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Miami (FL) 11 FSU 4
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Junior second baseman Jemile Weeks collected three hits and started a 10-run sixth inning as No. 1 Miami (32-3, 16-1 ACC) rallied to knock off No. 2 Florida State, 11-4, Friday night in the first game of the Atlantic Coast Conference series in front of a Dick Howser Stadium record crowd of 6,766 fans. It was the first ever 10-run inning by the Hurricanes in the series that dates back to 1951.
Blake Tekotte, Dennis Raben, Mark Sobolewski and Ryan Jackson each had a pair of hits for the Hurricanes, who ended up out-hitting the Seminoles (33-4, 17-2 ACC), 14-10, but it was Miami’s pitching staff that silenced the nation’s third-best scoring offense. UM starter Chris Hernandez, Kyle Bellamy, Rene Guerra and P.J. Fisher combined to strike out 13 Seminoles – the most strikeouts by the FSU offense this season. Bellamy, Guerra and Fisher held FSU to one hit in the final four innings. Hernandez (6-0) won for the sixth time this season as he allowed four runs on a season-high nine hits and struck out five. Bellamy tossed two scoreless and hitless innings and recorded four strikeouts before giving way to Guerra and Fisher to finish off the win.
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UNC 12 Boston College 3
CARY, N.C. – Sophomore second baseman Kyle Seager belted a pair of two-run homers and drove in a career-high five runs to pace No. 4 North Carolina to a 12-3 series-opening win over Boston College Friday at Cary’s USA Baseball National Training Complex. The Tar Heels, who have now won seven straight games, matched a season-best with four home runs and pounded out a season-high nine extra-base hits.
In addition to Seager, who posted third career multi-homer game, right fielder Tim Fedroff and catcher Mark Fleury also went deep for Carolina (32-7, 14-4 ACC). The Tar Heels hit four homers for the first time since doing it twice in the season-opening series at Florida Atlantic.
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UVA 4 Wake Forest 2
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – John Barr’s two-out, two-run double in the sixth inning gave the No. 16 Virginia baseball team a lead it would not relinquish as the Cavaliers topped Wake Forest, 4-2, Friday night at Davenport Field.
Virginia (30-10, 12-7 ACC) fell behind early, but used strong pitching from Pat McAnaney (Sr., Syracuse, N.Y.), Neal Davis (So., Baltimore, Md.) and Michael Schwimer (Sr., Alexandria, Va.) to hold the Demon Deacons (14-23, 6-12) at bay and set up the comeback. After McAnaney exited in the sixth inning, Wake Forest did not record a hit.
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Maryland 7 GT 5
COLLEGE PARK, Md. – Sophomore AJ Casario laced a two-run double to left-center field to break a 5-5 tie with two outs in the bottom of the eighth inning and the bullpen made it stand in the ninth as the University of Maryland baseball team came from behind to defeat No. 21 Georgia Tech, 7-5, Friday night at Shipley Field.
It was Casario’s second straight three-hit game. Casario (Pine Hill, N.J./Overbrook) has now raised his average over 100 points the last two weeks.
The Terps (23-17, 6-13 ACC) trailed 5-3 heading into the bottom of the eighth inning after Georgia Tech’s Brad Feltes hit a two-out, two-run home run in the top of the inning to break a 3-3 tie.
Clemson 7 Duke 4
Durham, NC – Clemson totaled 14 hits in its 7-4 win at Duke in front of 632 fans at Jack Coombs Field on Friday night. The Tigers, who snapped their 11-game losing streak, improved to 19-19 overall and 7-12 in ACC play. The Blue Devils fell to 26-13 overall, 5-13 in the ACC. It was also Clemson’s 11th consecutive victory over Duke, as the Tigers took a 1-0 series lead.
Sophomore Mike Freeman and freshman Jeff Schaus, the #1 and #2 batters in the lineup, each totaled three hits apiece. Freshmen Kyle Parker and Chris Epps added two hits and two RBIs apiece as well. They all helped Clemson end its 19-game streak of scoring six or fewer runs dating back to its 14-2 win over Furman on March 20. The 14 hits were also the most for the Tigers since that Furman game.
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NC State 8 Va Tech 2
BLACKSBURG, Va. – The top line of the scoreboard looked like a picket fence. NC State scored single runs in every inning but the ninth on Friday, and Clayton Shunick and Joey Cutler limited Virginia Tech to a pair of runs as the Wolfpack defeated the Hokies 8-2 in the first game of a three-game Atlantic Coast Conference series at English Field.
The Wolfpack extended its winning streak to five games, has won 12 of its last 14 games, and improved to 26-11 overall and 11-7 in the ACC. The Hokies fell to 16-22 and 3-16 in the ACC.
NC State took a 3-0 lead with runs in the second, third and fourth. Marcus Jones belted a one-out triple in the second and scored on Tommy Foschi’s two-out single up the middle. Dallas Poulk walked to lead off the third and scored all the way from first on Ryan Pond’s double down the left-field line. And Pat Ferguson led off the fourth with his sixth home run of the season, an opposite-field shot to left-center field.
