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Heels Hold First Scrimmage Of The Fall
September 5, 2022 | Baseball
Chapel Hill, NC -- The North Carolina Tar Heels held their first scrimmage of the Fall as the Blue squad took an 8-4 win over the Navy squad in an 8 1/2 inning scrimmage at Boshamer Stadium.
Vance Honeycutt got the scrimmage off with a bang when he drilled a 440-foot solo homer over the scoreboad in the bottom of the first to give Blue a 1-0 lead. Joe Jaconski ripped an RBI-double to right later in the inning for a 2-0 lead.
Navy responded with a run in the second as Eric Grintz hit a solo homer to right center. Navy then took a 3-2 lead in the fifth on Mac Horvath's long two-RBI homer to left. Reece Holbrook's run-scoring single in the bottom of the fifth tied the score at 3-3.
Blue took the lead for good as Joe Jaconski ripped a two-run homer to right center in the bottom of the sixth for a 5-3 lead. Blue picked up three more runs in the bottom of the seventh. Vance Honeycutt hit a sacrifice fly to right before Dylan King blasted a two-run homer to right. Navy picked up its last run of the scrimmage on Tomas Frick's run-scoring double down the left field line in the eighth.
Blue had eight hits to seven for Navy, and each squad committed one error.
Eight pitchers saw action: Jake Knapp, Max Carlson, Dalton Pence, Kyle Percival, Matthew Matthijs, Cameron Padgett, Carson Starnes and Justin Szestowicki.
The Tar Heels will hold their next closed scrimmage on Tuesday.
Vance Honeycutt got the scrimmage off with a bang when he drilled a 440-foot solo homer over the scoreboad in the bottom of the first to give Blue a 1-0 lead. Joe Jaconski ripped an RBI-double to right later in the inning for a 2-0 lead.
Navy responded with a run in the second as Eric Grintz hit a solo homer to right center. Navy then took a 3-2 lead in the fifth on Mac Horvath's long two-RBI homer to left. Reece Holbrook's run-scoring single in the bottom of the fifth tied the score at 3-3.
Blue took the lead for good as Joe Jaconski ripped a two-run homer to right center in the bottom of the sixth for a 5-3 lead. Blue picked up three more runs in the bottom of the seventh. Vance Honeycutt hit a sacrifice fly to right before Dylan King blasted a two-run homer to right. Navy picked up its last run of the scrimmage on Tomas Frick's run-scoring double down the left field line in the eighth.
Blue had eight hits to seven for Navy, and each squad committed one error.
Eight pitchers saw action: Jake Knapp, Max Carlson, Dalton Pence, Kyle Percival, Matthew Matthijs, Cameron Padgett, Carson Starnes and Justin Szestowicki.
The Tar Heels will hold their next closed scrimmage on Tuesday.
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