Saturday night’s loss in the Chapel Hill Super Regional to North Carolina marked the end of Randy Mazey’s career coaching college baseball, as he’s set to retire with the conclusion of West Virginia’s season. But before he walked off the field a final time, he shared a special moment with the opposing coach.
Mazey, who is retiring after more than 30 years in coaching, has bit of a unique bond with Tar Heels head man Scott Forbes. When Mazey was the head coach at East Carolina, he hired Forbes to his staff, only for Forbes to take a job back at North Carolina 17 days after coming aboard.
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It’s a matter the two have already quipped about this weekend and when the two teams shook hands after the game, Forbes took an extra moment to embrace Mazey and say a few words.
During his time at West Virginia, Mazey posted a career record of 355–263 and took the Mountaineers to four NCAA tournaments.
The Tar Heels are Omaha bound
The Tar Heels punched their tickets to the 2024 College World Series on Saturday evening with a 2-1 win over the WVU Mountaineers in Game 2 of their Super Regional. Not surprisingly, the ‘Heels were propelled to victory by their superstar Vance Honeycutt and some excellent pitching. Honeycutt blasted a solo shot at the very beginning of the game, in the top of the first inning, to push the ‘Heels to a 1-0 lead.
The ‘Heels tacked on another run for good measure. And the North Carolina pitching staff took care of the rest, shutting down the WVU bats for much of the rest of the game. But there were certainly plenty of moments of anxiety in the bottom of the ninth inning for the UNC crowd, when the Mountaineers had the bases juiced. But Dalton Pence was able to get out of the bases loaded jam and end the game, sending the ‘Heels to Omaha in dramatic fashion.
UNC pitcher Jason DeCaro continued to show just how much potential and promise he has, retiring nine batters in a row at one point.
DeCaro was benched in the bottom of the seventh inning to a standing ovation from the home crowd in Chapel Hill. Through 6 1/3 innings, he just allowed two hits, zero earned runs, and threw five strikeouts. He was replaced by Dalton Pence in the bottom of the seventh inning to face Grant Hussey, the Mountaineers career home run leader (37). Pence proceeded to send Hussey to the dugout, striking him out.
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