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Heels Wrap Up Second Week Of Scrimmages
February 5, 2023 | Baseball
Chapel Hill, NC -- The North Carolina Tar Heels wrapped up their second week of scrimmages as the Navy squad took a 6-4 win over Blue in a 6 1/2-inning scrimmage on Sunday afternoon at a cloudy Boshamer Stadium.
Reece Holbrook's sacrifice fly to left gave Navy a quick 1-0 lead in the top of the first before an Eric Grintz run-scoring single promptly tied the score in the bottom of the inning. Navy picked up two more in the top of the second when Jesse Jaconski scored on a fielder's choice, then Austin Hawke drove in a run with a double to left for a 3-1 Navy lead.. Dylan King's RBI-double to left in the bottom of the second pulled Blue to within 3-2.
Navy picked up two more runs in the top of the fourth. Joe Jaconski scored on a bases-loaded walk before Max Riemer hit a sacrifice fly to left to put Navy up 5-2. Mac Horvath drove in a run for Blue with a single to left in the bottom of the inning to pull Blue within 5-3.
Blue picked up another run in the fifth on a nice Patrick Alvarez sacrifice bunt to pull within 5-4, but Navy quickly responded with a run in the sixth when Tomas Frick laid down a sacrifice bunt for the final 6-4 score.
Eric Grintz and Joe Jaconski were the only players with multiple base hits. Grintz was 2-3 with a double while Jaconski was 2-5 with a pair of singles. Austin Hawke, Jesse Jaconski and Dylan King all doubled.
Nine pitchers saw action: Jake Knapp, Kyle Percival, Will Simmons, Nelson Berkwich, Matt Poston, Nik Pry, Carson Starnes, Ben Peterson, and Matthew Matthijs.
Carolina's next scrimmage is TBD.
Reece Holbrook's sacrifice fly to left gave Navy a quick 1-0 lead in the top of the first before an Eric Grintz run-scoring single promptly tied the score in the bottom of the inning. Navy picked up two more in the top of the second when Jesse Jaconski scored on a fielder's choice, then Austin Hawke drove in a run with a double to left for a 3-1 Navy lead.. Dylan King's RBI-double to left in the bottom of the second pulled Blue to within 3-2.
Navy picked up two more runs in the top of the fourth. Joe Jaconski scored on a bases-loaded walk before Max Riemer hit a sacrifice fly to left to put Navy up 5-2. Mac Horvath drove in a run for Blue with a single to left in the bottom of the inning to pull Blue within 5-3.
Blue picked up another run in the fifth on a nice Patrick Alvarez sacrifice bunt to pull within 5-4, but Navy quickly responded with a run in the sixth when Tomas Frick laid down a sacrifice bunt for the final 6-4 score.
Eric Grintz and Joe Jaconski were the only players with multiple base hits. Grintz was 2-3 with a double while Jaconski was 2-5 with a pair of singles. Austin Hawke, Jesse Jaconski and Dylan King all doubled.
Nine pitchers saw action: Jake Knapp, Kyle Percival, Will Simmons, Nelson Berkwich, Matt Poston, Nik Pry, Carson Starnes, Ben Peterson, and Matthew Matthijs.
Carolina's next scrimmage is TBD.
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