North Carolina vs. USC baseball box score: Live stats from NCAA Baseball Championship Game
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Friday's Game 1 between the Trojans and Tar Heels was ironically a tale of two halves. Innings 1-4, then innings 5-9. North Carolina jumped out to a 5-1 lead through four innings, only for USC to rack up eight unanswered runs in the latter five innings.
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An area to keep your eyes on are the 7-8-9 hitters who Coach Travis refers to as the "Snipers". Expected to generate runs from the back end of the order. On Friday Carpentier batting in the bottom of the order hit a grand slam that was the difference in the game.
USC is one win away from the 2026 College World Series. First pitch in Chapel Hill will be at 2 p.m. ET on ESPN.
North Carolina vs USC baseball box score: Live stats from NCAA Championship Super Regional
North Carolina Tar Heels
BatterPOSABRHRBIBBSOAVGOBP2Jake SchaffnerSS300000.360.4775Gavin Gallaher2B302000.287.3788Owen HullCF302000.378.4976Macon WinslowDH200011.293.42544Erik Paulsen1B311100.301.42523Colin HynekC322101.277.36612Tyler HoweRF200000.246.3741Cooper Nicholson3B100000.263.43125Rom Kellis VLF200101.322.364Total20662574804682573H:
- Paulsen 1 (11)
- Hynek 1 (9)
RBI:
- Paulsen 1 (54)
- Hynek 1 (55)
- Kellis V 1 (19)
- DeCaro 62 (40 strikes)
USC Trojans
BatterPOSABRHRBIBBSOAVGOBP7Abbrie Covarrubias2B200000.273.3775Adrian Lopez1B201000.308.38624Augie LopezDH200001.279.3658Kevin Takeuchi3B200000.314.41820Isaac CadenaC200000.295.42414Jack BasserRF100010.331.43529Andrew LambLF200001.283.3836Dean CarpentierSS201000.256.38016Walter UrbonCF200001.377.405Total21462474484252373PitcherPOSIPHRERBBSOBFERA95Grant GovelP5.051113222.925Sax MatsonP1.02220064.0Total6.07331328- Matson 16 (10 strikes)
- Govel 83 (59 strikes)