FROM CBB NEWS SOURCES
UNC 8 Clemson 4
CLEMSON, S.C. – No. 4 North Carolina broke open a one-run game with five straight two-out singles in the eighth inning to claim an 8-4 win over Clemson Sunday and its first-ever series sweep at the Tigers’ Doug Kingsmore Stadium. Second baseman Kyle Seager belted the go-ahead home run in the fifth – his third in the last two days – and drove in a game-high three runs for the Tar Heels (29-7, 13-4 ACC). Paced by three-hit efforts by Seager, first baseman Dustin Ackley and third baseman Chad Flack, who also drove in two runs, the Tar Heels pounded out 18 hits en route to the first series sweep by an opponent at Clemson since Florida State took three from the Tigers in 2002. All nine starters hit safely with six Tar Heels registering multi-hit games.
Miami (FL) 9 Ga Tech 3
Virginia 11 Maryland 4
COLLEGE PARK, Md. – The Virginia baseball team finished off a three-game sweep of Maryland with an 11-4 victory Sunday on a chilly afternoon at Shipley Field in College Park. Andrew Carraway (Jr., Marietta, Ga.) pitched a career-high seven innings, while the Cavaliers’ offense racked up 14 hits, including three home runs, to cruise to the win.
A replay of the game can be viewed on demand at ACCSelect.com.
Carraway (3-2) allowed a run, six hits and no walks while striking out nine. Maryland starter Kevin Biringer (3-2) took the loss and went 4.2 innings, giving up eight earned runs and 10 hits while striking out six.
NC State 12 Duke 7
RALEIGH, N.C. – Dallas Poulk, Ryan Pond and Matt Payne, the Killer P’s who bat 1-2-3 for NC State, combined for nine hits and 10 RBIs on Sunday, and relievers Joey Cutler and Jimmy Gillheeney combined for 4 2/3 innings of shutout relief as the Wolfpack defeated Duke 12-7 at Doak Field at Dail Park.
With the victory, NC State took the three-game Atlantic Coast Conference series from the Blue Devils, two games to one, and improved to 23-11 overall and 10-7 in the ACC. Duke dropped to 23-12 overall and 5-12 in the conference.
Wake Forest 3 Va Tech 2
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Steven Brooks took a risk, and it paid off beautifully. The speedy freshman scored the game-winning run on a wild pitch that barely got away from the Virginia Tech catcher to send Wake Forest to a 3-2 walk-off defeat of the Hokies Sunday afternoon at Hooks Stadium.
With runners at the corners and one out in the bottom of the ninth, Virginia Tech reliever Jesse Hahn threw a 1-1 pitch in the dirt. The ball squirted away to the right of catcher Anthony Sosnoskie, not getting more than 10 feet from him. However, Brooks reacted instantly at third and took off for home. He slid in head first and touched the plate just inches ahead of a diving Sosnoskie.
