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Clemson 16 BC 2
Every Tiger starter had a hit, as Clemson totaled 19 hits, to defeat Boston College in the series finale in front of 4,252 fans at Doug Kingsmore Sunday afternoon. Clemson improved to 10-6 overall, 2-4 in ACC play. The Eagles, who won the series 2-1, fell to 8-8 overall, 2-4 in ACC play.
Graham Stoneburner (3-0) earned the win by pitching an impressive 6.0 innings, allowing just one run off three hits, while striking out eight and walking no one. Tigers relievers Craig Gullickson, William Bond, and Clinton McKinney combined to allow just one run off three hits as well.
Eagle starter James MacDonald (2-2) suffered the loss as he allowed seven runs off nine hits and one walk in 0.2 innings pitched.
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UNC 6 VT 0
CARY, N.C. – North Carolina freshman right-hander Matt Harvey and four relievers combined on a six-hit shutout in Sunday’s 6-0 victory over Virginia Tech at Cary’s USA Baseball National Training Complex. The Tar Heels (14-3, 5-1 ACC) broke open a tight game with four runs in the seventh to sweep the three-game series from the Hokies (7-11, 0-6 ACC).
Making his third appearance of the week, Harvey (2-1) struck out six over 6 1/3 innings, allowed just four hits and did not walk a batter. The Mystic, Conn., native retired 13 out of 15 batters at one point and allowed just two base runners to reach second on the day. He stranded a pair of Hokies in the sixth and recorded the first out of the seventh before giving way to classmate Nate Striz, who struck out two of the five batters he faced. Freshman Ryan Leach and sophomore Brian Moran picked up the three outs in the eighth, and senior Rob Wooten struck out the side in the ninth.
Duke 4 UVA 1
DURHAM, N.C. – Freshman Grant Monroe held No. 16 Virginia to one run over seven innings, while Alex Hassan picked up a two-inning save to lead Duke to a 4-1 win over the Cavaliers Sunday afternoon. With the game three victory, Duke clinches the series 2-1 after taking game one 9-8 on Friday.
Virginia (14-4, 2-4 ACC) entered the game averaging nine runs and 12 hits per game, but Monroe (3-1) held the Cavaliers to just one run on five hits and a walk to pick up his third win of the season. After giving up his only run in the second inning, the freshman right-hander went on to retire 15 of his next 18 batters faced, including six straight in the third and fourth innings. He finished with three strikeouts over a career-long seven innings of work.
Meanwhile, Hassan went 3-for-4 at the plate with a double and a pair of runs from the leadoff spot for Duke (16-3, 3-3 ACC) before picking up his second save of the series on the mound. The two-way sophomore batted .500 (6-for-12) over the series with four runs and a .538 on base percentage from the leadoff spot. He also contributed three innings of relief to pick up his team-leading third and fourth saves of the season.
FSU 17 GT 8
Tallahassee, Fla. – Florida State (16-1, 6-0) recorded a season-high in runs scored and hits on Sunday afternoon at Dick Howser Stadium as the Seminoles swept Georgia Tech (13-4, 3-3) with a 17-8 victory. It was the sixth straight win for Florida State in the series as the Seminoles have now swept the Yellow Jackets during the regular season the past two seasons.
“Well, it was a great weekend for us,” said Martin. “I was extremely pleased with the way we really got after it. That is what you look for when you’ve been successful on Friday and Saturday, you see if there is going to be any let down and our young men went out there and played 27 outs of tough baseball. It was certainly an important win for us today.”
Wake Forest 5 UMD 4 11 innings (completion of Saturday’s game)
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Eric Williams’ based-loaded single in the 11th inning sent Wake Forest to a 5-4 defeat of Maryland in the second game of the weekend series Sunday afternoon at Hooks Stadium.
The conclusion of the game had been suspended from Saturday due to heavy rain and storms in the area. The contest picked up at the start of the 10th inning on Sunday.
The Deacons were unable to win the game in the 10th despite putting runners on the corners with two outs.
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Wake Forest 4 Maryland 3
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Wake Forest posted two walk-off victories in one day to earn an ACC series win against Maryland on Sunday afternoon at Hooks Stadium. After the Demon Deacons defeated the Terrapins, 5-4, in 11 innings in the conclusion of Saturday’s suspended game, Wake scored two runs in the bottom of the ninth to steal the second game, 4-3.
With the pair of victories, the Deacons move to 11-6 overall and 4-2 in the ACC. Maryland drops to 8-9 overall and 1-5 in conference play.
Wake Forest found itself an early 3-0 hold and trailed the entire game until the ninth inning. The Deacons put single runs across in the fifth and seventh innings before finally breaking through with the tying and winning runs in the ninth.
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NC State 11 Miami (FL) 10 (8 innings CURFEW)
RALEIGH, N.C. – Just when you think you’ve seen it all at the old ballpark, you have a game like Sunday’s NC State-Miami series finale. For the record, NC State won the game 11-10 on Matt Payne’s three-run home run in the bottom of the eighth inning, a home run that in essence was a walk-off shot, except that the game didn’t end until one pitch after Payne had crossed the plate.
The unusual circumstances came about because of Atlantic Coast Conference travel policy for the final game of a three-game series. Because Miami had a 7:20 p.m. flight out of Raleigh-Durham International Airport, the umpires determined that no inning could start after 4:45 p.m. Payne’s home run, which erased a 10-8 deficit and made a loser of Miami closer Carlos Gutierrez, came at 4:48 and should have ended the game, only home plate umpire Joe Marion did not check the time until Gutierrez had made one more pitch, a strike to Russell Wilson. Marion then signaled that the marathon game was officially over.
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