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USC baseball sees its ninth-inning lead evaporate before Owen Hull hits a walk-off double to lead North Carolina to a 4-3 win in the NCAA super regionals.
USC players watch from the dugout during Game 2 of the Chapel Hill Super Regional on Saturday. USC suffered a 4-3 season-ending loss to North Carolina on Sunday.to No. 5-seed North Carolina in Game 3 of the Chapel Hill Super Regional after the Tar Heels scored two runs in the bottom of the ninth inning.hit a 2-0 pitch into the left-field corner in foul territory, but the ball fell between three Trojans.
Hull then lined the next pitch into the gap in left-center field for a walk-off double to send the Tar Heels to Omaha in a heartbreaking, season-ending loss for USC. Jason DeCaro gives up only two hits over a strong, complete-game effort in North Carolina’s 4-0 win over USC in Game 2 of the NCAA Super Regionals. The Trojans took a 3-2 lead to the bottom of the ninth and even got the first out.
USC reliever Adam Troy then walked North Carolina third baseman Cooper Nicholson before falling behind 3-0 to nine-hole hitter Carter French, leading USC coach Andy Stankiewicz to make a pitching change mid at-bat. He went to Chase Herrell, and French lined a 3-2 single through the right side. Jake Schaffner tied the score on a sacrifice fly.
USC failed to capitalize on a heroic start from pitcher Andrew Johnson, who gave up seven hits and two earned runs while striking out four and walking two over 7⅔ innings. Kevin Takeuchi and Andrew Lamb hit solo home runs for the Trojans in the fourth and fifth innings, but the Trojans squandered scoring opportunities with runners in scoring position in the seventh and ninth innings.
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