Here is your ACC Recap for April 17th.
#1 Virginia 8 #29 Virginia Tech 2
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – The top-ranked Virginia baseball team scored six runs in its final three trips to the plate as it earned an 8-2 victory over No. 20 Virginia Tech Saturday afternoon in front of a sold-out crowd of 4,219 at Davenport Field. With the win, UVa has clinched the series win – its fifth over a ranked team this year. UVa goes for the series sweep at 1 p.m. Sunday.
Virginia (29-8, 12-5 ACC) steadily stretched its lead in the late innings, scoring twice with two outs in the sixth inning to break a 2-2 tie, then tallying a run in the seventh and three in the eighth to coast to the win. Virginia Tech fell to 24-13 overall and 8-9 in the ACC.
Virginia Recap
Virginia Tech Recap
#5 Georgia Tech 4 #17 Clemson 3
ATLANTA – Brandon Cumpton scattered three runs over 7.0 innings, while Jeff Rowland drove in the go-ahead run in the bottom of the seventh to give fifth-ranked Georgia Tech (30-5, 14-3 ACC) a 4-3 win and series clinch over No. 19 Clemson (23-13, 10-7 ACC) Saturday at Russ Chandler Stadium.
"It was a good day for us, a big win and another series win against a very good team," head coach Danny Hall said. "I thought he [Brandon Cumpton] competed very well today. To limit them to the amount of runs that they got, it was a great start by him."
Georgia Tech Recap
Clemson Recap
Duke 10 #8 Florida State 6
CARY, N.C. – Brian Litwin went 3-for-5 and drove in the go-ahead run with a two-run double in the seventh inning to lead Duke to a 10-6 win over No. 6 Florida State on Saturday afternoon at the USA Baseball National Training Complex.
Litwin drove in three RBI and crossed the plate three times as Duke (21-15, 6-11 ACC) tied the series at one game apiece. The sophomore outfielder came to the plate with Duke trailing 6-5 in the bottom of the seventh and ripped the first pitch he saw to the right field warning track for a two-run double that put the Blue Devils on top for the remainder of the game.
Duke Recap
Florida State Recap
#14 Miami FL 11 #21 UNC 1
CORAL GABLES, Fla. – The 13th ranked University of Miami baseball team continued its power surge Saturday night, getting home runs from Ryan Perry and Harold Martinez en route to an 11-1 win over No. 21 North Carolina at Alex Rodriguez Park. The win guarantees the Hurricanes their first series win against the Tar Heels since 2005 and their fifth ACC series win in their first six this season.
Zeke DeVoss went 3-for-4, scored three runs and stole three bases to lead Miami (26-9, 13-4 ACC) offensively. Perry’s homer – his first of the season – came in the bottom of the second as his two-run blast to right proved to be the game-winner. Martinez’s homer – a three-run shot in the fifth – was his team-leading 11th this season, his fifth in UM’s last 10 games and his second in as many nights against UNC (22-15, 6-11 ACC).
NC State 7 Maryland 2
COLLEGE PARK, Md. – Cory Mazzoni pitched NC State’s second complete game in as many days, and five different Wolfpack hitters drove in runs to lead the Pack past Maryland 7-2 in the second game of a three-game ACC series at Shipley Field.
The Wolfpack, which won the first game of the series behind the stellar pitching of Jake Buchanan, has won the first two games of the series and now stands at 24-13 overall, 8-9 in the ACC. Maryland fell to 14-23 and 4-13.
Boston College 5 Wake Forest 3
CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – Wake Forest loaded the bases with no outs in the top of the ninth, but a strikeout and a 1-2-5 game-ending double play gave the Boston College baseball team a thrilling 5-3 win Saturday at Eddie Pellagrini Diamond at Commander Shea Field.
The Demon Deacons loaded the bases thanks to a single, a walk and a hit batsman. Sophomore Taylor Lasko got Trenton Langston to fan at strike three for the inning’s first out. Sophomore Matt Brazis came on to close the game and induced Pat Blair into a comebacker. Brazis took his time going home and got the first out but junior Garret Smith had no time to convert the double play at first. Steven Brooks, who had been on second, overran the third base bag though and Smith gunned him down on a close play to end the game.
Boston College Recap
Wake Forest Recap
