Palermo Secures Diamond Heels Win Over Campbell

Tuesday, April 19

Chapel Hill

8 p.m.

North Carolina

23-14

Campbell

22-13

Campbell

North Carolina

Photo by: ANTHONY SORBELLINI

April 20, 2022 | Baseball

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By: Jody Jones

CHAPEL HILL – Davis Palermo tossed three scoreless innings to earn his second save of the season and secure North Carolina's 7-4 victory over Campbell at Boshamer Stadium on Tuesday night. Palermo struck out five and allowed just one hit in his longest outing since March 29.

Angel Zarate and Hunter Stokely drove in two runs each to help the Diamond Heels (23-14) snap the Camels' (22-13) 12-game winning streak.

With the game tied at 2-all in the bottom of the fifth inning, Alberto Osuna ripped base hit to left field to drive home Mac Horvath, who drew two-out walk and stole second to move into scoring position.

Zarate extended Carolina's lead to 5-2 in the sixth with a high chopper that found its way through the right side to knock in a pair of runs. Vance Honeycutt scored later in the inning on a fielder's choice to push the lead to four runs.

Campbell got two runs back in the seventh before Palermo entered. He fanned the first two batters he faced and three of the first five, retiring the first seven batters in order.

Zach Neto got the lone hit off Palermo with one out in the ninth and Logan Jordan walked to bring the tying run to the plate.

Following a visit to the mound from Coach Forbes, Palermo struck out the final two batters to preserve the victory.

NOTABLES
• North Carolina won its seventh straight game against Campbell and improved to 38-10 all-time against the Camels.
• Shawn Rapp made his first start of the season and sixth of his career. His last start was May 25, 2021 in Atlanta against Georgia Tech.
• Horvath stole two bases in a game for the third time this season (VMI 3/15; Virginia Tech 4/1).
• Osuna extended his games with an RBI streak to eight games. He has 16 total RBIs in those eight games after total 17 RBIs in the first 25 games of the season.
• Stokely drove in a run for the fourth consecutive game. He has six RBIs in those four games.
• Danny Serretti extended his career-long hitting streak to 11 games. Zarate extended his hitting streak to nine games, Osuna to eight and Stokely to five.
• Palmero tossed 3.0 or more innings for the third time in game this season. He pitched 3.1 innings versus UNCW (3/29) and 3.0 against VMI (3/15).

HOW IT HAPPENED
• Stokely looped a two-run single into right-center field in the bottom of the first (UNC 2, CU 0).
• Drake Pierson stole third and scored on a throwing error in the top of the second (UNC 2, CU 1).
• Lawson Harrill doubled to drive in Tyler Halstead in the top of the fourth inning (UNC 2, CU 2).
• Osuna singled to left to score Horvath from second base in the bottom of the fifth (UNC 3, CU 2).
• Zarate's chopper plated two more runs in the bottom of the sixth before Vane Honeycutt came on a fielder's choice (UNC 6, CU 2).
• Harrill and Zach Neto scored on a throwing error in the top of the seventh inning (UNC 6, CU 4).
• Serretti scored on a ground out by Johnny Castagnozzi while Osuna got chased in a rundown in the bottom of the seventh (UNC 7, CU 4).

UP NEXT
The Diamond Heels return to ACC play this weekend with a three-game series in Charlottesville against Virginia. The first game of the series is schedule for Friday, April 22, at 6 p.m. and will be streamed on ACCNX.