GREENVILLE — North Carolina moved from No. 6 to No. 5 in the D1 Baseball poll during the course of its 3-game series with East Carolina, a jump that was justified as the Tar Heels completed a sweep with a 6-3 win at Clark-LeClair Stadium on Monday night.

The Pirates (2-5) took a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first after a leadoff single to left center by Alex Peltier. He went to third on a single down the left field line by Michael Kalinich and came home on a ground out to second by Austin Irby.

UNC (7-0)  answered with three runs in the second and maintained the lead the rest of the way. Hunter Stokley had a solo homer to left to start the frame.

Rom Kellis followed with a single off ECU starter Bradley Zayac (0-1). Sam Angelo drew one of 10 walks issued by Pirate pitchers. A wild pitch allowed the runners to move to second and third.

Kellis scored the go-ahead run on a single to left by Jackson Van De Brake and Angelo came home on a grounder to second by Gavin Gallaher.

Dixon Williams had an RBI double in the third to cut the lead to 3-2.

A sacrifice fly by Alex Madera and a wild pitch that allowed Gallaher to score extended the Heels’ advantage to 5-2 in the fourth. Madera doubled in the sixth and scored on a single to right by Luke Stevenson.

ECU got a solo homer to left from John Collins in the eighth.

Starter Aiden Haugh (1-0) went five innings with 10 strikeouts for the win. Matthew Matthijs tossed two and two-thirds innings with six whiffs for his second save.

Stokely went 3-for-4 for UNC. Peltier was 3-for-5 for the Pirates with a pair of doubles.

ECU hosts Old Dominion (2-4) on Wednesday at 3 p.m.