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Photo by: ANTHONY SORBELLINI
Arkansas Downs Diamond Heels, 4-1, In Game 1
June 11, 2022 | Baseball
Associated Press
CHAPEL HILL — Peyton Stoval sparked a three-run fifth inning with a lead-off home run, Connor Noland threw 6 2/3 shutout innings and Arkansas upset No. 10 overall seed North Carolina 4-1 in the first round of the Chapel Hill Super Regional on Saturday.
Arkansas (42-19) and North Carolina (42-21), both making a 10th super regional appearance, will play again on Sunday. A win by the Razorbacks would send them to their 11th College World Series in search of their first title. A win by the Tar Heels would force a winner-take-all game on Monday. The two schools are playing for the first time in 33 years.
The Razorbacks took the lead for good in the top of the fifth. Stoval hit the first pitch out to right-center field for his ninth home run of the season. Zack Gregory walked, Braydon Webb singled and both runners moved up a base on a wild pitch by UNC starter Max Carlson (4-3). Slavens singled to center to drive in Gregory and Evan Wallace followed with a sacrifice fly to plate Webb.
Gregory walked and scored on a single by Slavens in the seventh to make it 4-0. Vance Honeycutt drove in the lone run for the Tar Heels with a solo home run in the bottom of the eighth.
Noland (4-2) yielded six hits and a walk, striking out six. Hagen Smith pitched a scoreless ninth for his second save.
North Carolina has been to a super regional in three of the past four seasons. The Tar Heels have made 11 CWS appearances but never won it. They were the runner-up in 2006 and 2007. The Razorbacks have also never won the title have, finishing second in 1979 and 2018. The only other time UNC and Arkansas played was in the 1989 CWS — a 7-3 win by the Razorbacks.
NOTABLES
• Vance Honeycutt set the school single season for home runs by hitting his 25th of the year, breaking the tie with Devy Bell, who had held the record since 1986.
• Angel Zarate collected his 100th hit of the season with a single in the top of the first to become the ninth different Tar Heel to reach the century in a single season. He is the first ACC player since former Tar Heel Cody Stubbs in 2013 to reach the milestone.
• Danny Serretti recorded his 30th multi-hit game of the season.
• Colby Wilkerson posted his third consecutive two-hit game and fourth multi-hit game of the NCAA Baseball Championship.
• Carlson suffered his first loss of the postseason after winning his first three starts with wins over Clemson, NC State and Hofstra.
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CHAPEL HILL — Peyton Stoval sparked a three-run fifth inning with a lead-off home run, Connor Noland threw 6 2/3 shutout innings and Arkansas upset No. 10 overall seed North Carolina 4-1 in the first round of the Chapel Hill Super Regional on Saturday.
Arkansas (42-19) and North Carolina (42-21), both making a 10th super regional appearance, will play again on Sunday. A win by the Razorbacks would send them to their 11th College World Series in search of their first title. A win by the Tar Heels would force a winner-take-all game on Monday. The two schools are playing for the first time in 33 years.
The Razorbacks took the lead for good in the top of the fifth. Stoval hit the first pitch out to right-center field for his ninth home run of the season. Zack Gregory walked, Braydon Webb singled and both runners moved up a base on a wild pitch by UNC starter Max Carlson (4-3). Slavens singled to center to drive in Gregory and Evan Wallace followed with a sacrifice fly to plate Webb.
Gregory walked and scored on a single by Slavens in the seventh to make it 4-0. Vance Honeycutt drove in the lone run for the Tar Heels with a solo home run in the bottom of the eighth.
Noland (4-2) yielded six hits and a walk, striking out six. Hagen Smith pitched a scoreless ninth for his second save.
North Carolina has been to a super regional in three of the past four seasons. The Tar Heels have made 11 CWS appearances but never won it. They were the runner-up in 2006 and 2007. The Razorbacks have also never won the title have, finishing second in 1979 and 2018. The only other time UNC and Arkansas played was in the 1989 CWS — a 7-3 win by the Razorbacks.
NOTABLES
• Vance Honeycutt set the school single season for home runs by hitting his 25th of the year, breaking the tie with Devy Bell, who had held the record since 1986.
• Angel Zarate collected his 100th hit of the season with a single in the top of the first to become the ninth different Tar Heel to reach the century in a single season. He is the first ACC player since former Tar Heel Cody Stubbs in 2013 to reach the milestone.
• Danny Serretti recorded his 30th multi-hit game of the season.
• Colby Wilkerson posted his third consecutive two-hit game and fourth multi-hit game of the NCAA Baseball Championship.
• Carlson suffered his first loss of the postseason after winning his first three starts with wins over Clemson, NC State and Hofstra.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Connor Noland (4-2)
L: Carlson, Max (4-3)
S: Hagen Smith (2)
Batting:
HR: Peyton Stovall 1
RBI: Brady Slavens 2 ; Cayden Wallace 1 ; Peyton Stovall 1
SH: Robert Moore 1
SF: Cayden Wallace 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Braydon Webb 1 ; Peyton Stovall 1 ; Zack Gregory 2
SB: Braydon Webb 1 ; Cayden Wallace 1
HBP: Robert Moore 1
Batting:
2B: Serretti, Danny 1
HR: Honeycutt, Vance 1
RBI: Honeycutt, Vance 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Honeycutt, Vance 1
SB: Madej, Mikey 1
Game Leaders
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RBI
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H
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RBI
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AB
4
R
0
H
1
RBI
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