Diamond Heels’ bats cool off against VCU on Saturday

The Diamond Heels winning streak ends with 4-3 nail biting loss to VCU in the NCAA Tournament.

The UNC Baseball team’s win streak was ended on Saturday night as they picked up a loss in a tight one against VCU.

UNC bats would cool off this game after a stretch of double-digit hits, they would fail to muster up as they ended up with eight hits. UNC struggled throughout failing to gain any traction, going scoreless in the first seven innings.

UNC did do their job on the defensive end, giving up only one run in the first seven innings. However, VCU would explode for three more, while UNC only reached home plate once in the first eight innings with a Vance Honeycutt home run.

Manager Scott Forbes was ejected after the top of the third inning after a pair of controversial calls that went against UNC. In the second inning, UNC loaded the bases with one out before Johnny Castagnozzi grounded into a double play. Tomas Frick was called out for interference at second base after hitting his head on the infielder’s knee. That erased a run for UNC which would have tied the game.

Then in the third inning, Danny Serretti’s pop-up wasn’t caught by infielder Marcus O’Malley who slid on the infield. Both UNC runners froze and were thrown out at second and third base. Forbes was then ejected as he believed an infield fly should have been called. Instead, it was a double play that took a scoring chance off the board and ended the inning again.

The Diamond Heels did attempt a ninth inning rally after a Danny Serretti two RBI, however those would be the final points, as UNC loses 4-3, in a shocking defeat.

Thankfully UNC’s season is still alive as they will take on Georgia tomorrow in the elimination game. However, it’s an uphill battle to climb as UNC has to beat Georgia then VCU later in the day to force a deciding game on Monday afternoon. It’s going to take three-straight wins for the Tar Heels to advance.

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