Diamond Heels Blank ECU To Win Series - UNC Athletics

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CHAPEL HILL – Four Tar Heel pitchers combined on a five-hit shutout of No. 25 East Carolina at Boshamer Stadium as North Carolina blanked its instate foe for the first time since 2012 with a 2-0 victory.
 
Max Carlson picked up the win after holding ECU (1-5) to four hits with five strikeouts in 5.2 innings pitched. The Carolina bullpen then limited the Pirates to a single hit in the final 3.1 innings and fanned six of 12 batters faced to seal the series victory following a 7-4 triumph here on Friday.
 
The Tar Heels (6-0) mounted a two-out rally in the fifth inning to score the game's only two runs. After Reece Holbrook drew a one-out walk, Vance Honeycutt singled to put runners at first and second with two outs. Angel Zarate then delivered a two-run double off the base of the center field wall to plate both runners.
 
ECU threatened to score with runners at first and second with two outs in the sixth, but Shawn Rapp came out of the bullpen to strike out Josh Moylan and end the threat.
 
Alec Makarewicz got the Pirates' final hit of the game with one out in the seventh. Davis Palermo pitched the next 1.2 innings for UNC and retired all five batters he faced. Caden O'Brien then struck out the side in the ninth to seal the win.
 
NOTABLES
• Carolina shut out ECU for the first time since April 5, 2012 which was a 1-0 10-inning victory.
• The Tar Heels last shutout was a 5-0 win over Louisville on May 15, 2021.
• Zarate is the only Tar Heel to have hit safely in all six games this season. Johnny Castagnozzi and Alberto Osuna both had their five-game hitting streak end today.
• O'Brien picked up his second save in as many days and has struck out all four batters he faced in both outings. He has seven strikeouts in 2.2 innings pitched this season.
• Rapp has appeared in five of the first six games of the season.
• Honeycutt swiped his fourth and fifth bases of the season and is 5-of-5 in stolen bases attempts.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
• Zarate doubled to center field with two outs in the fifth inning to score Holbrook from second base and Honeycutt from first base.
 
UP NEXT
The Tar Heels and Pirates will wrap up their three-game series Sunday at 4 p.m. at Clark-LeClair Stadium in Greenville.
 

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