Here is your ACC Recap for April 24th.
#1 North Carolina 7 Maryland 4
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – Kyle Seager and Mark Fleury homered and drove in three runs apiece to lead No. 1 North Carolina past Maryland, 7-4, in the opener of a three-game series Friday at Boshamer Stadium. All-America right-hander Alex White picked up the victory, as the Tar Heels (33-11, 14-7 ACC) won their fourth straight conference game.
Seager and Fleury finished with matching lines of 2-for-4 with two runs scored and three RBI. Seager hit a two-run homer in the first, while Fleury connected on a three-run shot in the third. Ryan Graepel also finished with two hits on the night.
White (7-1) lasted at least six innings for the ninth straight start, working 6 2/3 and allowing four runs on seven hits. He struck out five and walked three. White, who moved into a tie for fifth in school history with his 26th victory, gave up just one run over the first six innings before running into trouble in the seventh.
#8 Georgia Tech 5 #21 Clemson 4
CLEMSON, S.C. – Luke Murton’s two-run home run broke a 3-3 tie in the third inning, and the Georgia Tech pitching trio of Deck McGuire, Jake Davies and Zach Brewster held No. 20 Clemson to one run over the final eight innings to pull out a 5-4 win Friday night at Doug Kingsmore Stadium.
The Tigers (28-15, 12-10 ACC) narrowed the lead to one run with two outs in the bottom of the eighth inning, but Brewster forced a flyout from Ben Paulson to end the threat. The Tech lefty then struck out all three Clemson batters in the bottom of the ninth inning to earn the first save of his career while helping the Yellow Jackets (28-9-1, 14-5-1 ACC) to their 14th conference win of the season.
“Clemson has a lot of left-handed hitters, so we felt like Davies and Brewster would be very key for us this weekend,” head coach Danny Hall said. “Jake got us a lot of outs, and I felt like he’d done his job. When Schaus came up again, I didn’t want him to have to go through the order a second time so we brought in Brewster to change the look while still keeping a lefty in there. Both of those guys just did their job.”
Georgia Tech Recap
Clemson Recap
#10 Florida State 15 Wake Forest 6
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Florida State (28-12, 13-7 ACC) recorded its seventh straight win with a 15-6 victory over Wake Forest (20-21, 6-16 ACC) Friday night on Mike Martin Field inside Dick Howser Stadium. The Seminoles pounded out 13 hits in game one as seven of those hits went for extra bases including six doubles. Seven of the 15 runs scored by FSU on Friday night came on two outs.
Mike McGee once again provided the offensive fire power for the Seminoles as the sophomore from Port St. Lucie, Fla., went 3-for-5 with five runs scored and six RBI, both career-highs. Over the last three games, McGee is hitting .556 with three home runs, two doubles, nine runs scored and 14 RBI.
#12 Miami FL 4 Virginia Tech 1
CORAL GABLES, Fla. – Sophomore Chris Hernandez won his fifth game and junior closer Kyle Bellamy picked up his ACC-leading 11th save as the 11th-ranked University of Miami baseball team knocked off Virginia Tech, 4-1, in game one of the three game Atlantic Coast Conference set Friday night at Alex Rodriguez Park at Mark Light Field.
Hernandez (5-3) turned in his best outing of the season, allowing one run on just one hit while walking three and striking out six in 6 1/3 before exiting after getting hit in the face with a come-backer off the bat of Anthony Sosnoskie. Daniel Miranda came on after Hernandez was forced to leave the game and proceeded to toss 1 1/3 scoreless before handing it over to Bellamy with two outs in the eighth. Bellamy pitched the final 1 1/3 scoreless innings, striking out three to record his seventh inning-plus save of the season.
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#16 Virginia 6 NC State 2
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – The No. 11 Virginia baseball team opened its three-game ACC series with NC State with a 6-2 victory Friday night at Davenport Field. Despite tying a season low with five hits, the Cavaliers took advantage of nine Wolfpack errors, which led to all six UVa runs.
Virginia starter Danny Hultzen (Fr., Bethesda, Md.) earned the win after pitching 5.1 innings and giving up two runs (one earned), five hits and two walks while striking out nine. The freshman improved to 6-0 this season. Tyler Wilson (So., Midlothian, Va.) shut the door on a sixth-inning NC State rally and pitched the final 3.2 innings to earn his first career save.
Jimmy Gillheeney (5-3) started for NC State and pitched well but was victimized by the defense behind him. In six innings, he allowed six runs, but none were earned. He allowed four hits and a walk and struck out six, but the Wolfpack made all nine of their errors during his six innings.
Duke 12 Boston College 2
DURHAM, N.C. – Matt Williams homered twice and drove in four runs to back a seven-inning, 10-strikeout performance from Christopher Manno in a 12-2 Duke win over Boston College Friday evening at Jack Coombs Field.
Williams finished 3-for-4 and mashed two of Duke’s season-high four home runs. Fellow senior Nate Freiman and freshman Will Piwnica-Worms each launched Duke’s other two home runs, all of which came in the first four innings.
Manno (4-4) had his most effective start of the year, giving up two runs and seven hits through a season-high matching 7.0 innings. He struck out 10, walked three and gave up his only two runs on one swing of the bat when Boston College catcher Tony Sanchez hit a two-run homer in the third inning. Manno threw 113 pitches in the outing, which included a run of 11 consecutive batters retired.
Duke Recap
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