Tar Heels Fall Short to No. 3 Florida State, Game Two Postponed

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Tar Heels Fall Short to No. 3 Florida State, Game Two Postponed

April 14, 2019 | Softball

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CHAPEL HILL – Despite begin down by four early in the game, the Tar Heels bounced back and brought the game within two with the bases loaded in the bottom of the seventh inning. However, No. 3 Florida State closed out the game with a pair of strikeouts to earn the 8-6 win in game one of the series on Senior Day.

UNC and the Seminoles attempted to start game two of the series, however Mother Nature made her presence known to call the game. The series will wrap up Monday with a doubleheader at 4 and 7 p.m. live on ESPNU.

Florida State jumped to a 4-0 lead by the fourth inning on a single and Zoe Casas' three-run triple. However, Carolina responded the first of two home-runs by Brittany Pickett to cut the deficit to one run. Heads up base-running by Tainasha Vines tied the game at 4-4. FSU homered and tripled in the sixth to reclaim the lead. Pickett slugged her second gone-ball of the day to make it, 7-5 in favor of the Noles. FSU plated one run in the seventh. After Berlynne Delamora drew an RBI-walk, Carolina was in position to walk-off with the win but a pair of Megan King strikeouts secured the game. Florida State improves to 38-5, 10-3 in the ACC while Carolina falls to 24-14, 11-5.

Key Moments
» The Tar Heels turned a double play in the first inning as Leah Murray snagged the popup and threw to Megan Dray to throw out the runner at home.
» After a Leah Murray leadoff single, the Seminoles had a double play of their own to keep the game scoreless.
» Florida State jumped on the board first as Sydney Sherrill sent and RBI-single to center.
» The Seminoles extended their lead on two-run triple and passed ball in the fourth.
» Kiani Ramsey drew a leadoff walk and Dray singled up the middle before Pickett crushed her fourth home run of the season to bring the score within on, down 3-4.
» The Tar Heels threatened in the fifth with two on and no outs thanks to an FSU misuce and Destiny DeBerry single. Pinch runner Vines knotted the game at 4-4, coming home on a passed ball.
» Florida State reclaimed the lead with a two-run triple and passed ball in the sixth.
» Pickett crushed her second home run of the day, cutting the deficit to two. Both Campbell Hutcherson and DeBerry singled in the frame but a groundout left them on base.
» Dray threw out her second runner of the day in the seventh inning.
» A trio of walks loaded the bases for Carolina in the bottom of the seventh. Delamora drew an RBI-walk to cut UNC's deficit to two. However, a pair of strikeouts secured the 8-6 decision for Florida State.
» Winning Pitcher: Megan King (20-3) // Losing pitcher: Brittany Pickett (15-8)

Noteworthy
» DeBerry and Ramsey each stole a base to up the Tar Heels' season total to 80.
» Dray extended her reached-base streak to 13 games with a single in the fourth inning of game one.
» Pickett threw her 16th complete game.
» Both DeBerry and Pickett had multi-hit games. Pickett had a mulit-RBI game with four.

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