RALEIGH, N.C. (Interstat) — The North Carolina Tar Heels erupted for 17 runs on 15 hits Friday night, overwhelming the North Carolina State Wolfpack 17-7 in a seven-inning Atlantic Coast Conference game at Doak Field.

The Tar Heels improved to 43-9-1, while the Wolfpack fell to 31-21. The game was called after seven innings under the ACC’s 10-run rule.

North Carolina jumped on Wolfpack starter John Consiglio immediately. Shortstop Jake Schaffner led off the game with a solo home run to deep right field, staking the Tar Heels to a 1-0 lead. After two strikeouts and a hit by pitch, Consiglio escaped the inning without further damage.

The Tar Heels broke the game open in the second inning. A leadoff single by Alex Howe and a walk to Daniel Hynek put two runners aboard before an error by North Carolina State shortstop Brandon Serrano allowed Howe to score. Center fielder Owen Hull then delivered a two-run double to right center, scoring Hynek and Schaffner. Designated hitter Macon Winslow followed with a two-run double down the left field line, plating two more runs as the Tar Heels built a 7-0 lead.

The Wolfpack answered in the bottom of the second against Tar Heels starter Ryan Lynch. A string of four consecutive singles, capped by a two-run single from Sherman Johnson, cut the deficit to 7-3. Johnson grounded out to drive in another run, making it 7-2 before the inning ended. North Carolina State pulled within 7-5 after plating three runs on four hits.

North Carolina regained control in the fourth inning. Right fielder Rom Kellis led off with a solo home run to deep left field. Hull added an RBI double, and Winslow drove in another run with a double. Howe singled through the right side to score Winslow, pushing the lead to 10-2.

The Wolfpack mounted a comeback in the bottom of the fourth, scoring five runs to trim the deficit to 10-7. Johnson delivered a two-run single off Lynch, who was relieved by Tom Chmielewski and then Caden Glauber. Pinch hitter Dylan Fraasman greeted Glauber with a two-run single to left center, and Serrano added a sacrifice fly. Glauber escaped the inning with a groundout, leaving the bases loaded.

The Tar Heels put the game away in the fifth. Hull doubled down the left field line to drive in Schaffner, and a single by Kip Nicholson plated Hull. After a hit by pitch loaded the bases, first baseman Erik Paulsen crushed a grand slam to deep left field, scoring four runs and extending the lead to 15-7. The blast was Paulsen’s only hit of the game, a 1-for-4 night that included four RBIs.

Hull finished 3 for 5 with four RBIs, continuing a hot stretch. In his previous four games, Hull had collected five hits, including two home runs, with six RBIs. Winslow went 2 for 3 with three RBIs, and Schaffner was 3 for 4 with a home run and two RBIs.

Glauber pitched 3 1/3 scoreless innings of relief, striking out three without allowing a hit. He retired the final 10 batters he faced. Lynch lasted 3 1/3 innings, allowing seven runs on nine hits with two strikeouts.

North Carolina State’s Julien Peissel pitched 2 1/3 innings in relief, allowing two runs on two hits with two strikeouts. Johnson led the Wolfpack offense with a 1-for-4 night that included two RBIs.

The Tar Heels collected 11 extra-base hits, including three doubles by Hull and two doubles by Winslow. North Carolina State managed nine hits, all singles.

North Carolina and North Carolina State meet again Saturday in the second game of the three-game series.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of North Carolina 8, North Carolina State 5. Interstat’s ELO system gave the Tar Heels a 62.9 percent probability to win. North Carolina was installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of plus-2.5.