Princeton University
North Carolina
Bombs Away
March 20, 2002 | Baseball
March 20, 2002
Final Stats
CHAPEL HILL, NC - Paul Ackerman went 2-for-3 with an RBI and one run scored, but Princeton gave up 18 hits, including seven home runs in a 16-2 loss to North Carolina on Wednesday afternoon at Boshamer Stadium. The loss drops the Tigers to 2-8, while the Tar Heels improve to 12-8.
North Carolina's seven home runs breaks the Princeton record for round trippers allowed in a game. The previous record was six, most recently against Miami on March 13, 1999.
Russ Adams was 3-for-5 with five RBIs and led the homer parade with two. Chris Iannetta, Sean Farrell, Ryan Blake, Chris Maples and Ron Braun all also went deep, as the Tar Heels surpassed last year*s home run total (30) in just the 20th game of 2002. The Tar Heels have 34 homers this year, with Farrell and Maples leading the way with six each. Carolina got four runs in the first and led 4-1 entering the bottom of the sixth before it exploded for six runs in both the sixth and seventh innings. With two outs in the sixth, Russ Adams went deep with a two-run shot to right-center field. Farrell walked and Blake had a two-run homer of his own. Maples and Iannetta followed with solo homers in succession, the second time in four days the Tar Heels have hit back-to-back-to-back home runs.
Leading 10-1, the Tar Heels had another flurry of homers in the seventh. Braun led off the inning with an opposite field shot for a 10-run advantage. Russ Adams followed three batters later with a two-run bomb and Farrell followed that with a solo shot. Mell Adams, who also had a two-run single in the first, drove in UNC's final runs with a two-run single in the seventh.
Meanwhile, four Carolina pitchers combined to hold Princeton to just four hits on the afternoon. Freshman Carter Harrell (3-3) pitched five innings, the longest outing of his career, and allowed just one run on two hits while striking out a career-high seven batters for the win.
Centerfielder Adam Balkan made a great two-out diving catch for Princeton in with two runners on in the bottom of the fifth inning.
Chris Higgins (0-1) allowed four runs on eight hits over five innings for the loss.