Heels Aim To End Slide Against Liberty – University of North Carolina Athletics

CHAPEL HILL – North Carolina hosts Liberty within the second of two conferences this season after falling within the first matchup in Lynchburg, Va., on March 8, 1-0.
 
Wednesday’s sport will likely be streamed on ACC Community Further at 4 p.m.
 
Within the first assembly of the season, Aaron Anderson hit a solo dwelling run within the first inning for the sport’s solely run. Carolina pitchers held the Flames to 4 hits and allowed only one hit over the ultimate six innings. UNC racked up 9 hits with Angel Zarate and Tomas Frick amassing two every.
 
The Diamond Heels lead the all-time sequence 23-6 however have misplaced three in a row to the Flames. Carolina’s final victory over Liberty was a 16-1 win the 2019 Chapel Hill Regional. UNC and Liberty have cut up the final 10 conferences with the Heels successful 5 of seven at Boshamer Stadium whereas falling in every of the three street video games.
 
Possible Pitching Matchup

 
HEELS HOT HITTERS

• Junior shortstop Danny Serretti is likely one of the Diamond Heels’ hottest hitters. He has hit safely in 14 consecutive video games, batting .381 (21×55) with two dwelling runs and 12 RBIs throughout his streak. He presently ranks second on the staff in batting common (.338), slugging share (.538), on-base share (.425), runs scored (34), hits (54) and doubles (11).
• Sophomore designated hitter Alberto Osuna has pushed in a run in 9 of the final 11 video games. He has 17 complete RBIs in these 11 video games after amassing 17 RBIs within the first 29 video games of the season.
• After having his consecutive video games reaching base streak stopped at 50 on April 3, Angel Zarate has reached base in every of the final 9 video games, amassing successful in every of these video games. Because the begin of the 2020 season, Zarate has reached base safely in 102 of 106 video games performed. He has hit safely in 36 of 40 video games this season with a team-high 20 multi-hit video games.
• Sophomore Hunter Stokely is amid a career-long eight sport hitting streak, going 13-for-31 (.491) with a house runs, 4 doubles and 7 RBIs.
• Sophomore Mac Horvath has collected a number of hits in every of the final two video games with 4 multi-hit video games within the final seven contests. He has raised his batting common 47 factors because the calendar flipped to April.

 
HEELS POWERING UP

• The Diamond Heels have hit 22 dwelling runs in 15 video games, together with 12 of the final 13, throughout the month of April. Alberto Osuna and Mac Horvath have every hit six dwelling runs this month.
• Carolina has 60 further base hits this month, together with 35 doubles. Horvath leads the best way with 14 further base hits (8 doubles, 6 dwelling runs) and Osuna has 9 (6 dwelling runs, 3 doubles).

 
SERRETTI EYES 50 TWO-BASE HITS

• Junior Danny Serretti is one double shy of changing into the tenth participant at school historical past with 50 profession two-base hits. He has 9 doubles thus far this season after amassing 18 in 2019 and once more in 2021.
• Serretti has began 164 consecutive video games, together with 131 at shortstop.
• Serretti ranks twenty sixth amongst all energetic NCAA DI gamers in doubles and third amongst ACC gamers; Rafe Chaumette of Boston School has 53 profession doubles and Pittsburgh’s Jeff Wehler has 50. Aaron Anderson of Liberty is the chief with 68.