GREENVILLE, N.C. (Interstat) — Caden Glauber tossed 4 1/3 hitless innings of relief with eight strikeouts to lead North Carolina past East Carolina 7-5 on Saturday.

The Tar Heels (47-11-1) fell behind early as Braden Burress singled in a run and Jeff Sabater doubled home another in the first. Sabater added an RBI single in the third, giving the Pirates a 3-0 lead.

North Carolina answered in the fourth when Colin Hynek smashed a three-run homer, his eighth of the season. The Tar Heels added two runs in the fifth on a sacrifice fly and one in the sixth on a double by Schaffner. Gavin Gallaher followed with a two-run double to extend the lead to 7-3.

East Carolina (37-23) rallied in the seventh as Sabater tripled in two runs, cutting the deficit to 7-5. But Glauber, who entered in the fourth, retired the final two batters and Walker McDuffie closed with a perfect eighth and ninth, striking out two.

Sabater finished 3-for-4 with four RBIs for the Pirates. Gallaher had two RBIs for North Carolina.