No. 1 North Carolina (45-6, 20-5 ACC) dropped its first series of the year on Sunday as the Tar Heels suffered a 9-8 loss in 11 innings against Georgia Tech (32-20, 14-13 ACC) in Atlanta.

Carolina jumped out to a 7-1 lead after five and a half innings but the Yellow Jackets would not go quietly as they pushed across a pair of runs in the sixth and two more in the seventh to climb within three at 8-5.

Holding an 8-5 lead heading into the bottom of the ninth the Tar Heels were three outs away from the series win but Georgia Tech would mount another rally and force extra innings where Zane Evans singled home the game-winning run in the 11th inning.

Carolina will look to bounce back on Tuesday, May 14 when it hosts Appalachian State at 6 p.m. at Boshamer Stadium.

Box Score

2013 NORTH CAROLINA BASEBALL
#1 North Carolina at #30 Georgia Tech
May 12, 2013 at Atlanta, Ga. (Russ Chandler)

North Carolina 8 (45-6,20-5 ACC)

Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
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Chaz Frank cf………… 4 1 1 1 2 0 9 0 0
Landon Lassiter dh……. 3 1 1 1 3 1 0 0 1
Colin Moran 3b……….. 4 1 2 2 2 1 0 3 0
Brian Holberton c/rf….. 6 1 1 2 0 0 8 1 3
Cody Stubbs 1b……….. 4 0 1 1 1 0 8 0 2
Michael Russell ss……. 6 1 2 0 0 0 1 2 3
Mike Zolk 2b…………. 5 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 0
Parks Jordan lf………. 4 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 3
Alex Raburn rf……….. 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
Michael Massardo ph….. 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Korey Dunbar c………. 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Hobbs Johnson p………. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Trevor Kelley p……… 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chris McCue p……….. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Trent Thornton p…….. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tate Parrish p………. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chris Munnelly p…….. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mason McCullough p…… 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Reilly Hovis p………. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals………………. 40 8 9 8 9 5 30 9 12

Georgia Tech 9 (32-20,14-13 ACC)

Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
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Kyle Wren lf…………. 4 2 3 0 2 0 4 0 2
Brandon Thomas cf…….. 4 2 1 1 3 1 3 0 0
Zane Evans c/p……….. 7 0 2 2 0 2 2 1 3
Daniel Palka rf/p…….. 4 0 1 1 2 2 3 1 1
Sam Dove 3b………….. 6 1 1 0 0 0 1 2 6
A.J. Murray 1b……….. 4 0 0 0 1 1 12 0 0
Mott Hyde ss…………. 4 2 2 2 2 1 1 2 2
Matt Gonzalez dh……… 4 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0
Daniel Spingola rf…… 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Mitch Earnest c……… 2 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 0
Thomas Smith 2b………. 5 1 1 0 1 0 3 6 2
Jonathan King p………. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cole Pitts p………… 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sam Clay p………….. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Joe Wiseman p……….. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jared Jillson p……… 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jonathan Roberts p…… 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals………………. 44 9 14 6 11 8 33 12 18

Score by Innings R H E
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North Carolina…… 000 304 100 00 – 8 9 1
Georgia Tech…….. 000 012 203 01 – 9 14 0
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Note: None out, 2 runners LOB when the game ended.

E – Zolk, M(8). DP – Georgia Tech 2. LOB – UNC 12; Georgia Tech 18. 2B –
Moran, C(9); Gonzalez, M(8). 3B – Thomas, B(3). HR – Hyde, M(3). HBP –
Stubbs, C; Jordan, P 2; Raburn, A; Wren, K; Murray, A. SB – Frank, C 2(17);
Hyde, M(6). CS – Jordan, P(3).

North Carolina IP H R ER BB SO AB BF NP
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Hobbs Johnson……. 4.2 5 1 1 5 5 18 24 96
Trevor Kelley……. 0.2 0 1 0 1 1 2 3 13
Chris McCue……… 1.0 4 3 2 0 1 8 8 34
Trent Thornton…… 2.1 3 3 3 2 1 10 13 56
Tate Parrish…….. 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1
Chris Munnelly…… 1.1 0 0 0 1 0 4 5 22
Mason McCullough…. 0.0 0 1 1 2 0 0 2 11
Reilly Hovis…….. 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 5

Georgia Tech IP H R ER BB SO AB BF NP
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Jonathan King……. 3.1 3 3 3 5 1 12 20 66
Cole Pitts………. 1.2 0 0 0 0 0 4 5 26
Sam Clay………… 0.2 4 4 4 1 0 6 7 29
Joe Wiseman……… 0.0 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 7
Jared Jillson……. 0.2 0 1 1 1 0 2 3 12
Jonathan Roberts…. 0.2 1 0 0 0 1 3 3 9
Daniel Palka…….. 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 13
Zane Evans………. 3.0 0 0 0 1 3 9 10 36

Win – Evans, Z (1-2). Loss – McCullough,M (0-1). Save – None.
WP – Johnson, H(3); McCue, C 2(7); Thornton, T(4). HBP – by King, J (Jordan, P);
by King, J (Jordan, P); by King, J (Raburn, A); by Johnson, H (Murray, A); by
Pitts, C (Stubbs, C); by Thornton, T (Wren, K). Pitches/strikes: Johnson, H
96/58; Kelley, T 13/6; McCue, C 34/24; Thornton, T 56/33; Parrish, T 1/1;
Munnelly, C 22/11; McCullough,M 11/3; Hovis, R 5/3; King, J 66/32; Pitts, C
26/13; Clay, S 29/18; Wiseman, J 7/1; Jillson, J 12/4; Roberts, J 9/5; Palka, D
13/7; Evans, Z 36/22.
Umpires – HP: Barry Chambers 1B: Tony Walsh 3B: AJ Lostaglio
Start: 1:02 PM Time: 4:31 Attendance: 2152
Weather: Sunny, low 70s
Wiseman, J faced 2 batters in the 6th.
Parrish, T faced 1 batter in the 9th.
Game: NCBS51