Leadoff batter Angel Zarate reached base five times, scoring four runs, to spark No. 8 seed North Carolina to a 9-2 victory over No. 12 seed Clemson in first-round pool play at the ACC Tournament on Tuesday.
CHAPEL HILL – North Carolina (34-19) completed a three-game sweep of Florida State (32-22) Saturday, topping the Seminoles 11-0 at Boshamer Stadium. It was the first time FSU has been swept on the road since 2015.
Angel Zarate hit a home run on the first pitch of the game. The Tar Heels extended the lead with two sacrifice flies in the second inning and another in the fifth. A two-run single from Alberto Osuna made the score 6-0 in the sixth.
FSU had runners on base in each of the first seven innings, but could not push a run across.
After a two-hour rain delay, UNC added five runs in the seventh inning.
SCORING SUMMARY:
B1 | FSU 0, UNC 1 Zarate home run
B2 | FSU 0, UNC 2 Horvath sacrifice fly, Stokely scored
B2 | FSU 0, UNC 3 Serretti sacrifice fly, Wilkerson scored
B5 | FSU 0, UNC 4 Frick sacrifice fly, Honeycutt scored
B6 | FSU 0, UNC 6 Osuna singled, Zarate & Horvath scored
B7 | FSU 0, UNC 7 Zarate singled, Holbrook sco
CHAPEL HILL – After rallying back from a four-run deficit in the first inning – and leading in the ninth – Florida State (32-20, 15-13 ACC) lost 7-5 to North Carolina (32-19, 13-15) on a walk-off three home run from Alberto Osuna. It was Osuna’s second three-run home run of the game. North Carolina led 4-0 after the first inning, scoring all three runs against FSU starter Carson Montgomery. Montgomery, Conner Whittaker and Wyatt Crowell (5-1) combined to keep the Tar Heels off the board for seven innings until Osuna’s ninth-inning home run. FSU slowly clawed back into the game before taking the lead in the eighth inning. Jaime Ferrer doubled in the fourth inning and scored on James Tibbs’ single. Logan Lacey’s solo home run later that inning made the lead 4-2 UNC. In the sixth, Ferrer hit his eighth home run of the season, over the scoreboard in left field. With two outs in the eighth, Ferrer singled and Tibbs’ 10th home run of the season gave FSU its first lead. Crowe
Season so far
The Tar Heels started the season strong, with out of conference series wins against ECU and a sweep against Coastal Carolina. They followed this up with a sweep of Pitt and a series.