Sunday, April 20, 2008

Erickson Starts as Canes Beat FSU in Rubber Match

The Hurricanes have returned to the apex of College Baseball. This week, the Canes already ranked number one in all three major Baseball polls should be undisputed kings of the hill after winning two of three in Tallahassee against #2 Florida State.

Eric Erickson returned to the starting rotation today after injury and went 4 strong innings before yielding to the bullpen. The Hurricanes had an 11-4 lead through four innings but were roughed up in the fifth and sixth innings. Carlos Guiterrez closed the deal in the bottom of the 7th striking out Tyler Holt. The game went final after seven innings per league policy which allows no inning to begin after 3:30pm on a Sunday.

Yonder Alonso had his first career grand slam, while Blake Tekotte and Dennis Raben joined Alonso in nabbing two hits. The Canes finished their recent road trip 6-1 including a sweep of Georgia Tech. The Canes play Virginia in ACC action this weekend at the Light.


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