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North Carolina failed to repeat as ACC Tournament champion, falling 13-6 to Georgia Tech in the title game Sunday at Truist Field in Charlotte.
Georgia Tech outfielder Drew Burress and catcher Vahn Lackey were too much for the Tar Heels. The pair combined to go 6-for-8 after being held in check by UNC’s pitching staff when the Tar Heels took the regular-season series. Burress finished 3-for-4 with a double, home run and two RBIs, while Lackey went 3-for-4 with a run scored and an RBI.
On the bright side for Carolina, Owen Hull went 2-for-4 with a home run and three RBIs, but UNC’s pitching staff could not keep pace, allowing 13 runs on 14 hits.
Hull staked the Tar Heels to an early lead in the first inning, lining an RBI single to left that scored Jake Schaffner. He struck again in the fifth with a two-run homer to left-center, keeping North Carolina within striking distance.
Georgia Tech answered in the second when Ryan Zuckerman tied it with a solo home run to right, estimated at 380 feet. Burress pushed the Yellow Jackets in front for good an inning later with a two-run shot to left, scoring Carson Kerce.
Alex Hernandez then broke the game open later in the third, ripping a three-run double to left-center that plated Jarren Advincula, Lackey and Kent Schmidt.
North Carolina pulled closer in the fourth on a two-run single by Rom Kellis that sliced through the left side, and Hull’s fifth-inning homer cut the deficit again.
Georgia Tech added insurance in the sixth on Advincula’s sacrifice fly and Lackey’s RBI single through the left side. Three wild pitches in the seventh allowed Hernandez, Will Baker and Parker Brosius to score, stretching the lead.
Zuckerman and Hernandez each tacked on RBI singles to right field in the eighth, with Lackey and Zuckerman crossing the plate to cap the scoring.
Reliever Caden Gaudette (6-1) earned the win for Georgia Tech with one scoreless inning and one strikeout. UNC starter Foaz Bolger (3-3) took the loss for the Tar Heels after allowing six earned runs on seven hits in 2.2 innings, with four strikeouts and two walks.
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Georgia Tech outfielder Drew Burress and catcher Vahn Lackey were too much for the Tar Heels. The pair combined to go 6-for-8 after being held in check by UNC’s pitching staff when the Tar Heels took the regular-season series. Burress finished 3-for-4 with a double, home run and two RBIs, while Lackey went 3-for-4 with a run scored and an RBI.
On the bright side for Carolina, Owen Hull went 2-for-4 with a home run and three RBIs, but UNC’s pitching staff could not keep pace, allowing 13 runs on 14 hits.
Hull staked the Tar Heels to an early lead in the first inning, lining an RBI single to left that scored Jake Schaffner. He struck again in the fifth with a two-run homer to left-center, keeping North Carolina within striking distance.
Georgia Tech answered in the second when Ryan Zuckerman tied it with a solo home run to right, estimated at 380 feet. Burress pushed the Yellow Jackets in front for good an inning later with a two-run shot to left, scoring Carson Kerce.
Alex Hernandez then broke the game open later in the third, ripping a three-run double to left-center that plated Jarren Advincula, Lackey and Kent Schmidt.
North Carolina pulled closer in the fourth on a two-run single by Rom Kellis that sliced through the left side, and Hull’s fifth-inning homer cut the deficit again.
Georgia Tech added insurance in the sixth on Advincula’s sacrifice fly and Lackey’s RBI single through the left side. Three wild pitches in the seventh allowed Hernandez, Will Baker and Parker Brosius to score, stretching the lead.
Zuckerman and Hernandez each tacked on RBI singles to right field in the eighth, with Lackey and Zuckerman crossing the plate to cap the scoring.
Reliever Caden Gaudette (6-1) earned the win for Georgia Tech with one scoreless inning and one strikeout. UNC starter Foaz Bolger (3-3) took the loss for the Tar Heels after allowing six earned runs on seven hits in 2.2 innings, with four strikeouts and two walks.
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