Parks Harbor, alex madera, Gavin Gallaherand Colby Wilkerson Each was in hot pursuit, with UNC (33-10, 17-6 ACC) winning its seventh straight home series.Madera and vance honeycutt each had two hits, and Honeycutt had a career-high four stolen bases.
“We love our depth. We feel like that’s a big strength of our team. We’ve got to have it.” UNC head coach scott forbes Said. “We had players stepping up.”
After allowing two hits in the first inning, Sprague (3-1) didn’t allow another hit until Clay Grady hit a leadoff single in the fifth inning, but Grady was wiped out by a double play. .
The Tarheels had two and three turns through the first five innings and had a season-high four double plays.
Sprague retired the first two batters of the seventh inning and retired after throwing 99 pitches. He struck out the last batter of the inning and finished with six strikeouts against four hits, two walks, and one run.
“He makes big pitches,” Forbes said. “He raises the level in bigger situations and makes bigger pitches.”
Cook hit a two-run homer off Brett Renfroe (5-2) in the third inning, leading the Hokies (26-14, 12-11) to one run in the first inning, then up 2-1 over the Tar Heels. He lost and took the lead.
Carolina increased its lead to 5-1 in the 6th inning. Madera and Gallaher hit back-to-back RBIs, and Wilkerson hit a perfect bunt to force Madera home.
Renfroe allowed four runs (all earned) on seven hits, three walks, and five strikeouts in 5 1/3 innings.
Haber’s sacrifice fly brought Honeycutt home in the seventh inning.
Honeycutt reached base in the fourth inning with a double, double and two walks. He stood up in the first inning and stole second and third base.
“Vance, he’s a weirdo, to be honest,” Forbes said. “I’ve never seen anything like this. His speed is unreal, his defense is unreal.”
Christian Martin hit a two-run homer in the eighth inning to pull Virginia Tech within three runs. The Hokies tied the game in the 8th inning, but Connor Bobair He induced UNC’s fourth double play to end the inning.
dalton pence He got the final two outs in the 9th inning and made his fifth save.
unc right handed Aidan Ho Right-hander Griffin Steeg (3-2, 4.79 ERA) will start for Virginia Tech, while (3-0, 3.06 ERA) will pitch in Sunday’s final game of the series.The game is set for 1 p.m.
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