Tech Rallies Past Tigers for ACC Title |
FORT MILL, SC -- For the second day in a row the Clemson bullpen was unable to hold a lead late against Georgia Tech.
Clemson (45-16) was poised to extend the ACC tournament to a one game playoff against Georgia Tech (47-14) on Sunday but instead the Yellow Jackets claimed a 8-4 comeback win and their first ACC Tournament title since 1988. Freshman Clemson pitcher Ryan Childs left the game with the Tigers holding a narrow 4-3 lead in the seventh inning. However, Georgia Tech exploited the Clemson bullpen for three runs in the inning on Mark Teixeira's 2-run double and tournament MVP Jason Basil’s RBI sacrifice fly. Georgia Tech then added two more runs in the eighth to close out the scoring. Kevin Cameron was the winning pitcher for the Jackets while Matt Additon took the loss for the Tigers. The Yellow Jackets who also won the regular season crown have taken 4 of 5 from the Tigers this year. "You have to give them the credit,” said Clemson head coach Jack Leggett. “They keep coming at you. I thought we had our opportunities during the course of the game. We quite honestly didn't situational hit very well. We had some opportunities to scratch out some runs earlier in the game, but we didn't quite get it done." Earlier in the day the Tigers advanced to the Championship round by eliminating Virginia 12-5. Khalil Green,Patick Boyd, Jeff Baker, and Ryan Mottl were named to the All ACC Tournament team. The Tigers will now begin preparations for regional play. Teams assignments are to be announced on Monday at 3:00PM and play will begin on Friday. BOXSCORE
Clemson vs Georgia Tech
CU - UVA Box Score
Clemson 12 (45-15) Name (Pos) AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB Avg Casey Stone lf............ 5 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 Henri Stanley ph/lf....... 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Patrick Boyd cf........... 5 2 2 0 1 1 4 0 1 Khalil Greene 3b.......... 5 3 5 1 1 0 0 3 0 Jeff Baker dh............. 5 3 2 5 1 1 0 0 0 Ryan Riley 2b............. 4 0 1 1 1 1 4 1 2 Brian Holstad 2b.......... 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 Mike Calitri 1b........... 4 0 0 1 1 1 4 0 3 Brian Ellis c............. 4 1 1 1 0 0 9 0 2 Steve Pyzik c............. 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Bradley LeCroy ss......... 4 1 2 0 1 0 1 4 3 Justin Singleton rf....... 4 1 2 1 0 2 2 0 0 Ryan Hub ph/rf............ 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 Kevin Lynn p.............. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 B.J. LaMura p............. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals.................... 42 12 16 12 7 7 27 9 12 Virginia 5 (26-31-1) Name (Pos) AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB Avg Tim LaVigne ss............ 5 0 3 2 0 0 1 0 3 Robbie Marvin 2b.......... 6 0 3 1 0 1 0 3 3 Jon Benick c.............. 4 0 0 0 1 2 7 1 0 Luis Giraldo 3b........... 5 0 1 0 0 2 2 2 4 Hunter Wyant lf........... 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ben Himes rf.............. 5 2 3 0 0 1 1 0 3 Mark Rueffert dh.......... 5 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 David Stone 1b............ 2 0 0 0 1 1 10 1 0 Robert Word ph/1b......... 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 Michael Floyd cf.......... 4 1 2 2 0 1 5 0 2 Andrew Riesenfeld ph...... 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Brandon Creswell p........ 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 Chris Marinak p........... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jon Metzger p............. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Will Parker p............. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Alexander Starr p......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals.................... 43 5 17 5 3 9 27 9 15 Score by innings: R H E ---------------------------------------------- Clemson 012 005 301 - 12 16 0 Virginia 010 000 031 - 5 17 0 ---------------------------------------------- DP - Clemson 1. LOB - Clemson 12, Virginia 15. 2B - BOYD(16), GREENE(16), ELLIS(13), LeCROY(7), Marvin(6), Word(3). HR - BAKER 2(9). SB - LeCROY(2). CS - SINGLETON(2). Clemson IP H R ER BB SO AB BF ERA NP Kevin Lynn.......... 7.2 14 4 4 1 8 36 37 128 B.J. LaMura......... 1.1 3 1 1 2 1 7 10 30 Virginia IP H R ER BB SO AB BF ERA NP Brandon Creswell.... 4.0 8 3 3 0 4 19 20 66 Chris Marinak....... 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 4 4 8 Jon Metzger......... 0.2 2 5 5 5 0 4 9 47 Will Parker......... 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 Alexander Starr..... 3.1 5 4 4 2 3 15 17 54 Win - LYNN 3-1. Loss - Creswell 5-8. Save - None. PB - Benick(7). HBP - by Creswell (CALITRI), by Metzger (ELLIS), by LaMURA (LaVigne). Umpires - Home:Steve Manders 1st:Mike Kiernan 2nd:Al Davis 3rd:Randall Dulin Start: 3:41 Time: 2:56 Attendance: 2468 Game Notes: Clemson advances to face Georgia Tech in Championship Sat. at 8:00 Virginia eliminated from tournament. Parker faced 1 batter in the 6th. Khalil Greene extends his hitting streak to 19 games. Georgia Tech wins ACC Tournament Championship. CHILDS faced 1 batter in the 7th. BOOZER faced 2 batters in the 7th. CAMERON faced 1 batter in the 8th. REBA faced 4 batters in the 8th.
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