NCAA Baseball Super Regional Preview: Chapel Hill

June 5, 2019 SEC News
NCAA Super Regional Preview-CHAPEL HILL
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The North Carolina Tar Heels host the Auburn Tigers for a best of three games NCAA Baseball Super Regional. Look inside for a preview of this Super Regional and a projection of which team will advance to the College World Series in Omaha.

General Information

Team Regional Seed 2019 Record Conference Location Prev. NCAA Bids RPI
North Carolina 1 45-17 ACC Chapel Hill, NC 32 12
Auburn 2 36-25 SEC Auburn, AL 22 19

Chapel Hill Super Regional Schedule

(All times ET)

Saturday, June 8

Game 1: Auburn at (14) North Carolina, noon, ESPN2

Sunday, June 9

Game 2: Auburn at (14) North Carolina, TBA, ESPN

Monday, June 10

Game 3 (if nec.): Auburn at (14) North Carolina, 1 p.m., ESPN2

Team Statistical Comparison

Hitting

BA OB% R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB CS SB
North Carolina 0.273 0.397 456 572 129 11 75 418 388 11 42
Auburn 0.263 0.355 355 553 102 9 45 322 257 13 61

Pitching & Fielding

ERA K OBA H R ER BB 2B 3B HR F%
North Carolina 4.18 545 0.249 535 310 259 242 104 6 38 0.968
Auburn 4.46 538 0.259 551 317 274 238 106 6 49 0.973

Statistical Leaders

North Carolina Batting Leaders

Name AVG OBP SLG OPS R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB
Aaron Sabato 0.341 0.452 0.677 1.129 42 74 23 1 16 58 37 52 0
Danny Serretti 0.295 0.371 0.429 0.800 34 64 18 1 3 44 26 41 3
Ike Freeman 0.294 0.442 0.436 0.878 44 64 9 2 6 48 50 29 2
Michael Busch 0.290 0.441 0.567 1.008 75 67 14 1 16 57 58 37 4
Ashton McGee 0.265 0.408 0.422 0.830 46 54 12 1 6 41 48 47 7
Dylan Harris 0.263 0.399 0.427 0.826 61 61 15 1 7 29 53 43 5
Brandon Martorano 0.254 0.359 0.416 0.775 37 53 10 0 8 43 28 65 2

North Carolina Pitching Leaders

Name W L ERA SHO SV IP H R ER BB SO OBA
Tyler Baum 7 3 3.95 0 0 86.2 90 42 38 25 92 0.266
Austin Bergner 6 1 5.22 0 0 77.2 87 52 45 27 72 0.279

Auburn Batting Leaders

Name AVG OBP SLG OPS R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB
Judd Ward 0.288 0.397 0.408 0.805 39 67 12 2 4 31 36 51 5
Ryan Bliss 0.279 0.370 0.372 0.742 44 63 10 1 3 37 35 42 11
Rankin Woley 0.278 0.336 0.393 0.729 33 65 16 1 3 40 17 59 2
Conor Davis 0.276 0.333 0.418 0.751 31 64 10 1 7 33 17 61 2
Matt Scheffler 0.266 0.339 0.352 0.691 30 53 11 0 2 26 16 22 5
Kason Howell 0.261 0.336 0.304 0.640 29 54 9 0 0 26 20 47 14
Will Holland 0.248 0.378 0.416 0.794 45 53 9 0 9 30 32 57 14
Steven Williams 0.241 0.345 0.403 0.748 36 52 7 2 8 33 33 57 3
Edouard Julien 0.239 0.371 0.422 0.793 46 52 14 1 8 48 42 73 3

Auburn Pitching Leaders

Name W L ERA SHO SV IP H R ER BB SO OBA
Tanner Burns 4 3 2.81 1 0 77.0 62 32 24 20 97 0.217

Chapel Hill Super Regional Prediction

Congratulations to Auburn head coach Butch Thompson and his Tiger player for showing an incredible never-quit attitude in the postseason. In the SEC Tournament against LSU the Tigers blew a last out 1-run lead when they gave up a wild pitch to score a tying run and then an error on a throw that allowed the winning run (all this in the same at-bat). They were the laughing stock of college baseball but look at them now. They went over to the Atlanta Regional and kicked some ACC tail. They could do it again this weekend at North Carolina but it won’t be easy. North Carolina 2 wins, Auburn 1 win.

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