Coming off an embarrassing loss on Tuesday, the UNC baseball team need to respond in Sunday's battle against archival Duke.
North Carolina responded with a dominant, 13-0 victory over the struggling Blue Devils (23-24, 9-15 ACC) in seven innings.
The Diamond Heels (37-9-1, 17-7 ACC) wasted no time breaking out the bats, plating six runs in the first inning. Gavin Gallaher started UNC's scoring party with a full-count single, Duke transfer Macon Winslow extended the lead to 3-0, Colin Hynek walked, Carter French drew a hit by pitch and Jake Schaffner lifted a sacrifice fly to left field.
Winslow continued his monster day with a 2-run home run in the second inning, then Owen Hull plated French with a third inning groundout. Winslow doubled in Cooper Nicholson, later scored via an error, Hynek tripled in Nicholson and Rom Kellis drove Hynek in.
Jason DeCaro, Ryan Lynch and Caden Glauber proved nearly untouchable on the mound, limiting the Blue Devils to three hits and two walks. Duke utilized six pitchers, with starter Peter Lemke only retiring one North Carolina hitter.
Winslow enjoyed arguably his best game against his former team, blasting three hits and driving in five runs across four plate appearances, while scoring three times. For a UNC team that struggled in recent games with offensive production, Winslow brought the needed fire on Sunday.
The Diamond Heels close out their home slate this coming week, hosting Winthrop on Wednesday, before a 3-game weekend set against Pitt Friday-Sunday. Can North Carolina use Sunday's domination to spurn a deep postseason run?
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