Bulldogs Travel to take on Tar Heels Tuesday Night

ASHEVILLE, N.C. – The UNC Asheville baseball team will make the trip to Chapel Hill on Tuesday night to take on North Carolina at 6 p.m. inside Boshamer Stadium.

Tonight's game was originally scheduled for mid-April before being postponed due to heavy rains.

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The Bulldogs (20-26) enter tonight's game on a two-game winning streak, while Carolina (29-16) has had a week off since their last game, a home loss to UNC Greensboro.

For North Carolina, tonight's game against Asheville continues their season schedule against Big South Conference teams, with the Tar Heels having already played Liberty, Coastal Carolina, Gardner-Webb, High Point and Campbell. To date, the Big South as a league is 13-14 overall against ACC opponents but just 1-5 against UNC.

The Bulldogs are 7-11 overall on the road so far this season, and are coming off a pair of victories over mountain rival Western Carolina. Asheville scored 20 runs in Friday night's home win, their most runs since plating 33 in 2008, before grabbing a road victory in Cullowhee on Saturday night.

The Tar Heels were idle last weekend, but lost last Tuesday to UNC Greensboro. UNC is 6-2 in their last eight games, dating back to the originally scheduled April 15 contest against the Bulldogs.

Asheville features a non-conference record above .500 (16-12), and has been outstanding with the lead after six innings, notching a 16-3 record to date in that situation.

Left-hander Lucas Clarke will get the start for the Bulldogs, entering with a 4-6 record and a 4.91 ERA in 14 total appearances (11 starts). Opponents are hitting .239 against him with nine extra-base hits in his 55 innings of work (47 total hits).

The Blue & White enter the game against the Tar Heels hitting .259 as a team with a 6.23 team ERA. Tommy Houmard leads the team with a .365 batting average and Hunter Bryant ranks second with a .335 average and a team-high 40 RBI.

Entering tonight's game, Brian Miller leads North Carolina with a .327 batting average, followed by Landon Lassiter's .302 average. Tyler Ramirez leads the Tar Heels with 33 RBI.

Right-hander Benton Moss will get the ball for the Heels, entering with a 6-0 record and a 2.77 ERA in his nine starts this season. In his 48 2/3 innings of work, opponents are hitting .259 against him with eight extra base hits.

BULLDOG NOTES:

-- The Bulldogs outscored the Catamounts 33-14 in last weekend's two wins.

-- Friday's 20 runs were the most runs Asheville has scored in a game since they scored 33 runs in a victory over Hartford on March 22, 2008.

-- UNC Asheville is No. 15 in the nation in double plays per game with 48 (as of 5/3) and in double plays per game with 1.04 per game (as of 5/3). The Bulldogs are No. 4 in the country in total sacrifice flies with 29 (as of 5/3). All three rankings are tops in the Big South Conference.

-- Justin Woods is 17^th in the country in total sacrifice flies with 6.

-- Joe Zayatz leads the Big South in Strikeout-to-Walk ratio (6.13 per game) and Walks Allowed per Nine Innings (0.99). His 12 starts also lead the conference and is in the national top-20.

-- Hunter Bryant leads the conference in total bases 105 (as of 5/3) and has reached base safely in 25 consecutive games.