No. 12 UNC Evens Series Against The Pirates

Saturday, February 18

Chapel Hill, NC

2 p.m.

Seton Hall University

1-1

North Carolina

1-1

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Runs R	Hits H	Errors E
Seton Hall	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	1
North Carolina	0	0	3	4	1	0	2	1	X	11	10	1

2/18/2023 8:51:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score

Chapel Hill, N.C. - The Seton Hall baseball scored in the first inning against No. 12 North Carolina for the second consecutive game but it couldn't hold onto its early lead as the Pirates fell to the Tar Heels, 11-2, Saturday afternoon.

Junior Max Viera (Greenwood Lake, N.Y.) tallied his first RBI as a Pirate and junior Zack Sylvester (Montville, N.J.) went 1-for-4 with a double for the Pirates (1-1).

How It Happened

Similar to game one, redshirt junior Will Gale (Scotch Plains, N.J.) led off the game with a walk and stole second base. After sophomore Pat D'Amico (Lynnfield, Mass.) drew the Pirates' second consecutive walk, Gale caught the infield sleeping and stole third. His craftiness on the base paths drew a poor throw from the catcher and it allowed Gale to score from third, giving The Hall an early 1-0 lead. Junior Staus Pokrovsky (Pittsgrove, N.J.) singled through the left side to keep he line moving and a wild pitch moved him and D'Amico into scoring position. Viera then lifted a 3-2 pitch to right field that allowed D'Amico to score on the sac fly and it extended Seton Hall's lead to 2-0.

Sophomore Daniel Frontera (Red Bank, N.J.) worked back-to-back scoreless frames in the first and second but ran into some trouble in the home half of the the third where the Tar Heels pushed across three runs to go up 3-2. UNC then tacked on four more runs in the fourth and another run in the fifth to take a commanding six-run lead, 8-2. The Pirates threatened in the top of the fifth when redshirt juniors Jonathan Luders (Lynnfield, Mass.) and Devin Hack (Somerville, N.J.) both reached on base hits but they couldn't chip away at the deficit.

News & Notes

Of Seton Hall's four hits, three of them came when leading off the inning.
Freshman Ryan Reich (Selinsgrove, Pa.) made his first career appearance out of the bullpen for the Pirates.
Junior Michael Ciminiello (Saint James, N.Y.) struck out two batters in 1.2 innings of relief.
Gale has stolen multiple bases in both games this series.
Sophomore Jedier Hernandez (Trenton, N.J.) has reached base in five of his eight plate appearances through two games.

Up Next

The rubber game of the three-game series between Seton Hall and North Carolina will take place tomorrow at 1 p.m. and it will be streamed on ACC Network Extra.