University of North Carolina Athletics
Tuesday, March 28
Chapel Hill, N.C.
4 p.m.
North Carolina
vs
Coastal Carolina
Photo by: ANTHONY SORBELLINI
No. 13 Baseball Faces No. 19 Coastal Carolina At The Bosh
March 28, 2023 | Baseball
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - No. 13 North Carolina steps outside of ACC play Tuesday to host 19th-ranked Coastal Carolina from the Sun Belt Conference. The Tar Heels and Chanticleers are both coming off home series wins over the weekend, with UNC taking two of three from Duke and Coastal winning two of three against Texas State.
Freshman right-handed pitcher Cameron Padgett will make his first start in a Tar Heel uniform and he will be opposed by CCU lefty Levi Huesman.
UNC has won six of the last 10 meetings in the series, including a three-game sweep at Boshamer Stadium last season. North Carolina scored two walk-off wins in the series opener and finale a year ago. UNC trailed by one heading into the ninth inning of the series opener before stringing together four consecutive hits capped by Mac Horvath's base hit to end it. After UNC blanked Coastal 4-0 in the middle game of the series, Eric Grintz delivered a two-out, bases loaded walk-off single in the finale.
The Tar Heels are 9-0 in midweek games (Tuesday, Wednesday) this season with an 8-0 record at Boshamer Stadium. UNC has scored double digit runs in seven of those midweek games and has outscored its opponents by a combined total of 109-34 in those games.
Freshman right-handed pitcher Cameron Padgett will make his first start in a Tar Heel uniform and he will be opposed by CCU lefty Levi Huesman.
UNC has won six of the last 10 meetings in the series, including a three-game sweep at Boshamer Stadium last season. North Carolina scored two walk-off wins in the series opener and finale a year ago. UNC trailed by one heading into the ninth inning of the series opener before stringing together four consecutive hits capped by Mac Horvath's base hit to end it. After UNC blanked Coastal 4-0 in the middle game of the series, Eric Grintz delivered a two-out, bases loaded walk-off single in the finale.
The Tar Heels are 9-0 in midweek games (Tuesday, Wednesday) this season with an 8-0 record at Boshamer Stadium. UNC has scored double digit runs in seven of those midweek games and has outscored its opponents by a combined total of 109-34 in those games.
| Pitching Matchups | North Carolina | Coastal Carolina |
|---|---|---|
| Tuesday | 4 p.m. (ACCNX) | RHP Cam Padgett (1-0, 0.79) | LHP Levi Huesman (1-2, 6.91) |
HOMERING AT A RECORD PACE - North Carolina leads the ACC in home runs with 51, which ranks seventh nationally ... The Tar Heels also rank seventh among all Division I teams with 2.12 home runs per ... The Diamond Heels are averaging 2.12 home runs per game and are on pace to hit a school record 115 home runs this year after slugging 101 home runs last season ... The UNC record of 108 was set by the 2002 team.
10 FOR 10 - Horvath hit his 12th AND 13th home runs of the season this past weekend in the series against Duke, belting a pair of game-winning three-run homers, first in the opener and then again in the finale ... Horvath is tied for the ACC lead in home runs alongside Brock Wilken of Wake Forest with 13 ... Horvath is the only player in NCAA Division I with double digit home runs and steals this season entering play on Tuesday ... In addition to leading the ACC in home runs, he ranks fifth in the conference with 12 stolen bases ... Last season he hit 18 home runs and stole 19 bases in 63 games played.
HONEYBUNCH OF STOLEN BASES - Sophomore Vance Honeycutt is tied for the ACC lead in stolen bases with 14 ... He has been successful on 82 percent of his stolen bases attempts (14-of-17) this season ... He's been caught trying to steal third twice and second once ... Honeycutt has swiped eight bases (8-of-9) in the last 12 games.
GETTING OFFENSIVE - Colby Wilkerson went 1-for-3 Saturday against Duke to extend his career-long hitting streak to seven games ... Wilkerson is batting .462 (12-for-26) with an OPS of 1.210 ... He has three multi-hit games during the streak, collecting three at Charlotte, three at Pittsburgh and two in the series opener against Duke ... He has raised his batting average 83 points during streak to .291 after it dropped to .208 at the end of the Virginia series ... Wilkerson has reached base safely in eight consecutive games.
DOUBLING DOWN - Junior Tomas Frick leads all NCAA Division I players with 14 doubles this season ... He picked up his 14th in the first inning against Duke Saturday, driving in a run ... It was his first two-base hit in four games after doubling in four straight games from March 11-15 ... Frick had 15 doubles in 61 games played last season.
SAVES BY COMMITTEE - Matt Poston and Will Sandy combined to save each of the Tar Heels' three victories last week ... Poston pitched a 1-2-3 ninth against North Carolina A&T and pitched around a one-out walk to close out the series opener against Duke ... Sandy struck out five Blue Devils in the last three innings of the series finale against the Blue Devils for his first career save ... Four players (Kevin Eaise, Ben Peterson, Poston, Sandy) have combined for five saves this season ... UNC relief pitchers have thrown 39.0 innings over the last eight games and have compiled a 1.62 ERA while holding opponents to a .174 batting average with 49 strikeouts ... Sandy has 15 strikeouts in 8.2 innings during those eight games.
10 FOR 10 - Horvath hit his 12th AND 13th home runs of the season this past weekend in the series against Duke, belting a pair of game-winning three-run homers, first in the opener and then again in the finale ... Horvath is tied for the ACC lead in home runs alongside Brock Wilken of Wake Forest with 13 ... Horvath is the only player in NCAA Division I with double digit home runs and steals this season entering play on Tuesday ... In addition to leading the ACC in home runs, he ranks fifth in the conference with 12 stolen bases ... Last season he hit 18 home runs and stole 19 bases in 63 games played.
HONEYBUNCH OF STOLEN BASES - Sophomore Vance Honeycutt is tied for the ACC lead in stolen bases with 14 ... He has been successful on 82 percent of his stolen bases attempts (14-of-17) this season ... He's been caught trying to steal third twice and second once ... Honeycutt has swiped eight bases (8-of-9) in the last 12 games.
GETTING OFFENSIVE - Colby Wilkerson went 1-for-3 Saturday against Duke to extend his career-long hitting streak to seven games ... Wilkerson is batting .462 (12-for-26) with an OPS of 1.210 ... He has three multi-hit games during the streak, collecting three at Charlotte, three at Pittsburgh and two in the series opener against Duke ... He has raised his batting average 83 points during streak to .291 after it dropped to .208 at the end of the Virginia series ... Wilkerson has reached base safely in eight consecutive games.
DOUBLING DOWN - Junior Tomas Frick leads all NCAA Division I players with 14 doubles this season ... He picked up his 14th in the first inning against Duke Saturday, driving in a run ... It was his first two-base hit in four games after doubling in four straight games from March 11-15 ... Frick had 15 doubles in 61 games played last season.
SAVES BY COMMITTEE - Matt Poston and Will Sandy combined to save each of the Tar Heels' three victories last week ... Poston pitched a 1-2-3 ninth against North Carolina A&T and pitched around a one-out walk to close out the series opener against Duke ... Sandy struck out five Blue Devils in the last three innings of the series finale against the Blue Devils for his first career save ... Four players (Kevin Eaise, Ben Peterson, Poston, Sandy) have combined for five saves this season ... UNC relief pitchers have thrown 39.0 innings over the last eight games and have compiled a 1.62 ERA while holding opponents to a .174 batting average with 49 strikeouts ... Sandy has 15 strikeouts in 8.2 innings during those eight games.
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