Back at the beginning of April, you’d be excused if you weren’t focused on Carolina baseball. There were some other things going on at the time, and after a hot start the Diamond Heels were crashing to earth, first being swept by Miami, and then losing two out of three at home to Virginia Tech. During that series, the Tar Heels’ pitching staff surrendered 25 runs, and had to win a slugfest 10-6 in order to scratch out their only win.
On Friday night, they scored ten runs again...only Virginia Tech didn’t score any.
While the offense was the star of the night, the really important stat of the night was this: winning pitcher Brandon Schaeffer pitched a complete game shutout, scattering six hits, striking out six, and only having to throw 102 pitches in order to get the W for the Tar Heels.