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Osuna Hits Two Homers To Power Baseball By Longwood
February 28, 2024 | Baseball
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – Alberto Osuna hit two home runs to lead No. 17 North Carolina to a 12-3 win over Longwood at Boshamer Stadium on Wednesday.
The Tar Heels (7-2) collected double-digit hits for the second consecutive game after recording 13 last night in their win over VCU. Osuna finished 3-for-4 at the plate with three RBIs and a double in addition to his fourth and fifth home runs.
Freshman Luke Stevenson registered two hits and drove in three runs. Graduate transfer Anthony Donofrio produced three runs with an RBI double and a bases loaded walk.
Matthew Matthijs (3-0) pitched 2.2 innings of scoreless relief with a pair of strikeouts to earn the win. Aidan Haugh fanned three in 1.2 innings before Ryan Fischer tossed the final three to earn his first save as a Tar Heel.
Osuna launched his first home run of the game to lead off the bottom of the second after the Lancers got on the board first in the top half of the frame.
Donofrio put the Heels ahead with a two-run double in the third, and Osuna followed with a double to plate Casey Cook with the game-winning run to give UNC a 4-1 lead.
Donofrio drew a bases loaded walk to plate the first of four runs in the fifth inning. Cook sprinted home on a wild pitch to score the next run, and Stevenson drove home a pair with a single.
The Lancers scored two unearned runs in the seventh, with Logan Janney and Blagen Pado racing home on a pair of Carolina fielding errors after Jucie Tobin's single.
Osuna led off the bottom half of the seventh with a moon shot to center field to start another four-run inning. Gavin Gallaher walked, stole second, and scored on Stevenson's hit through the right side. Alex Madera drove in the third run of the frame with a ground ball to second, and former Longwood all-conference player Eliot Dix dashed home on a wild pitch with Tar Heels' 12th run.
Longwood freshman Owens Simmons (0-1) gave up seven runs in his first collegiate start. UNC drew five walks and registered five hits in 4.0 innings against the Greensboro, N.C., native. The Lancers bullpen surrendered five runs, five hits and five base on balls in the final four innings.
Carolina continues its five-game homestand Friday as it opens a three-game series against Princeton, coached by former Tar Heel All-America Scott Bradley. The first pitch is slated for 4 p.m. at Boshamer Stadium.
HOW IT HAPPENED:
T2 – Noah Campanelli scored on a wild pitch (LC, 1-0).
B2 – Osuna hits a solo home run over the left field wall (T, 1-1).
B3 – Donofrio doubles to right-center field, plating Madera and Vance Honeycutt (UNC, 3-1).
B3 – Osuna drills a two-out double to center field, scoring Donofrio (UNC, 4-1).
B5 – Donofrio drew a bases loaded walk, Cook scores on a wild pitch and Stevenson laces a two-run single (UNC, 8-1).
T7 – Lanney and Pado scored on two different fielding errors on the same play after Tobin singled to left (UNC, 8-3).
B7 – Osuna led off with a solo home run, Stevenson had an RBI single, Parker Haskin scored on a fielder's choice, and Dix came home on a wild pitch (UNC, 12-3).
NOTABLES:
• UNC improved to 4-0 all-time against Longwood, beating the Lancers for the third consecutive season.
• The Tar Heels scored four or more runs in an inning for the ninth and 10th time this season.
• Osuna recorded the fourth two-homer game of his career, with the last coming against Florida State in 2022.
• Stevenson recorded his second straight multi-hit game.
• Donofrio drove in multiple runs for the second consecutive night after not producing any runs in the previous three games. He is tied for the team lead in multi-RBI games with four.
• Matthijs has been the winning pitcher in three of the Tar Heels' last four victories.
• Haugh has 10 strikeouts in 5.2 innings pitched this season with two walks.
The Tar Heels (7-2) collected double-digit hits for the second consecutive game after recording 13 last night in their win over VCU. Osuna finished 3-for-4 at the plate with three RBIs and a double in addition to his fourth and fifth home runs.
Freshman Luke Stevenson registered two hits and drove in three runs. Graduate transfer Anthony Donofrio produced three runs with an RBI double and a bases loaded walk.
Matthew Matthijs (3-0) pitched 2.2 innings of scoreless relief with a pair of strikeouts to earn the win. Aidan Haugh fanned three in 1.2 innings before Ryan Fischer tossed the final three to earn his first save as a Tar Heel.
Osuna launched his first home run of the game to lead off the bottom of the second after the Lancers got on the board first in the top half of the frame.
Donofrio put the Heels ahead with a two-run double in the third, and Osuna followed with a double to plate Casey Cook with the game-winning run to give UNC a 4-1 lead.
Donofrio drew a bases loaded walk to plate the first of four runs in the fifth inning. Cook sprinted home on a wild pitch to score the next run, and Stevenson drove home a pair with a single.
The Lancers scored two unearned runs in the seventh, with Logan Janney and Blagen Pado racing home on a pair of Carolina fielding errors after Jucie Tobin's single.
Osuna led off the bottom half of the seventh with a moon shot to center field to start another four-run inning. Gavin Gallaher walked, stole second, and scored on Stevenson's hit through the right side. Alex Madera drove in the third run of the frame with a ground ball to second, and former Longwood all-conference player Eliot Dix dashed home on a wild pitch with Tar Heels' 12th run.
Longwood freshman Owens Simmons (0-1) gave up seven runs in his first collegiate start. UNC drew five walks and registered five hits in 4.0 innings against the Greensboro, N.C., native. The Lancers bullpen surrendered five runs, five hits and five base on balls in the final four innings.
Carolina continues its five-game homestand Friday as it opens a three-game series against Princeton, coached by former Tar Heel All-America Scott Bradley. The first pitch is slated for 4 p.m. at Boshamer Stadium.
HOW IT HAPPENED:
T2 – Noah Campanelli scored on a wild pitch (LC, 1-0).
B2 – Osuna hits a solo home run over the left field wall (T, 1-1).
B3 – Donofrio doubles to right-center field, plating Madera and Vance Honeycutt (UNC, 3-1).
B3 – Osuna drills a two-out double to center field, scoring Donofrio (UNC, 4-1).
B5 – Donofrio drew a bases loaded walk, Cook scores on a wild pitch and Stevenson laces a two-run single (UNC, 8-1).
T7 – Lanney and Pado scored on two different fielding errors on the same play after Tobin singled to left (UNC, 8-3).
B7 – Osuna led off with a solo home run, Stevenson had an RBI single, Parker Haskin scored on a fielder's choice, and Dix came home on a wild pitch (UNC, 12-3).
NOTABLES:
• UNC improved to 4-0 all-time against Longwood, beating the Lancers for the third consecutive season.
• The Tar Heels scored four or more runs in an inning for the ninth and 10th time this season.
• Osuna recorded the fourth two-homer game of his career, with the last coming against Florida State in 2022.
• Stevenson recorded his second straight multi-hit game.
• Donofrio drove in multiple runs for the second consecutive night after not producing any runs in the previous three games. He is tied for the team lead in multi-RBI games with four.
• Matthijs has been the winning pitcher in three of the Tar Heels' last four victories.
• Haugh has 10 strikeouts in 5.2 innings pitched this season with two walks.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Matthijs, Matthew (3-0)
L: SIMMONS, OWENS (0-1)
S: Fischer, Ryan (1)
Batting:
2B: THOMAS, TANNER 1
RBI: TOBIN, JUICE 1
Base Running:
RUNS: CAMPANELLI, NOAH 1 ; JANNEY, LOGAN 1 ; PADO, BLAGEN 1
SB: CAMPANELLI, NOAH 1
HBP: THOMAS, TANNER 1
PO: THOMAS, TANNER 1
Batting:
2B: Cook, Casey 1 ; Donofrio, Anthony 1 ; Osuna, Alberto 1
HR: Osuna, Alberto 2
RBI: Madera, Alex 1 ; Donofrio, Anthony 3 ; Osuna, Alberto 3 ; Stevenson, Luke 3
Base Running:
RUNS: Madera, Alex 2 ; Honeycutt, Vance 1 ; Cook, Casey 1 ; Donofrio, Anthony 2 ; Osuna, Alberto 2 ; Gallaher, Gavin 2 ; Haskin, Parker 1 ; Dix, Eliot 1
SB: Madera, Alex 2 ; Gallaher, Gavin 1 ; Stevenson, Luke 1
HBP: Dix, Eliot 1
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