“We’re so confident,” said sophomore right-hander Spencer Trayner. “We’re so confident, and it’s a blast out there. Every guy that we’re gonna bring in is gonna be real good. We’re prepared for it.
“If our starter doesn’t get us to the sixth or seventh, we have the depth to take care of that. And then we have the depth in the back of the bullpen to really shut down games well.”
In UNC’s 7-1 win Friday, junior Trent Thornton had a solid but unspectacular start where he wasn’t able to go as deep into the game as he wanted — just 4.1 innings.
The right-hander allowed five hits and one run while striking out six batters and walking three. That wasn’t an issue for this UNC pitching staff, though.
Trayner came in and threw 2.2 scoreless relief innings while retiring 10 straight batters during his appearance.
“We’ve got guy after guy in the bullpen that we have all the confidence in,” Thornton said.
“I mean Spencer Trayner, Chris McCue, Reilly Hovis, Hansen Butler, I mean the list goes on and on.
“No matter who we’re running in there out of the bullpen, we have complete confidence in them.”