Josh Horton flied out, but Chad Flack singled to drive home the go-ahead run.

Then Jay Cox -- fresh off Friday night's five-RBI explosion against Maine -- ripped a fastball off the wall in left-center that had Flack sprinting toward second on contact. With Mike Fox (doubling as third-base coach) waving the runner home, centerfielder Tommy Lentz executed a perfect throw to shortstop Matt Repec. Repec relayed to catcher Alan Robbins, who applied the tag to the sliding Flack for the third out: an 8-6-2 putout that momentarily deflated the Carolina crowd.

Heels lead, 2-1.