thursday.
Blue picked up the first run of the day when Reece Holbrook scored on a fielder's choice in the third. Navy tied the score in the fourth on Casey Cook's RBI-double to center. Blue went back ahead 2-1 in the fifth when Jesse Jaconski drove in a run with a single to center.
Navy tied things up again in the seventh on a nice safety squeeze with Casey Cook at the plate. Navy then took the lead for good in the seventh. With the bases loaded, Joe Jaconski cleared them with a double to deep right center for a 5-2 lead. Blue would score a run on an error in the ninth before Vance Honeycutt drilled a 412-foot solo homer to right center to give Navy the final 6-3 lead.
Joe Jaconski lead all hitters by going 3-6 with three RBI. Vance Honeycutt was 2-5 with one RBI. Reece Holbrook was 2-4 with a double, Patrick Alvarez was 2-5 and Jesse Jaconski went 2-4 with one RBI.
Eight Tar Heels saw action on the mound: Kevin Eaise, Will Sandy, Connor Bovair, Nik Pry, Nelson Berkwich, Carson Starnes, Nick Argento and Michael Colonna.
Carolina will scrimmage again on Thursday.
Blue picked up the first run of the day when Reece Holbrook scored on a fielder's choice in the third. Navy tied the score in the fourth on Casey Cook's RBI-double to center. Blue went back ahead 2-1 in the fifth when Jesse Jaconski drove in a run with a single to center.
Navy tied things up again in the seventh on a nice safety squeeze with Casey Cook at the plate. Navy then took the lead for good in the seventh. With the bases loaded, Joe Jaconski cleared them with a double to deep right center for a 5-2 lead. Blue would score a run on an error in the ninth before Vance Honeycutt drilled a 412-foot solo homer to right center to give Navy the final 6-3 lead.
Joe Jaconski lead all hitters by going 3-6 with three RBI. Vance Honeycutt was 2-5 with one RBI. Reece Holbrook was 2-4 with a double, Patrick Alvarez was 2-5 and Jesse Jaconski went 2-4 with one RBI.
Eight Tar Heels saw action on the mound: Kevin Eaise, Will Sandy, Connor Bovair, Nik Pry, Nelson Berkwich, Carson Starnes, Nick Argento and Michael Colonna.
Carolina will scrimmage again on Thursday.
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