Zach Seal had two hits in his first start of the season and Bobby Seymour added a solo homer.
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. -- No. 29 North Carolina scored the last six runs of the game to defeat Wake Forest, 6-1, at Boshamer Stadium on Saturday evening.
Bobby Seymour blasted a home run to give the Demon Deacons (11-16, 5-6 ACC) a second-inning lead, but the Tar Heels (17-10, 7-4 ACC) tied the game in the bottom of the inning and pulled ahead for good in the fifth.
Making his first start of the season, Zach Seal went 2-for-3 and was hit by a pitch to lead the Wake Forest offense.
A pair of Deacon errors let UNC score unearned runs in the second and fifth to pull in front, 2-1. After an RBI groundout in the sixth, Cody Roberts hit a two-run double to make the score 5-1.
Michael Busch added a solo homer in the eighth to close out the scoring. He led the North Carolina offense with four hits.
For the Deacs, Morgan McSweeneypitched into the seventh. In 6.2 innings, he allowed five runs (three earned) on 11 hits and two walks. Jared Shuster had a strikeout in a scoreless outing out of the pen.
UNC starter Austin Bergner (4-1) allowed one run in 6.0 innings on four hits and four walks. Cooper Criswell tossed 2.0 hitless innings out of the pen and Brett Daniels threw a scoreless ninth.
The series finale is set for Sunday afternoon at 2 p.m.
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. -- No. 29 North Carolina scored the last six runs of the game to defeat Wake Forest, 6-1, at Boshamer Stadium on Saturday evening.
Bobby Seymour blasted a home run to give the Demon Deacons (11-16, 5-6 ACC) a second-inning lead, but the Tar Heels (17-10, 7-4 ACC) tied the game in the bottom of the inning and pulled ahead for good in the fifth.
Making his first start of the season, Zach Seal went 2-for-3 and was hit by a pitch to lead the Wake Forest offense.
A pair of Deacon errors let UNC score unearned runs in the second and fifth to pull in front, 2-1. After an RBI groundout in the sixth, Cody Roberts hit a two-run double to make the score 5-1.
Michael Busch added a solo homer in the eighth to close out the scoring. He led the North Carolina offense with four hits.
For the Deacs, Morgan McSweeneypitched into the seventh. In 6.2 innings, he allowed five runs (three earned) on 11 hits and two walks. Jared Shuster had a strikeout in a scoreless outing out of the pen.
UNC starter Austin Bergner (4-1) allowed one run in 6.0 innings on four hits and four walks. Cooper Criswell tossed 2.0 hitless innings out of the pen and Brett Daniels threw a scoreless ninth.
The series finale is set for Sunday afternoon at 2 p.m.
