Tar Heels Join Pack In O-M-A-H-A

Game three of the Chapel Hill Super Regional the last of the eight Super Regional tournaments to be decided goes to North Carolina as both teams did they best to give the game away but in the end South Carolina did a better job of playing give-a-way and the Tar Heels down the Gamecocks 5-4 to set up a Sunday date with N C State.

North Carolina dropped  a lazy fly ball which would have been out #3 which led to 2 South Carolina Runs but SC gave the runs back and the Tar Heels made them pay scoring three runs in the seventh inning which gave the Tar Heels the lead they would never give back.

This sets up a Sunday at 3pm second day of the College World Series North Carolina playing in their sixth World Series in eight years against N C State playing in only their second ever World Series in the last 45 years.  The last time these two teams played three weeks ago it was in front of the largest crowd to ever watch a College baseball game.  Sunday about 40,000 will watch as theses two old rivals go head to head.

Tonight in Wilson Coleman Pitt Post 58 got off to a good start in conference play as they take down Wilson Post 13 4-1.  Northern Nash's Derrick Carter pitched six solid innings  giving up 3 hits striking out seven walked 2 and hit three others.  The only run he gave up got on base on a very controversial call of a fair ball hit by P13's Zac Layne which was ruled a double when it looked foul by a couple of feet.

Hank Jones brought in Pascal Ammons to pitch the 7th and 8th inning and Cody Smith wrapped up the ninth  inning giving P58 their first official win of the year.  Most inportantly their first conference win of the year.  Leadoff man Jeremy Johnson went four for five in the game including two doubles.Post 58 other three hits from Chase Roupp who's single drove in the first run in the first inning. Adam Baylees hit one off the wall that was about two inches from being a home run and a hustle hit from Spenser Ramsey as he beat out an infield single.

Andy Morris had the only other rbi with a sac fly and the other two runs came home on sloppy defense by Post 13.  Rocky Mount played a smooth game on defense not committing a error all night.  This is the first time all year that Hank Jones has had his whole team for either a practice or game and if tonight is any indication this team will be all right as the season unfurls.

Tonight's game was taped by the All New Sports Show and will be played back Sunday night on WHIG-TV.   The next action for P58 is Wednesday night when they travel to Greenville to play P39.  That game will be played at Mark Leclair Stadium at ECU.  P58 next home game is Friday at 7pm.