Boston College Athletics
Baseball Travels to No. 10 North Carolina
May 03, 2012 | Baseball
May 3, 2012
Chestnut Hill, Mass. - The Boston College baseball team travels to Chapel Hill, N.C., to take on No. 10 North Carolina in a three-game conference series beginning on Friday, May 4 at 6 p.m. Both Friday's and Sunday's noon contests can be seen on ESPN 3.
The Eagles (20-26, 9-15 ACC) have won four in a row and the last five of six games, sweeping Wake Forest over the weekend and beating Northeastern, 12-6, on Tuesday. BC has also won six of their last nine games.
The 10th-ranked Tar Heels (31-13, 13-8 ACC) had a bye weekend and then took a 2-0 victory from Winthrop on Wednesday evening.
The Eagles have only one win against the Tar Heels since joining the ACC in 2006. The two teams have not played since 2009, when they went 1-2 in Chestnut Hill, Mass. UNC swept BC from 2006-08.
PROBABLE PITCHERS (BC LISTED FIRST):
Friday: RHP Hunter Gordon (2-5, 4.25) vs. LHP Kent Emanuel (5-3, 1.98)
Saturday: RHP Eric Stevens (452, 5.21) vs. RHP Benton Moss (4-2, 2.13)
Sunday: TBA vs. LHP Hobbs Johnson (3-1, 1.59)
WEATHER:
Friday: Isolated thunderstorms; highs in the high 80s and lows in the high 60s; winds SW 12 mph; precipitation: 30 percent
Saturday: Scattered thunderstorms; highs in the mid 80s and lows in the mid 60s; winds NNW 7 mph; precipitation: 50 percent
Sunday: Partly cloudy; highs in the high 70s and lows in the high 50s; winds NE 8 mph; precipitation: 10 percent
WAYS TO FOLLOW:
Boston College Baseball Twitter: @BCBirdBall
Live Stats: Gametracker
ESPN 3: Friday's Game
Sunday's Game
