North Carolina won Sunday’s baseball game against Florida State by a score of 9-7, sweeping the Seminoles in the 3-game series at Dick Howser Stadium. For the second day in a row, FSU let a lead slip away.
The Good: North Carolina’s bats were on fire in Sunday’s game. The Tar Heels racked up an absurd 15 hits, with five different players getting more than one. That includes two home runs that combined for four runs. North Carolina finished with a .341 batting average compared to Florida State’s .194 mark.
The Bad: At the same time, North Carolina’s starting pitching was doing the Heels no favors. Rodney Hutchison began the game and quickly gave up six runs in the first two innings. It put the Tar Heels in a hole that they had to dig themselves out of for the rest of the contest. They eventually did by the ninth inning, after the rest of their pitchers only gave up one run in the last seven innings.
The Ugly: All teams have certain games where things just aren’t working right. For FSU Saturday night, it was fielding. Somehow that carried over into Sunday’s contest. The Seminoles committed another five errors on Sunday and have now combined for 11 total in the past two games. That truly is inexcusable. Most of the errors have come from the left side of the infield, where the Seminoles are clearly missing Taylor Walls. Committing that many errors however, with just one player out cannot be explained.
Studs of the Game: North Carolina designated hitter Ashton McGee had the best bat in the game on Sunday afternoon. McGee tallied three hits, three RBIs, and two runs in five at-bats. His teammate Logan Warmoth wasn’t bad either, with three hits and one run of his own. For FSU, Cal Raleigh had a bounce back game with two hits and two RBIs. He was the only FSU player to record more than one hit.
Duds of the Game: Drew Mendoza had a series to forget against UNC. Sunday’s game saw him record nothing in three at-bats and commit two errors at third base. On the weekend as a whole, he went 0-for-10 at the plate and had three errors in two games, with two of them being routine throws to first base. North Carolina starting pitcher Rodney Hutchison also gets noticed here after giving up six earned runs in 1 2/3 innings of pitching.
Extra Innings: The past two games have now gone over 3.5 hours in each contest. That typically happens when you commit a lot of errors and let a team keep their batting rotation going.
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