8 seed Wake Forest defeated top-seeded North Carolina 9-5 on Friday night to advance to the ACC Tournament semifinals. Burns struck out 15 in six shutout innings and left with a 4-0 lead before North Carolina (42-13) rallied against the Wake Forest bullpen. Wake Forest pushed across two more runs in the top of the seventh for a 4-0 advantage. The Tar Heels went ahead 5-4 in the bottom of the eighth inning on Vance Honeycutt’s RBI double and a run-scoring single by Parks Harber. Ben Peterson (2-2) took the loss for the Tar Heels, allowing four runs — three earned — on two hits and a walk in 1 1/3 innings of relief.

Source: The North Africa Journal May 25, 2024 10:42 UTC