{"id":5844,"date":"2013-06-18T21:49:17","date_gmt":"2013-06-19T01:49:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/?p=5844"},"modified":"2013-06-18T21:59:39","modified_gmt":"2013-06-19T01:59:39","slug":"heels-jump-on-lsu-early-hold-on-to-avoid-elimination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/?p=5844","title":{"rendered":"Heels jump on LSU early, hold on to avoid elimination"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/uncbaseball.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/uncbaseball.jpg\" alt=\"uncbaseball\" width=\"163\" height=\"171\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-5764\" \/><\/a>North Carolina got what it needed Tuesday from starting pitcher Trent Thornton and clean-up hitter Brian Holberton as the Tar Heels stayed alive in the NCAA College World Series with a 4-2 victory over LSU.<\/p>\n<p>Thornton, a freshman, threw 114 pitches, allowing just two runs over seven innings, while Holberton provided the power with a two-run homer over the right-center field fence in the top of the first inning.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI thought the home run by Brian was really crucial for us,\u201d UNC coach Mike Fox said. \u201cIt just kind of let the air out a little bit and let us play with a lead, something we haven\u2019t seemed to have done in a while.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Fox changed the batting order around, with Holberton moving to the No. 4 slot. \u201cIt made the move look good but it wasn\u2019t me,\u201d Fox said. \u201cBrian\u2019s been in that position before, and we felt we needed to move some things around a little bit.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fox said Holberton does a lot more than just provide power. \u201cHe can hit and he can bunt and he can do a lot of things for us,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, Holberton did bunt in the seventh inning, sacrificing Colin Moran to second. Skye Bolt singled in Moran to give the Heels an important 4-1 cushion.<\/p>\n<p>Thornton did the rest, along with an assist from reliever Chris McCue.<\/p>\n<p>For the rest of the article, <a href=\"http:\/\/alumni.unc.edu\/article.aspx?sid=9708\" target=\"_blank\">please click here<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>North Carolina got what it needed Tuesday from starting pitcher Trent Thornton and clean-up hitter Brian Holberton as the Tar Heels stayed alive in the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[79,80],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5844","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-featured-stories","category-north-carolina-tar-heels","wpcat-79-id","wpcat-80-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5844","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5844"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5844\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5850,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5844\/revisions\/5850"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5844"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5844"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5844"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}