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No. 6 Tar Heels Pound No. 17 Pirates, 17-4

GREENVILLE, N.C. --- Tyler Lynn and Tyler Ramirez homered in an eight-run second and No. 6 North Carolina reached double figures for the seventh time this season in a 17-4 win over No. 17 East Carolina Tuesday night at Clark-LeClair Stadium. Led by Brian Miller's three safeties, all nine starters had hits for the Tar Heels, who will return to Chapel Hill to host Elon Wednesday night at 6 p.m.

Spencer Trayner (1-0) worked 1.2 scoreless innings and stranded a pair of runners in the fifth to earn his first win of the year in relief.

Lynn opened the scoring in the second with his first home run as a Tar Heel.