Flack's Home Run Gives Tar Heels 4-3 Victory Over Fresno State

Posted Jun 22, 2008

Chad Flack's monster two-run homer in the bottom of the eighth inning kept North Carolina alive in the College World Series with a 4-3 victory over Fresno State on Saturday night. It's the second straight elimination game Carolina has won on a late home run. Friday, Tim Federowicz's grand slam in the ninth broke a tie in a 7-3 win over LSU. The Tar Heels (54-13) forced another elimination game Sunday against Fresno State (44-30). (Tar Heel Blue)

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