Here is your ACC Recap for April 3rd.
#2 Virginia 10 Virginia Tech 2
BLACKSBURG, Va. – The top-ranked Virginia baseball team completed a three-game series sweep of Virginia Tech with a 10-2 triumph Sunday afternoon at English Field in Blacksburg. In outscoring the Hokies 37-8 in the series, Virginia ran its win streak to nine games and improved to 28-2 this season, including an 11-1 mark in ACC play. UVa is off to its best 30-game start in program history.
Virginia used strong pitching and defense as well as timely hitting to roll to the win. John Barr (Sr., Ivyland, Pa.) led the Cavaliers with three hits. Kenny Swab (Sr., Kernersville, N.C.) went 2-for-3 with three runs scored, while Chris Taylor (So., Virginia Beach, Va.) posted a pair of hits and scored twice.
Virginia Recap
Virginia Tech Recap
#9 Florida State 12 Maryland 3
COLLEGE PARK, Md. – Practicing patience at the plate, Florida State continued its “Never On Sunday” ways, dispatching Maryland 12-3 for a series clinching victory.
Mike McGee and Stuart Tapley homered as the seventh-ranked Seminoles posted their 25th consecutive Sunday victory; a streak that began in 2009.
One day after seeing their 40-game win streak against the Terrapins come to an end, the Seminoles (21-7, 8-3 ACC) battered six Maryland pitchers for 13 hits. FSU’s most productive day at the plate since rapping 15 hits against Boston College on March 12 was further aided by a Maryland staff which issued 15 walks. The Terrapins also committed four errors as the Seminoles kept the pressure on throughout the day.
#10 North Carolina 5 #17 Clemson 4
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – Colin Moran and Levi Michael combined for five hits as No. 6 North Carolina walked off with a 5-4 series sweep of No. 16 Clemson (14-12, 4-8 ACC) Sunday afternoon at Boshamer Stadium. Moran drove in Michael for the winning run in the bottom of the ninth as the Tar Heels equaled the best 30-game start in school history and now own a 26-4 record on the year.
Carolina captured its third consecutive ACC series with a sweep marking just the third time since the ACC expanded to three game series in 1990 that the Tar Heels accomplished the feat. Carolina swept Clemson at home for the first time since 1990 this weekend and now joins the 2005 and 2006 teams as the only teams to sweep three straight conference series.
The Tar Heels moved their record to 26-4 overall and 10-2 in conference play which ties the 2007 team with the best 30 game start in school history in the last 20 years. The 1990 and 1983 teams also opened the year with 26-4 marks.
#12 Georgia Tech 11 Duke 5
DURHAM, N.C. – Juniors Jacob Esch and Matt Skole had four hits apiece and drove in a combined five runs to lead the sixth-ranked Georgia Tech baseball team to an 11-5 win over Duke in the rubber-match on Sunday at Durham Bulls Athletic Park.
The Yellow Jackets (23-6, 11-1 ACC) won their seventh series of the season, and have now won 10 straight series dating back to May 9, 2010. Duke falls to 16-14 overall and 3-9 in the ACC.
The first four batters in the Tech lineup all recorded multiple hits on Sunday, led by Esch and Skole. Freshman Kyle Wren and junior Jake Davies each chipped in with two in the Jackets’ 17-hit assault.
Game 1: Miami (FL) 19 Boston College 4
Game 2: Miami (FL) 6 Boston College 5 (5 innings/travel curfew)
CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – After a two-day delay due to weather, the University of Miami and Boston College finally met Sunday for an ACC doubleheader at Eddie Pellagrini Diamond at Commander Shea Field in Chestnut Hill, Mass. Miami swept the doubleheader affair – using a 19-4 advantage in the opener, and a 7-6 decision in the nightcap in a fifth inning game.
Miami (17-11, 8-3 Atlantic Coast Conference) pounded out 36 hits on the day, including a season-high five home runs. The games were a make-up from Friday and Saturday when games were cancelled due to snow. The five-inning game in the nightcap happened due to the ACC Sunday curfew rule – where an inning cannot start after 4:45 p.m. for teams traveling via plane. The third game will not be made up.
In the opener, the Hurricanes pounded out a season-high 26 hits, surpassing the previous high of 14 against Illinois State (March 8).
Miami (FL) Recap
Boston College Recap
NC State 17 Wake Forest 5
RALEIGH, N.C. — Matt Bergquist drove in a career-high six runs to lead a 17-hit attack as NC State defeated Wake Forest 17-5 in the final game of a three-game Atlantic Coast Conference series at Doak Field at Dail Park.
The Wolfpack, which won the series two games to one, was victorious for the seventh time in its last nine games and improved to 17-12 overall and 5-7 in the ACC after a 1-5 start. Wake Forest fell to 10-17 overall and 4-8 in the ACC.
Bergquist went 3-for-5 with a pair of doubles and was the hitting star for the Wolfpack, but NC State also got three hits from Andrew Ciencin, Harold Riggins and Cameron Conner. In addition, Pratt Maynard extended his hitting streak to 11 games with a pair of singles. Maynard is hitting .350 (14-for-40) during his streak.
NC State Recap
Wake Forest Recap
