Carolina baseball advances to 12th College World Series
The Diamond Heels are heading to Omaha for the first time since 2018 following a Super Regional series win against West Virginia.
For the 12th time in program history, Carolina baseball is heading to the College World Series.
大一新生杰森·迪卡罗投了6又1/3局, and Vance Honeycutt homered on the first pitch of the game to lead the Tar Heels to a 2-1 win over West Virginia Saturday, securing their first trip to Omaha since 2018 and first under head coach Scott Forbes.
主场不败的柏油高跟鞋队（47胜14负）排名第一. 4 national seed, went to Omaha seven times from 2006-18. They returned by sweeping the best-of-three Super Regional series against unseeded West Virginia (36-24).
“I’m really happy for this team and these players,福布斯说. “My whole goal was to get these guys to Omaha because they deserve to be there.”
柏油高跟鞋队将打No .. 12号种子弗吉尼亚将在下周末的首轮比赛中迎战.
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Honeycutt, 谁在第一场比赛的最后一球打了本垒打, launched the first pitch of Game Two over the left field wall, 让人群陷入疯狂.
He led off the third with a bunt single and moved to third on Casey Cook’s base hit back up the middle. Parks Harber followed with an RBI single through the left side, easily scoring Honeycutt.
“I’ve been saying it since the beginning of the season; [Honeycutt] is the best player in the country,福布斯说. “他说，‘教练，相信我们，拍拍我们的背.“我就是这么做的. 他改变了比赛.”
迪卡罗（6胜1负）被击出2支安打，失1分, struck out four and walked two before being replaced by closer Dalton Pence.
He struck out the side in the second and only allowed one base runner the next four innings before being lifted from the game.
“他是一个特别的孩子，”福布斯说. “在今天的比赛中，我们喜欢杰森. Him, coach Gaines and coach Howell had a plan, and the pitcher has to go out there and execute it. It’s fun calling pitches when he’s throwing it like he was tonight.”
Nearly 4,500 fans attended Carolina’s 2-1 win over West Virginia June 8. The Tar Heels went 37-3 at Boshamer Stadium this season. （Rob Holliday/太阳城娱乐）
Reed Chumley, the final batter DeCaro faced, scored on Kyle West’s RBI single in the seventh. 彭斯三振本·拉姆斯登结束本局.
彭斯在第八局时按顺序退场, but West Virginia mounted its most serious scoring threat in the ninth, putting the tying run at second base with one out and loading them with two down.
然而, Pence induced a groundball to first and won the race with Lumsden to the bag, 这让太阳城娱乐获得了第八个超级地区冠军.
Pence pitched 2 1/3 scoreless innings and struck out six while issuing three walks and allowing one hit to earn his eighth save.
West Virginia’s Tyler Switalski (5-3) allowed two runs and five hits and issued one walk with four strikeouts.
赛后的笔记
- The Tar Heels recorded their 47th win of the season, their most since winning 48 in 2009.
- 卡罗莱纳在超级地区赛的战绩是8胜3负. The Tar Heels have 17 Super Regional wins, ninth most all-time.
- Carolina recorded its sixth Super Regional sweep (2006, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2018, 2024).
- Carolina improved to 16-2 this season when allowing two runs or fewer.
- 柏油高跟鞋队以37胜3负结束比赛。.925) at Boshamer Stadium, recording the highest winning percentage in stadium history.
- Honeycutt broke his program single-season home run record, belting his 26th of the season. 这是他职业生涯的第63支本垒打.
- 迪卡罗打出了本赛季第六次高质量的首发.
- Pence recorded his eighth save of the season, tied for 13th most in school history.
