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BY UNC ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS
No. 8 North Carolina will host their first ACC weekend series of the year as the host Miami beginning Friday, March 15 at 6 p.m. The final two games will take place on Saturday, March 16 at 2 p.m. and Sunday, March 17 at 10:30 a.m. All three games can be seen on ACC Network Extra. This weekend is also Military Appreciation Weekend at Boshamer stadium.
Miami SERIES HISTORY
• North Carolina and Miami have met 71 times since 1976 with the Hurricanes leading the series over the Tar Heels 40-30-1.
• Last season, the Tar Heels took the first two games of the series in Miami before mother nature decided to end game three after 5 innings, where the Heels lost 7-5.
Quick Notes
• The Tar Heels are one of four teams in the country with six or more wins against teams in the RPI top 50. The Heels are 6-3 against RPI top 50 teams.
• UNC has scored 41.1% of its runs in the first 3 innings this year (56 of 136).
• UNC has scored in the first inning 11 out of 18 games so far this season.
• UNC is No.1 in the ACC and No. 2 in the country for walks as a team (121). Tennessee leads the country with 122 walks.
• Busch is No. 2 in the ACC & No. 3 in the country in walks (24). He trails Logan Wyatt (27)
• UNC is No. 2 in the ACC & No. 7 in the country in doubles, trailing NC State in the ACC.
• Gianluca Dalatri (1.14) ranks T-5th in the ACC in ERA and 5th in IP (23.2).
• In all four of Gianluca Dalatri's starts this season he has not given up more than one earned run or surrendered more than two walks.
• Michael Busch leads the ACC in runs scored (23) and Dylan Harris is T-2nd (21).
• Austin Love is 2nd in the ACC and country in wins (4).
• Ike Freeman is hitting .429 with runners on base, .750 with bases loaded, .500 with runners in scoring position and .750 with runners on 3rd and less than 2 outs.
• Dylan Harris has now reached base in 14 consecutive games, a career high, and longest overall streak on the team this season. Harris has not reached in only one game this season (NC A&T).
• Austin Bergner has not allowed more than 2 ER in any of his four starts this season.
• Over the last three games, freshman Danny Serretti (.538), Caleb Roberts (.500) and Aaron Sabato (.462) lead the team in batting average.
• In their first ACC series of their careers, Aaron Sabato and Caleb Roberts led the Tar Heels in batting average (.429) and were tied for second in hits.
• On 5/12/19 against Gardner-Webb, Danny Serretti was the first Tar Heel to collect five hits in one game since 2017 and the first freshman to do so since 2014.
• Over the last 3 games, Martorano has exploded to hits .455 with 8 RBI. Over the previous 15 games, he hit .238 with just 7 RBI.
• in 6.1 IP against UNCW, the UNC bullpen gave up 0 runs and only 2 hits.
BY UNC ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS
No. 8 North Carolina will host their first ACC weekend series of the year as the host Miami beginning Friday, March 15 at 6 p.m. The final two games will take place on Saturday, March 16 at 2 p.m. and Sunday, March 17 at 10:30 a.m. All three games can be seen on ACC Network Extra. This weekend is also Military Appreciation Weekend at Boshamer stadium.
Miami SERIES HISTORY
• North Carolina and Miami have met 71 times since 1976 with the Hurricanes leading the series over the Tar Heels 40-30-1.
• Last season, the Tar Heels took the first two games of the series in Miami before mother nature decided to end game three after 5 innings, where the Heels lost 7-5.
Quick Notes
• The Tar Heels are one of four teams in the country with six or more wins against teams in the RPI top 50. The Heels are 6-3 against RPI top 50 teams.
• UNC has scored 41.1% of its runs in the first 3 innings this year (56 of 136).
• UNC has scored in the first inning 11 out of 18 games so far this season.
• UNC is No.1 in the ACC and No. 2 in the country for walks as a team (121). Tennessee leads the country with 122 walks.
• Busch is No. 2 in the ACC & No. 3 in the country in walks (24). He trails Logan Wyatt (27)
• UNC is No. 2 in the ACC & No. 7 in the country in doubles, trailing NC State in the ACC.
• Gianluca Dalatri (1.14) ranks T-5th in the ACC in ERA and 5th in IP (23.2).
• In all four of Gianluca Dalatri's starts this season he has not given up more than one earned run or surrendered more than two walks.
• Michael Busch leads the ACC in runs scored (23) and Dylan Harris is T-2nd (21).
• Austin Love is 2nd in the ACC and country in wins (4).
• Ike Freeman is hitting .429 with runners on base, .750 with bases loaded, .500 with runners in scoring position and .750 with runners on 3rd and less than 2 outs.
• Dylan Harris has now reached base in 14 consecutive games, a career high, and longest overall streak on the team this season. Harris has not reached in only one game this season (NC A&T).
• Austin Bergner has not allowed more than 2 ER in any of his four starts this season.
• Over the last three games, freshman Danny Serretti (.538), Caleb Roberts (.500) and Aaron Sabato (.462) lead the team in batting average.
• In their first ACC series of their careers, Aaron Sabato and Caleb Roberts led the Tar Heels in batting average (.429) and were tied for second in hits.
• On 5/12/19 against Gardner-Webb, Danny Serretti was the first Tar Heel to collect five hits in one game since 2017 and the first freshman to do so since 2014.
• Over the last 3 games, Martorano has exploded to hits .455 with 8 RBI. Over the previous 15 games, he hit .238 with just 7 RBI.
• in 6.1 IP against UNCW, the UNC bullpen gave up 0 runs and only 2 hits.
