It wasn't really surprising that freshman left fielder Seth Baldwin wasn't starting games for the No. 1 North Carolina baseball team. After six appearances as a designated hitter Baldwin had a .143 batting average and one hit.
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It started just the way coach Mike Fox likes it to — with pitching and defense. Shortstop Ryan Graepel was all over the field including one sliding grab and throw to first. Patrick Johnson dealt five innings of no-hit baseball and the North Carolina bullpen was smothering Princeton's offense.
Read More »9 P.M. WEDNESDAY -- Pitcher Bryant Gaines set the tone for a defensive game right from the start Wednesday by striking out the side in the first inning at Boshamer Stadium. That inning was important for the sophomore and his team and the Tar Heels never trailed in a 12-3 win that sealed the series sweep against the Mountaineers.
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When you hit just behind the heart of the order for the nation's No. 1 baseball team you're bound to bat with some runners on base. Mark Fleury has made the most of those opportunities this year and Wednesday was another big game for UNC's budding RBI machine.
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Coach Mike Fox has repeated multiple times that his No. 3 North Carolina baseball team needs to find ways to manufacture runs. This weekend against Seton Hall the Tar Heels (7-1) went to work and hit their way to a three-game sweep of the Pirates (2-4) in a rain-soaked series at Boshamer Stadium.
Read More »No. 3 North Carolina's Saturday matchup with Seton Hall already had been declared a staff day for its pitchers with several relievers expected to make appearances. In the end only four UNC hurlers wound up throwing — officially.
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North Carolina baseball coach Mike Fox knows his team isn't going to outscore many opponents. For weeks he has preached one thing to his players as they start their season: defense. So when things went sour in the ninth inning of the Tar Heels' matchup with No. 18 Coastal Carolina there was one thing to blame.
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Dustin Ackley obviously likes the new Boshamer Stadium. The junior first baseman racked up a career-best five hits Sunday as No. 2 North Carolina (3-0) completed its season-opening sweep of VMI(0-3)" 11-3. ""It feels pretty good" Ackley said. I've had a couple occasions where I had a chance to get it and I never got it but it feels good to get it.
Read More »With his team down by two runs and the bases loaded Jacob Stallings stepped to the plate for the first time in a North Carolina uniform. And at first he looked every bit a rookie. Strike one whizzed by. Then strike two. It was all Stallings could do just to foul off the third pitch. But then Stallings showed some poise at the plate and drove a sacrifice fly into left field to score a UNC run Sunday in the Tar Heels' final game against VMI.
Read More »The smell of fresh paint still lingers throughout Boshamer Stadium. Everything about the stadium screams brand spankin' new — from the 4100 green chairs to the freshly laid turf.
Read More »CHARLOTTESVILLE Va. — No. 13 Virginia edged No. 14 North Carolina 156-144 in collegiate dual meet men's swimming Saturday afternoon. Each team won seven of 14 individual events but the defending ACC champion Cavaliers prevailed by winning both relays and outscoring the Tar Heels by 14 points in those two events.
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CARY — Basketball season is starting up and football season is in full swing but the most successful Tar Heel squad for the past three years also took the field this week. The North Carolina baseball team wrapped up the Fall World Series on Wednesday its preseason intrasquad scrimmage. And while the stakes were somewhat lower — the losing team has to buy pizza for the Christmas party — the competition was still heated with the series coming down to a final 10-inning game Wednesday.
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