Tar Heels stay alive

Posted Jun 20, 2007

North Carolina is proving the adage that good pitching beats good hitting any day. North Carolina’s starters had been anything but good the past two weeks, and Louisville had the hottest-hitting team in the NCAA Tournament. But Luke Putkonen and two relievers limited the Cardinals to three hits, and the Tar Heels won 3-1 in a College World Series elimination game yesterday. (Winston-Salem Journal)

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