Carolina 7-UNC-W 2 Final
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Huge win tonight!!!! UNC needed this going into Thursday
. Going to need this one bad UVA will come ready I have no doubt about it,our pitching has to limit the free passes and be smart. Have to be patient at the plate and can't leave runners on base.
. Going to need this one bad UVA will come ready I have no doubt about it,our pitching has to limit the free passes and be smart. Have to be patient at the plate and can't leave runners on base.
BY UNC ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS
CHAPEL HILL --- Skye Bolt's ninth home run broke a 2-2 tie in the fifth and A.J. Bogucki picked up his first win of the year as North Carolina beat UNCW 7-2 Tuesday evening at Boshamer Stadium. Landon Lassiter and Brian Miller drove in two runs each for the Tar Heels, who snapped a three-game losing streak ahead of Thursday's ACC series opener against Virginia. With the victory, Mike Fox, who is in his 32nd overall season as a head coach and his 17th at Carolina, became the 15th coach in NCAA history to win 1,300 games.
UNC (32-19) jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the second on Logan Warmoth's sac fly and Lassiter's first RBI single of the night. But UNCW (33-16) tied the game in the fourth when Joe Bertone's line drive curled around the right field foul pole for a two-run home run.
Bogucki (1-2) tossed a 1-2-3 fifth in his final inning of work before Bolt put him in line for the win in the bottom of the inning. The junior center fielder, who has now homered in four of his last five games, drove a 1-0 pitch from Jared Gesell (2-1) out to right to give the Tar Heels a 3-2 advantage.
Bogucki, who had pitched just 10.1 innings all year prior to Tuesday, struck out a season-high eight Seahawks and allowed just three hits over five. Zach Rice continued his good work of late with a scoreless sixth before Wilmington native Trevor Kelley got the final nine outs for his third save of the year.
Miller's two-run single gave UNC some breathing room in the seventh before Tyler Ramirez and Lassiter drove in runs in the eighth. Ramirez had two walks in addition to his RBI double and has now reached safely in 21 straight.
The milestone win for Fox puts him in an elite group of just seven active coaches with at least 1,300 victories, including fellow ACC bosses Mike Martin of Florida State, Jim Morris of Miami and Jack Leggett of Clemson. In addition to his 761 wins in 17 seasons at Carolina, Fox-coached teams won 539 games in 15 seasons at North Carolina Wesleyan from 1983-98.
Carolina wraps up the regular season this weekend with a three-game series against Virginia starting Thursday at 7 p.m.
CHAPEL HILL --- Skye Bolt's ninth home run broke a 2-2 tie in the fifth and A.J. Bogucki picked up his first win of the year as North Carolina beat UNCW 7-2 Tuesday evening at Boshamer Stadium. Landon Lassiter and Brian Miller drove in two runs each for the Tar Heels, who snapped a three-game losing streak ahead of Thursday's ACC series opener against Virginia. With the victory, Mike Fox, who is in his 32nd overall season as a head coach and his 17th at Carolina, became the 15th coach in NCAA history to win 1,300 games.
UNC (32-19) jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the second on Logan Warmoth's sac fly and Lassiter's first RBI single of the night. But UNCW (33-16) tied the game in the fourth when Joe Bertone's line drive curled around the right field foul pole for a two-run home run.
Bogucki (1-2) tossed a 1-2-3 fifth in his final inning of work before Bolt put him in line for the win in the bottom of the inning. The junior center fielder, who has now homered in four of his last five games, drove a 1-0 pitch from Jared Gesell (2-1) out to right to give the Tar Heels a 3-2 advantage.
Bogucki, who had pitched just 10.1 innings all year prior to Tuesday, struck out a season-high eight Seahawks and allowed just three hits over five. Zach Rice continued his good work of late with a scoreless sixth before Wilmington native Trevor Kelley got the final nine outs for his third save of the year.
Miller's two-run single gave UNC some breathing room in the seventh before Tyler Ramirez and Lassiter drove in runs in the eighth. Ramirez had two walks in addition to his RBI double and has now reached safely in 21 straight.
The milestone win for Fox puts him in an elite group of just seven active coaches with at least 1,300 victories, including fellow ACC bosses Mike Martin of Florida State, Jim Morris of Miami and Jack Leggett of Clemson. In addition to his 761 wins in 17 seasons at Carolina, Fox-coached teams won 539 games in 15 seasons at North Carolina Wesleyan from 1983-98.
Carolina wraps up the regular season this weekend with a three-game series against Virginia starting Thursday at 7 p.m.
