What a day for nicknames that aren't really nicknames. We built an entire starting nine plus one bench player this evening at Russ Chandler.
[Courtesy of the players, fans and coaches]
North Carolina
Tyler Ramirez - "Rammy"
Alex Raburn - "Rayber", "Ray"
Landon Lassiter - "Lassie"
Georgia Tech
Thomas Smith - "Smitty"
Wade Bailey - "Wader"
Connor Justus - "C", "CJ", "Jutty"
Daniel Spingola - "Spingy," "Spingo", "Sping"
Matt Gonzalez - "Matty", "Gonz"
Daniel Gooden - "Good"," Goody"
Tanner Shelton - "Shel", "Shelly"
UNC led 3-0 after a three-run third - Rammy had one of the RBIs on a sacrifice fly - and Tech got a run in the fifth on Jutty's run-scoring single and that was about it until the bottom of the eighth.
With a man on and one out, Kel Johnson, who is having an outstanding freshman season, crushed his team-leading seventh home run of the season, an opposite field shot off reliever Trent Thornton that tied things up at 3-3. UNC immediately answered in the top of the ninth with a one-out, two-run home run of its own as No. 9 hitter Korey Dunbar took Matt Phillips deep to give the Tar Heels a 5-3 lead. That was the final as the visitors from Chapel Hill took the first of the three-game weekend series.
Trevor Kelley has been dominant for the Tar Heels out of the bullpen and Friday was no different. The senior right-hander, whose allowed three earned runs in 28 innings pitched, set Tech down in order, including a pair of strike outs.
Few other things...
* Some great Baseball Phrases, courtesy of the North Carolina coaching staff:
"Win the inning"
"Cut the baseball in half"
"Now you gotta battle up there"
"Be on top"
"Win this pitch"
* We're pleased to announce the first captain in Webb Bobo All Stars history: North Carolina center fielder and cleanup hitter Skye Bolt.
Our new captain bats in the eighth inning against Georgia Tech on Friday.
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