Aidan Haugh threw five shutout innings and Vance Honeycutt went 3-for-5 and homered for the second consecutive game as 13th-ranked North Carolina drubbed Notre Dame, 10-3, Sunday to sweep a three-game ACC baseball series in Chapel Hall, N.C.
The Tar Heels (29-7, 14-4 ACC) outscored the Irish (15-18, 2-16) by a combined 30-5 in sending Notre Dame to its eighth, ninth and 10th successive league defeats.
Some bright spots for the Irish were Brady Gumpf, who 2-for-4, with a double and an RBI, and Esteban Moreno, who doubled twice in four at-bats. Shortstop Jack Penney hit a two-run homer, his seventh long ball of the season.
Rory Fox (1-1) started for the Irish on the mound and took the loss. He went 3 ⅔ innings, giving up eight hits and seven runs, five of which were earned. He walked two and struck out one.
Notre Dame has a pair of midweek non-conference home games — Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. vs. Valparaiso (11-22) and Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. against Purdue-Fort Wayne (13-22) — before welcoming Boston College (19-16, 7-11) in for a three-game ACC series beginning Friday.
The Tar Heels (29-7, 14-4 ACC) outscored the Irish (15-18, 2-16) by a combined 30-5 in sending Notre Dame to its eighth, ninth and 10th successive league defeats.
Some bright spots for the Irish were Brady Gumpf, who 2-for-4, with a double and an RBI, and Esteban Moreno, who doubled twice in four at-bats. Shortstop Jack Penney hit a two-run homer, his seventh long ball of the season.
Rory Fox (1-1) started for the Irish on the mound and took the loss. He went 3 ⅔ innings, giving up eight hits and seven runs, five of which were earned. He walked two and struck out one.
Notre Dame has a pair of midweek non-conference home games — Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. vs. Valparaiso (11-22) and Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. against Purdue-Fort Wayne (13-22) — before welcoming Boston College (19-16, 7-11) in for a three-game ACC series beginning Friday.
