Duke Falls to No. 15 North Carolina, 10-5

DURHAM – The Duke baseball program dropped the first game of the series against North Carolina, 10-5, on Friday afternoon at the Durham Bulls Athletic Park in downtown Durham.

Duke dipped to 10-8 and 1-3 in the ACC on the season while the 15th-ranked Tar Heels propel to 16-2 and 4-0 in conference play.

Senior RJ Schreck and junior Graham Pauley led Duke offensively. Schreck finished 2-for-4 with a pair of solo home runs. Pauley went 3-for-4, tallying his team-leading eighth double of the season.

Junior Marcus Johnson started on the mound for the Blue Devils. Johnson allowed five runs, four earned, on seven hits and four walks in five innings of work. He struck out seven but was tagged with the…