UNC Baseball Drops Second Game of East Carolina Series; Final Game Declared a Tie

The Diamond Heels fell in the second game of this weekend’s three-game series against East Carolina and ended Sunday’s rubber match after five innings due to weather conditions. As the score was tied 3-3 at the time of the stoppage, the game will officially go down as a tie.

Saturday’s game at Durham Bulls Athletic Park, ironically, was also tied 3-3 after five innings. The Pirates had scored first with a run in the first inning and two in the second against UNC starter Folger Boaz, but Gavin Gallaher had erased the deficit with a three-run home run in the third.

But the Pirates got to Carolina reliever Walker McDuffie in the seventh, putting the first two batters on base and then blasting a three-run shot of their own to take a 6-3 lead. ECU scored four more runs in the eighth to blow the game open on its way to the 10-3 win. It was UNC’s first loss of the season.

In Sunday’s rubber match, UNC’s Ryan Lynch and ECU’s Colby Weber each put up zeroes in the first two innings before the Pirates again scored first, plating a run in the top of the third. An Owen Hull sacrifice fly tied the score at 1-1 in the fourth, only for ECU to score twice more in the fifth. Gallaher and Erik Paulsen got the two runs back for UNC in the bottom of the inning before the game was stopped due to rain. Eventually, the two coaching staffs agreed to end the game as a tie. It was Carolina’s first official tie since the 2005 season.

UNC ends the weekend with a record of 6-1-1. The Diamond Heels will host midweek games against North Carolina A&T (Tuesday at 4 p.m.) and VCU (Wednesday at 4 p.m.) before hosting Le Moyne in Chapel Hill for a three-game weekend series beginning Friday.

Featured image via UNC Baseball on Twitter

Chapelboro.com does not charge subscription fees, and you can directly support our efforts in local journalism here. Want more of what you see on Chapelboro? Let us bring free local news and community information to you by signing up for our newsletter.

‹

Houston Astros Call Up Former UNC Pitcher Kent Emanuel for First Major League Stint

Former UNC star pitcher Kent Emanuel was called up by the Houston Astros on Friday, representing his first time on the major-league roster since being drafted in the third round back in 2013. Emanuel was the ACC Pitcher of the Year in 2013 while at UNC, and has since gone on to bounce around the […]

Former UNC Star J.B. Bukauskas Called Up to Major Leagues

Former UNC star pitcher J.B. Bukauskas was called up to the major leagues on Sunday by the Arizona Diamondbacks, representing the first major-league call-up of his young career. Bukauskas was called up from the team’s taxi squad after reliever Anthony Swarzak was designated for assignment. The hard-throwing right-hander was a first-round pick by the Houston […]

Brian Moran Strikes Out Younger Brother Colin Moran in MLB Debut

A pair of brothers who each played their college baseball at UNC faced off against one another on Thursday night in Pittsburgh, when Brian Moran–making his long-awaited MLB debut with the Miami Marlins–struck out his younger brother Colin Moran with a 71 mph slider on a 3-2 count. That at-bat came in the fourth inning […]

Houston Astros Agree to Contract With First Round Pick JB Bukauskas

Reports surfaced Thursday stating that the Houston Astros have agreed to a contract with first-round pick JB Bukauskas, who was picked 15th overall after winning the ACC Pitcher of the Year this past season at UNC. Bukauskas–who was also a First Team All-American and Golden Spikes Award Finalist–made the trip to Houston on Thursday to […]

Three Diamond Heels Selected in First Round of MLB Draft

A trio of UNC baseball players saw their lifelong dreams come true on Monday night, as they were each selected in the first round of the 2017 MLB Draft. JB Bukauskas–the hard-throwing righty who won this season’s ACC Pitcher of the Year award–was the first to hear his name called. The Houston Astros selected Bukauskas […]

Pittsburgh Pirates Call Jacob Stallings Up to the Majors

The Pittsburgh Pirates gave the UNC baseball program yet another major leaguer this past weekend, when they called up former Tar Heel catcher Jacob Stallings to start behind the plate on Sunday. He became the second UNC player to make a big league debut in 2016, after Colin Moran was brought up by the Houston […]

Report: Colin Moran Receives Big League Call Up

Former UNC third baseman Colin Moran is reportedly making the jump from AAA to Major League Baseball on Tuesday night to join the Houston Astros. Longtime MLB journalist, and Tar Heel in his own right, Peter Gammons first reported the news on Tuesday morning. Colin Moran joins Astros tonight — Peter Gammons (@pgammo) May 17, […]

UNC Baseball Rides Hot Bats to Home Sweep vs. Le Moyne

The Diamond Heels scored a combined 49 runs across a three-game sweep of Le Moyne at Boshamer Stadium during the weekend. All three games were ended early via the 10-run rule. Friday’s opening game saw Carolina score five runs in the first inning thanks to a sacrifice fly, a bases-loaded walk and a bases clearing […]

UNC Baseball Wins Midweek Matchups vs. North Carolina A&T, VCU

The Diamond Heels had no trouble in a pair of midweek games against North Carolina A&T and VCU. Carolina outscored the opposition 22-4 on its way to wins in both matchups at Boshamer Stadium. Tuesday against the Aggies, George Mason transfer Owen Hull had the best game of his young UNC career with three hits […]

UNC Baseball Drops Second Game of East Carolina Series; Final Game Declared a Tie

The Diamond Heels fell in the second game of this weekend’s three-game series against East Carolina and ended Sunday’s rubber match after five innings due to weather conditions. As the score was tied 3-3 at the time of the stoppage, the game will officially go down as a tie. Saturday’s game at Durham Bulls Athletic […]

›