University of North Carolina Athletics
Saturday, March 22
Brighton, Mass.
2 PM
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Baseball Loses Close Contest At BC, 3-2
March 22, 2025 | Baseball
BRIGHTON, Mass. – North Carolina baseball's pitching staff held Boston College to just three runs but could not produce enough themselves to come away with the win, losing 3-1 on Saturday afternoon.
The Tar Heels (17-6, 3-5 ACC) held the Eagles scoreless in every frame but the crucial one, as a three-run homer in the bottom of the fifth proved to be the difference. The result sets up a third straight ACC Sunday rubber match for head coach Scott Forbes' team.
Sophomore Jason DeCaro got the start just a four-hour trek by both ferry and car to his home in Northport, N.Y. He threw a gutsy 6.0 innings with 111 pitches and four strikeouts, seeing one bad pitch give up the deciding home run.
Olin Johnson and Ryan Lynch come in in relief and gave up no runs and just one hit. In the eighth, with the game still very much in the balance, Lynch found himself in a bases-loaded jam with no body out. Two straight grounders to Alex Madera forced the runners out at home before a clutch swinging strikeout got him out of the inning.
Carolina scored its first run off a Gavin Gallaher foul-territory sac-fly in the third, giving UNC a 1-0 lead. The next score wouldn't come until the eighth, when a two-out Tar Heel rally of three-straight singles brought around Hunter Stokely. They were unable to plate the tying run and ultimately went down in order in the ninth.
The two teams will square off in the series decider on Sunday at 1 p.m. ET.
The Tar Heels (17-6, 3-5 ACC) held the Eagles scoreless in every frame but the crucial one, as a three-run homer in the bottom of the fifth proved to be the difference. The result sets up a third straight ACC Sunday rubber match for head coach Scott Forbes' team.
Sophomore Jason DeCaro got the start just a four-hour trek by both ferry and car to his home in Northport, N.Y. He threw a gutsy 6.0 innings with 111 pitches and four strikeouts, seeing one bad pitch give up the deciding home run.
Olin Johnson and Ryan Lynch come in in relief and gave up no runs and just one hit. In the eighth, with the game still very much in the balance, Lynch found himself in a bases-loaded jam with no body out. Two straight grounders to Alex Madera forced the runners out at home before a clutch swinging strikeout got him out of the inning.
Carolina scored its first run off a Gavin Gallaher foul-territory sac-fly in the third, giving UNC a 1-0 lead. The next score wouldn't come until the eighth, when a two-out Tar Heel rally of three-straight singles brought around Hunter Stokely. They were unable to plate the tying run and ultimately went down in order in the ninth.
The two teams will square off in the series decider on Sunday at 1 p.m. ET.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Kipp, K. (1-1)
L: DeCaro, Jason (3-2)
S: Ryan, J. (4)
Batting:
2B: Stevenson, Luke 1
RBI: Gallaher, Gavin 1 ; Madera, Alex 1
SF: Gallaher, Gavin 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Stokely, Hunter 1 ; Black, Sawyer 1
SB: Madera, Alex 1
HBP: Kepley, Kane 1
Batting:
HR: Roche, P. 1
RBI: Roche, P. 3
Base Running:
RUNS: Ragsdale, J. 1 ; Roche, P. 1 ; McNulty, S. 1
SB: Magpoc, A. 1
Game Leaders
AB
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RBI
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RBI
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H
1
RBI
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AB
4
R
0
H
1
RBI
0
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