UNC Freshman Third Baseman Colin Moran was named National Player of the Week by the NCBWA last week for his 4 Homerun, 13 RBI performance in Carolina's 5-0 week. Included in those five wins was a weekend sweep of Duke. I love the sound of that- a weekend sweep of Duke. I was surprised to learn that this was the 'Heels first series win over Duke since 2008.
Moran leads the 23-4 and #6 ranked 'Heels with a .362 average and 5 homeruns and 35 RBI's. He has also had a recent power surge with 4 homeruns in the past 6 games.
The Tarheels are not going to beat anybody with the longball this year. I believed at the beginning of the year that the 'Heels were going to have to play more station-to-station baseball. They only have 21 Homeruns in 27 games but a team Batting Average of .308 and 39 stolen bases in 49 attempts is enough to average almost 8 1/2 runs per game. Combine that with a team ERA of 3.17 and that equals a 23-4 record and a #6 national ranking.
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