The Diamond Heels rebounded from a weekend sweep at Miami and stayed unbeaten at Boshamer Stadium Tuesday night, downing UNC-Wilmington 6-4 to improve to 19-6 on the season.

Home runs bookended the scoring for Carolina. Danny Serretti started the game with a bang, lifting a three-run bomb over the right field fence in the bottom of the first inning. The blast was Serretti’s third home run of the season, and one of three hits for the junior shortstop on the night.

A sacrifice fly from Tomas Frick scored Angel Zarate the next inning. Zarate reached base twice on walks against the Seahawks, extending his on-base streak to 48 games, but saw his hitting streak snapped at 24 games. Regardless, Carolina led 4-0 after two innings.

But that 4-0 lead disappeared in a flash in the top of the third, as Wilmington scored four times in the inning off starter Brandon Schaeffer. The Seahawks took advantage of numerous Carolina mistakes in the inning, with the first run scoring on an error by Frick and the second scoring on a balk by Schaeffer. A two-run home run evened the score at 4-4. Three of Wilmington’s four runs in the inning were unearned.

The score stayed tied until the bottom of the seventh, when Alberto Osuna sent a 437-foot moonshot to dead center field. The baseball completely disappeared from television cameras, and once it did it gave the Tar Heels a 6-4 lead they wouldn’t relinquish.

“It was kind of like a blackout moment,” Osuna said. “I saw it and I knew it went far, but then I put my head down and I didn’t hear it hit the batter’s eye [behind the center field wall] and that’s when I knew I hit it pretty far.”

The home run was the longest hit by Carolina this season.

Kyle Mott provided the last six outs of the game for Carolina out of the bullpen, earning his first save of the season. Davis Palermo and Shaddon Peavyhouse relieved Schaeffer after he was pulled in the third, with Peavyhouse taking the win. Head coach Scott Forbes named Palermo his player of the game.

“He shut them down completely,” he said. “I thought he took a big step at Miami when he came in Sunday and held that lead at 2-1. That was a tight moment because they had the momentum. He just keeps getting better.”

Carolina will look to keep its spotless home record intact this weekend as Virginia Tech comes to Chapel Hill for a three-game ACC series. First pitch in Friday’s opening game is scheduled for 6 p.m.

 

Featured image via UNC Athletic Communications

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