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North Carolina Tar Heels baseball pulled out a win on Friday night, blanking the VCU Rams 8-0 to advance and play East Carolina Pirates.
ECU needed extra innings to knock-off No. 2 Tennessee on Friday night. However, they’ll come in with a spark of momentum. The winner of this game will be on a good path, while the loser is in rough shape.
| 2026 NCAA Baseball Championship | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Carolina (46-11) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 1 | |||
| East Carolina (37-22-1) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 |
UNC vs. East Carolina baseball box score: Live stats from NCAA Baseball Championship
UNC Tar Heels
| Batter | POS | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Jake Schaffner | SS | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .364 | .478 |
| 5 | Gavin Gallaher | 2B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .283 | .376 |
| 8 | Owen Hull | CF | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .374 | .493 |
| 6 | Macon Winslow | DH | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .303 | .436 |
| 44 | Erik Paulsen | 1B | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .292 | .425 |
| 1 | Cooper Nicholson | 3B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .280 | .450 |
| 12 | Tyler Howe | LF | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .251 | .383 |
| 23 | Colin Hynek | C | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .271 | .359 |
| 18 | Carter French | RF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .231 | .388 |
| Total | 1965 | 243 | 454 | 453 | 252 | 7 | ||||
2B:
- Schaffner 1 (18)
- Gallaher 2 (13)
H:
- Hynek 1 (8)
RBI:
- Schaffner 1 (43)
- Gallaher 2 (53)
- Paulsen 1 (50)
- Hynek 3 (53)
| Pitcher | POS | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | BF | ERA | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 | Jason DeCaro | P | 3.2 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 2.5 |
| 27 | Caden Glauber | P | 2.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 1.9 |
| Total | 6.0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 28 | |||
- Glauber 38 (24 strikes)
- DeCaro 78 (49 strikes)
East Carolina Pirates
| Batter | POS | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | Grady Lenahan | CF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .299 | .393 |
| 3 | Davin Whitaker | RF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .332 | .431 |
| 26 | Braden Burress | 2B | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .351 | .453 |
| 13 | Michael Kalinich | DH | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .278 | .398 |
| 10 | Colby Wallace | 3B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .309 | .360 |
| Jeff Sabater | LF | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .360 | .452 | |
| 21 | Austin Irby | 1B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .239 | .354 |
| 24 | Walker Barron | C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .282 | .365 |
| 4 | Nick Parham | SS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .200 | .277 |
| Total | 2014 | 288 | 466 | 397 | 226 | 7 | ||||
2B:
- Sabater 1 (5)
RBI:
- Burress 1 (32)
- Sabater 2 (18)
| Pitcher | POS | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | BF | ERA | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 43 | Luke Payne | P | 3.1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 5.4 |
| 99 | Gavin Marley | P | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3.3 |
| 50 | Charlie Hoagland | P | 0.2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5.3 |
| 37 | Ethan Rose | P | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3.4 |
| 33 | Joseph Webb | P | 1.0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3.9 |
| Total | 6.0 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 31 | |||
- Marley 11 (7 strikes)
- Payne 64 (38 strikes)
- Hoagland 10 (5 strikes)
- Rose 2 (2 strikes)
- Webb 28 (15 strikes)
How to watch: UNC vs. East Carolina 2026 NCAA Baseball Championship Game 1
Date: Saturday, May 30
Time: 5 p.m. ET
TV: ACC Network
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