FROM CBB NEWS SOURCES
Maryland 4 North Carolina 2
COLLEGE PARK, Md. – Mike Murphy continued his hot hitting and Scott Swinson gritted out eight solid innings on the mound as the Terrapins’ baseball team knocked off the third-ranked North Carolina Tar Heels, 4-2, Friday night at Shipley Field. It was Maryland’s first win against a top-five team since April 2, 2006 when it beat then-No. 3 Georgia Tech.
Murphy (Silver Spring, Md./Georgetown Prep) homered for the third consecutive game, a two-run shot to center field in the bottom of the fifth inning to give him a team-high six on the year, a career high. Murphy also doubled in the game to raise his average to .329 on the season.
Miami (FL) 17 Wake Forest 4
CORAL GABLES, Fla. – Sophomore lefty Eric Erickson won his fifth straight and six different Hurricanes hit a home run as No. 4 Miami routed Wake Forest, 17-4, in game one of their Atlantic Coast Conference series in front of 2,920 fans at Mark Light Field Friday night. Yonder Alonso, Jason Hagerty, Dennis Raben, Mark Sobolewski, Joey Terdoslavich and Jemile Weeks each hit long balls for the Hurricanes (16-2, 6-1 ACC), who homered six times in a game for the first time since 1999.
Erickson (5-0) started off slow but ended up tossing six solid innings for Miami. He allowed three earned runs in the first two innings before settling down to two-hit the Demon Deacons (11-8, 4-3 ACC) over the next four innings. He finished with seven strikeouts. Sophomore right-hander David Gutierrez earned a three-inning save as he limited the Demon Deacons to one run on two hits and struck out four.
Miami (FL) Recap
Wake Forest Recap
FSU 9 Va Tech 4
Blacksburg, Va. – Florida State (17-2, 7-0) opened its first road conference series of the year with a 9-4 victory over Virginia Tech (7-13, 0-7) on Friday evening at English Field. The Seminoles recorded 16 hits in game one scoring eight of their nine runs in the first two innings. Senior Jack Rye returned to the line-up and tied a career-high with his fifth career four-hit game and first of the season.
Six Seminoles registered two or more hits including Rye who ended the night 4-for-5 with a home run and three singles. The 16 hits by Florida State were the second most posted by the club this season as FSU beat Virginia Tech for the fifth straight game and for the sixth time in seven all-time appearances in Blacksburg. Rye and Jason Stidham led all players with three RBIs each.
UVA 7 BC 3
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – The Virginia baseball team ran its home winning streak to 15 games with a 7-3 win over Boston College Friday night at Davenport Field. The Cavaliers exploded for six runs in the fourth inning to rally from an early deficit and roll to the win.
Virginia starter Jacob Thompson (Jr., Danville, Va.) pitched six-plus innings, allowing two earned runs, four hits and five walks while striking out seven. He improves to 3-0 on the season and recorded his 24th career win, a school record. Matt Packer (So., Germantown, Tenn.) pitched the final three innings to earn his first career save.
NC State 5 Clemson 4
CLEMSON, S.C. – A good baseball game should keep the fans on the edge of their seats until the last out. NC State’s 5-4 victory over Clemson on Friday night at Kingsmore Stadium did all of that and more, keeping the crowd of 4,560 in suspense all the way until Ryan Pond outraced Kyle Parker to the first-base bag to record the game’s final out with the potential tying run in scoring position and the go-ahead run heading for second base.
The Wolfpack, which improved to 13-5 overall and 4-3 in the Atlantic Coast Conference, pushed the winning run home when Clemson left fielder Jeff Schaus caught Nick Stanley’s fly ball in foul territory in the top of the eighth inning, allowing Matt Payne to score from third base on the sacrifice fly. The ball was foul only by a matter of a foot or so, leaving Schaus little choice but to make the catch and not chance letting the ball drop fair. Payne’s run made a winner of Joey Cutler (4-0), who pitched a scoreless eighth inning.
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