University of North Carolina Athletics
Sunday, June 2
Chapel Hill
6 p.m.
North Carolina
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Photo by: ANTHONY SORBELLINI
Baseball Falls To LSU; Regional Championship Game Monday
June 2, 2024 | Baseball
From wire and staff reports
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Josh Pearson and Hayden Travinski hit home runs, Steven Milam had a two-run single in a four-run fourth inning, and defending champion LSU beat No. 4 national seed North Carolina 8-4 on Sunday night at the Chapel Hill Regional.
LSU (43-22) forced a Monday rematch with North Carolina (44-14) for the regional title and a berth in the Super Regional. The game is scheduled for 6 p.m.
Beginning at 4:30 p.m., a limited number of standing-room-only tickets will be available for purchase at the Boshamer Stadium box office. There will be no Bullpen Club on Monday.
"I'm going to give LSU credit," UNC head coach Scott Forbes said. "I thought [Thatcher] Hurd came out of the gate really good. He didn't make any mistakes. I'm rally proud of our team to get behind and keep fighting and getting the tying run to the plate.
"We were hoping that Aidan [Haugh] would give us a little bit more length, but he competed his tail off. I have nothing negative to say at all about our team. It's a special group."
Pearson homered after Jared Jones walked with two outs in the bottom of the first inning, and the Tigers never looked back.
Michael Braswell III had a two-out single in the third to drive in a run, and Milam plated his two in the fourth to give LSU a 7-1 lead. The Tigers tacked another run on in the fifth on solo homer by Travinski.
North Carolina scored a run in the top of the sixth when Parks Harber doubled, took third on a passed ball, and scored on a wild pitch. The Tar Heels scored their final two runs on Anthony Donofrio's bases-loaded single in the seventh.
Donofrio went 3-for-4 with three RBIs. Harber and Osuna had two hits.
UNC loaded the bases and sent the tying run to the plate with one out in the ninth against reliever Gavin Guidry. But Guidry struck out Luke Stevenson on a full-count pitch and retired Gavin Gallaher on a fly ball to left to end the threat.
Starter Thatcher Hurd (3-4) earned the victory. He allowed two runs on six hits in 5 2/3 innings, striking out six without issuing a walk.
Carolina starter Aidan Haugh (4-2) was tagged with the loss after giving up four runs on five hits and two walks in three innings.
LSU beat Wofford 13-6 earlier Sunday to stay alive after The Tar Heels knocked the Tigers into the losers' bracket with a 6-2 victory on Saturday.
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CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Josh Pearson and Hayden Travinski hit home runs, Steven Milam had a two-run single in a four-run fourth inning, and defending champion LSU beat No. 4 national seed North Carolina 8-4 on Sunday night at the Chapel Hill Regional.
LSU (43-22) forced a Monday rematch with North Carolina (44-14) for the regional title and a berth in the Super Regional. The game is scheduled for 6 p.m.
Beginning at 4:30 p.m., a limited number of standing-room-only tickets will be available for purchase at the Boshamer Stadium box office. There will be no Bullpen Club on Monday.
"I'm going to give LSU credit," UNC head coach Scott Forbes said. "I thought [Thatcher] Hurd came out of the gate really good. He didn't make any mistakes. I'm rally proud of our team to get behind and keep fighting and getting the tying run to the plate.
"We were hoping that Aidan [Haugh] would give us a little bit more length, but he competed his tail off. I have nothing negative to say at all about our team. It's a special group."
Pearson homered after Jared Jones walked with two outs in the bottom of the first inning, and the Tigers never looked back.
Michael Braswell III had a two-out single in the third to drive in a run, and Milam plated his two in the fourth to give LSU a 7-1 lead. The Tigers tacked another run on in the fifth on solo homer by Travinski.
North Carolina scored a run in the top of the sixth when Parks Harber doubled, took third on a passed ball, and scored on a wild pitch. The Tar Heels scored their final two runs on Anthony Donofrio's bases-loaded single in the seventh.
Donofrio went 3-for-4 with three RBIs. Harber and Osuna had two hits.
UNC loaded the bases and sent the tying run to the plate with one out in the ninth against reliever Gavin Guidry. But Guidry struck out Luke Stevenson on a full-count pitch and retired Gavin Gallaher on a fly ball to left to end the threat.
Starter Thatcher Hurd (3-4) earned the victory. He allowed two runs on six hits in 5 2/3 innings, striking out six without issuing a walk.
Carolina starter Aidan Haugh (4-2) was tagged with the loss after giving up four runs on five hits and two walks in three innings.
LSU beat Wofford 13-6 earlier Sunday to stay alive after The Tar Heels knocked the Tigers into the losers' bracket with a 6-2 victory on Saturday.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Thatcher Hurd (3-4)
L: Haugh, Aidan (4-2)
Batting:
2B: Harber, Parks 2
RBI: Donofrio, Anthony 3
Base Running:
RUNS: Harber, Parks 2 ; Madera, Alex 1 ; Wilkerson, Colby 1
HBP: Harber, Parks 1
Batting:
HR: Josh Pearson 1 ; Hayden Travinski 1
RBI: Tommy White 1 ; Steven Milam 2 ; Josh Pearson 2 ; Michael Braswell III 1 ; Hayden Travinski 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Tommy White 1 ; Steven Milam 1 ; Jared Jones 1 ; Josh Pearson 1 ; Hayden Travinski 2 ; Jake Brown 1 ; Paxton Kling 1
Game Leaders
AB
4
R
0
H
3
RBI
3
AB
4
R
2
H
2
RBI
0
AB
4
R
0
H
2
RBI
0
AB
5
R
0
H
1
RBI
0
Players Mentioned
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