CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – Sixth-ranked North Carolina scored multiple runs in four separate innings and held Virginia Tech scoreless until the eighth as the Tar Heels won the first game of a three-game ACC series at Boshamer Stadium on Thursday afternoon.
Three Hokies notched multi-hit games as the team had 10 hits total and had several opportunities to score before the eighth, but UNC used solid pitching and timely defense to keep them off the board.
JD Mundy and Nick Menken hit back-to-back singles to open the second then loaded the bases when Michael Fernandez put down a sacrifice bunt, but reached on a fielding error by the pitcher to load the bases.