All eyes in the college baseball world focused on Chapel Hill this weekend, with third-ranked UNC hosting second-ranked Georgia Tech.
Enter North Carolina, which has one of the nation's best pitching staffs, highlighted by a lockdown bullpen. The Yellow Jackets countered with the country's most dangerous offense, so something had to give.
The Tar Heels' pitching staff won this battle, becoming the first team holding Georgia Tech under five runs in consecutive games this season.
UNC limited the Yellow Jackets to just a pair of runs on Friday, winning 5-2 to put itself one victory away from a series upset. North Carolina (33-7-1, 15-6 ACC) mercy-ruled Tech (32-7, 16-5 ACC) the following day, exploding offensively for a 14-4 win.
The Jackets avoided a sweep on Sunday, breaking out the bats for a 5-2 victory, while limiting the Diamond Heels' previously-hot bats in the series. UNC would be the clear Number One on Monday if it managed a sweep, but two dominant wins may very well put it in the driver's seat.
Won the series, but fall short of a sweep on Sunday. First team to hold GT to five runs or less two games in a row, and we did it all three. We roll on against High Point on Tuesday. FINAL | UNC 2, GT 5
Starting pitcher Jason DeCaro won his sixth game on Friday, limiting GT to one run on five hits through five innings. Caden Glauber relieved DeCaro with three innings of 1-run ball, while Walker McDuffie pitched a perfect ninth for his third save.
Ryan Lynch continued to struggle on Saturday, giving up three runs on seven hits in 4 2/3 innings, while walking two Jackets. McDuffie and Matthew Matthijs, who missed most of 2025 with an injury, limited Tech to just one run on four hits.
The Yellow Jackets led all of Division I with 406 runs coming into this weekend's series. North Carolina held them to just 11 runs across three games, continuing to prove its pitching staff as the country's best.
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