UNC Baseball Falls to Coastal Carolina, 12-2

0:00It's April 29. This is Durham News Today, Driven by AI. Number 2. North Carolina Baseball took a tough 12-to-2 loss against number 9 Coastal Carolina on Tuesday night at Boshimer Stadium. It's the tar heels first midweek defeat this season, dropping their record to 36 wins, 9 losses, and one tie in the ACC at 17 and 7. Coastal sits at 31 and 13 overall, dominating the SPC at 17 and 4. The shanta clears jumped out early with a run in the first off UNC starter Jackson Rose, who lasted just one and two-thirds innings. North Carolina answered right back in the second when Cooper Nicholson crushed a two-run homer, his 11th of the year, to tie things up at two. Both teams settled in after that, with scoreless third, fourth, and fifth frames. Pitching held steady for UNC's Walker McDuffy, who struck out eight over four and one-third innings. But the seventh inning unraveled everything. Coastal Carolina erupted for six runs against four tar heel relievers, using five singles

1:03and two doubles to pull away. North Carolina burned through a season-high eight-pitcher's total, while their bats went quiet with just six hits and two walks. Coastal leaned on small ball, bunting runners over and caching in chances to overwhelm the heels. UNC shakes this off quick, with a 6 p.m. matchup against Queens tomorrow at Boshimer time. To reload and get back to that top tier grind.