FROM CBB NEWS SOURCES
UNC 14 Maryland 1
COLLEGE PARK, Md. – First baseman Dustin Ackley and center fielder Seth Williams each homered and combined to drive in seven runs in a 14-1 win for No. 3 North Carolina over Maryland Saturday at Shipley Field. The Tar Heels (17-4, 6-2 ACC) pounded out a season-high 18 hits and posted a pair of five-run innings to even the three-game series.
Ackley was 2-for-3 with three runs and four RBI on a two-run home run in the third and a two-run double in the eighth, while Williams was 2-for-5 with three runs and three RBI. He homered in the second for Carolina’s first run of the day and drove in two more with a double in the third. Ackley and Williams were two of seven Tar Heels with two or more hits on the day.
Virginia 5 Boston College 4 (10 innings)
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – The Virginia baseball team was down to its final strike in the ninth inning but rallied with a run in the ninth and another in the 10th to down Boston College, 5-4 in 10 innings, Saturday at Davenport Field. The Cavalier freshmen stepped up, as Dan Grovatt (Fr., Tabernacle, N.J.) hit the tying single on a 3-2 pitch in the ninth and Jarrett Parker (Fr., Stafford, Va.) singled in the winning run in the 10th to give Virginia its 16th-consecutive home victory.
Neal Davis (So., Baltimore, Md.) earned his first win of the season by tossing two innings of scoreless relief. Boston College’s Chris Kowalski (0-1) was saddled with the loss.
Both starting pitchers threw well. Virginia’s Pat McAnaney (Sr., Syracuse, N.Y.) pitched 6.2 innings and gave up two runs (one earned), six hits and two walks while striking out eight. Boston College’s Dan Houston went eight innings and gave up three earned runs, 10 hits and four walks while fanning seven.
Georgia Tech 4 Duke 2
FSU 12 VT 11
Blacksburg, Va. – Florida State (18-2, 8-0) withstood a ninth inning rally by Virginia Tech (7-14, 0-8) to remain undefeated in the ACC with a 12-11 victory Saturday night. In the longest and coldest game played this season, the Seminoles registered 14 hits and drew a season-high 14 walks to win their third conference series of the year and 13 of their last 14 dating back to the final series of the 2006 season.
Florida State trailed by as many as three runs before putting together an eight-run sixth to take a five run lead. The Hokies made things interesting in the ninth to draw within one but Buster Posey came in to close the door on Virginia Tech to record his third save of the season.
Clemson 3 NC State 2
The Clemson Baseball team downed the N.C. State Wolfpack (13-6, 4-4 ACC) 3-2 in ACC action on Saturday night in front of 4,987 fans at Doug Kingsmore Stadium. The Tigers (13-7, 3-5 ACC) rallied from a 2-0 deficit in the bottom of the seventh, with the decisive run scoring on a double-play groundout by J.D. Burgess.
D.J. Mitchell (2-2) earned the win for the Tigers, pitching 7.0 strong innings, allowing seven hits and two unearned runs while striking out five against only one walk. Matt Vaughn pitched 2.0 hitless and scoreless innings with two strikeouts to record his sixth save of the season. Wolfpack starter Clayton Shunick (2-2), who came into the game having allowed only two earned runs in 23.0 innings pitched all season, was charged with three runs and struck out a career-tying-high nine batters in the loss.
N.C. State took advantage of a pair of Tiger mistakes in the top of the sixth inning to get the scoring started. Dallas Poulk led off with a single through the right side. Following a strikeout, Marcus Jones grounded a ball back to Mitchell, who spun and threw to second. Second-baseman Mike Freeman was unable to collect the throw, which bounced into centerfield, advancing Poulk to third.
Wake Forest at Miami (FL) PPD to Sunday
