Top-ranked North Carolina equaled the second-best start in school history on Wednesday with a 7-2 win over High Point (7-10) at Boshamer Stadium to improve to 16-0.<\/p>\n
Junior Colin Moran tallied three RBIs in the win with his third home run of the season, while Cody Stubbscontinued his hot stretch with a 3-for-4 performance with a run and a RBI.<\/p>\n
Junior Shane Taylor (2-0) notched the win for the Tar Heels as he threw five and a third innings and surrendered just one run on five hits, while striking out three.<\/p>\n
Senior Chris Munnelly threw two and a third innings of no-hit relief for the Tar Heels over the sixth, seventh and eighth innings to maintain a six-run edge.<\/p>\n
The Tar Heels scored in each of the first four innings to run out to 7-0 lead Wednesday.<\/p>\n
Moran recorded a sacrifice fly in the first before Parks Jordan singled home a run in the second and Stubbs added a RBI single of his own in the third.<\/p>\n
Carolina blew the game open in the fourth when they took advantage of a High Point miscue to score four unearned runs. High Point pitcher Ryan Retz threw away a sacrifice bunt attempt to plate one run before Mike Zolk added another with a sacrifice fly.<\/p>\n
The big hit came from Colin Moran when he turned on a Retz offering for a two-run home run to right field, his third home run of the year.<\/p>\n
The Panthers would push across single runs in the fifth and ninth to provide the final margin, but stranded 11 runners in the contest.<\/p>\n
The win moves Carolina to 16-0 on the year which ties for the second-longest winning streak to open a year. Head coach Mike Fox’s Tar Heel debut in 1999 saw Carolina start out 16-0 as well. The best start in UNC history is 21-0 by the 2000 squad.<\/p>\n
Up next for UNC is a visit from No. 29 Miami for the ACC home-opening series. The series is set to begin Friday at 7 p.m. with game two scheduled for 6 p.m. on Saturday and the finale on Sunday at 1 p.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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