The ACC is one of the strongest baseball conferences this year, with a total of seven teams ranked in the top 25.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- The 2024 Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Championship has come to an end as Duke takes the ACC title after defeating Florida State during Sunday's championship game.
The ACC is one of the strongest baseball conferences this year, with a total of seven teams ranked in the top 25.
-Max Williams batted 3 for 5, drove in four runs, and his two-run homer in the sixth inning.
-The win sends Florida State to its first ACC championship game since 2018.
-The Seminoles will face the winner of the second semifinal between No. 6-seed Duke and 11th-seed Miami on Sunday.
- Down four runs, UNC shows fight with Vance Honeycutt ripping a leadoff double off Michael Massey to start the bottom of the 12th.
- Honeycutt steals third but Casey Cook strikes out swinging.
- Parks Harber goes down on strikes as he chases a Massey slider. UNC is down to its last out.
- Anthony Donofrio is at the plate, trying to keep it alive for UNC.
- Full count for Donofrio. He swings and misses and the game is over.
- Wake Forest wins 9-5 and advances to play Florida State at 1 p.m. on Saturday.
- Wake Forest's Marek Houston leads off the top of the 12th inning with a single.
- The Demon Deacons do damage! Nick Kurtz rips a home run to left field off Ben Peterson and it's 7-5 Wake Forest.
- And now Jack Winnay reaches first on a fielding error. Javar Williams bunts and grounds out but Winnay goes to second and the Deacons are looking for more.
- Seaver King is intentionally walked. Adam Tellier is at bat.
- After a long at-bat Tellier is hit by a pitch. Bases are loaded and the Wake Forest fans are roaring.
- Pitching change coming for UNC. Aidan Haugh comes in for Peterson.
- Antonio Morales is the batter for Wake Forest. Morales rips a shot through the right side of the infield to score two and make it 9-5 Wake Forest.
- Tate Ballestero strike out. Two gone.
- Jacob Burley strikes out to end the inning but the Deacons plate four to take control.
- Wake Forest shows no signs of life in the top of the 11th. A ground out and two strikeouts quickly end the stanza.
- Haiden Leffew comes in for Wake to pitch the bottom of the inning.
- After Anthony Donofrio strikes out swinging, Luke Stevenson draws a walk, putting the potential winning run on first.
- Alex Madera also walks and the Heels have another golden chance to put it away with two on and just one out.
- Ben Shenosky is in to pitch to Jackson Van de Brake.
- A ball gets away from the catcher and the runners advance. UNC has the winning run just 90 feet away with one out.
- Bases are loaded after Van de Brake is intentionally walked.
- Gavin Gallher at bat. He grounds to the shortstop and the Deacons stay alive with the throw to home. Two outs now and bases still loaded.
- Now Colby Wilkerson has a chance to drive in the winning run.
- He grounds to second, and the Heels waste a golden opportunity.
On to the 12th inning.
