Friday was a trainwreck for the ACC after a 3-6 start, but Saturday was far more respectable.
UNC moved within 1 game of the Super Regional after a 7-5 win over East Carolina. Good luck to ECU or VCU winning back to back games and keeping the Heels and that pitching staff from advancing.
Georgia Tech was in a tussle with Oklahoma in a 3-3 game through 5 innings. The Jackets offense always seems to get you, as Georgia Tech leads 8-3 with 1 out in the 7th and the bases loaded before the game was suspended due to rain. It’s not over in Atlanta, but Jacket fans have to be feeling pretty good. They are 6 outs from being 1 game from the Super Regionals. It isn’t over, but this is Georgia Tech’s key game to close out, as I don’t see Oklahoma or The Citadel beating Georgia Tech 2 straight games.
Wake Forest and Boston College won their elimination games.
Virginia won their elimination game, beating #9 seed Southern Miss.
Florida State has a 2-1 lead in a suspended game against Coastal Carolina. Let’s see if FSU can hang on there.
Miami is in a battle with Florida in a winners bracket game down 7-6 in the 4th inning in a game against Florida.
Fair chance the ACC can go 6-3 or 7-2 in Day 2 College Baseball games.
The 2 losses were rough, though.
NC State scored 13 runs against Auburn in an elimination game with Auburn, but they gave up 17 in Elliot Avent’s last game. There was no miracle run for Avent’s last season.
Virginia Tech was on the cusp of an epic win against UCLA up 5-3 in the 9th inning. It’s turned into a nightmare for the Hokies. They gave up 2 HRs, and 3 runs in the bottom of the 9th as they join a laundry list of teams that couldn’t hold a late-inning lead against the Bruins.
It should have been one of the biggest victories in Virginia Tech baseball history. In the end, it was one of the most painful.
The NCAA baseball has had more intrigue and drama across the board than either March Madness tournament or the CFP Playoffs. Those events had their moments, but this tournament has had that old-time collegiate feel where you felt like anything could happen at any moment, and everybody has a chance.
Let’s enjoy it while we can before the powers that be wreck another sport.
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