ACC Baseball Tournament 2024: Final Four Scores, Championship Bracket, Schedule
May 25, 2024
The stage for the 2024 ACC Baseball Championship is set.
Florida State, Wake Forest, Duke and Miami all entered Saturday as winners of their respective pools. For some, the weekend presented a chance to improve positioning within the NCAA Tournament field. For others, winning the tournament may be the only way to secure a spot in the postseason.
In the end, it will be Florida State and Duke facing off for the title.
Here is a look at how the day's action went.
Semifinal Scores
No. 5 Florida State def. No. 8 North Carolina, 9-6
No. 6 Duke def. No. 11 Miami, 8-2
Championship Game Schedule
Matchup: No. 5 Florida State vs. No. 6 Duke
Date: Sunday, May 26
Time: 12 p.m. ET
Channel: ESPN 2
Live Stream: WatchESPN
Florida State 9, Wake Forest 6
For the first time in six years, the Florida State Seminoles are headed to the ACC Championship.
The program hit a significant low point in 2023, going 23-31 and missing out on the ACC tournament altogether. This year has been a return to form, with the Seminoles sporting a 41-14 record and now headed to the tournament championship after knocking off Wake Forest 9-6.
The Demon Deacons did have a tougher task than the Seminoles as Wake Forest played a 12-inning classic against North Carolina just hours before the first pitch of this one. That didn't mean Wake Forest was going to start slowly, however, as it put three runs on the board in the third inning to take the first lead of the game.
Florida State quickly tied it up in the bottom of the inning and added two more in the fourth to take a 5-3 lead. Wake Forest would make it 5-4 in the sixth, but the Seminoles added two runs in the sixth and seventh innings to extend the lead to 9-4.
Wake Forest scored two in the eighth but could not add beyond that.
Max Williams led the Seminoles with three hits and four RBIs. Drew Faurot and Daniel Cantu added two hits, while John Abraham took home the victory in relief.
Duke 8, Miami 2
The miracle run for the Hurricanes is over.
The 11-seed knocked off No. 2 Clemson and No. 7 Louisville to claim the surprising Pool B victory. However, Miami was unable to keep the luck going and fell to the higher-seeded Blue Devils.
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The loss likely signals the end of the season for the Hurricanes, as the team went 27-30 and are unlikely to qualify for the NCAA Tournament as an at-large team. Still, Miami did not go down without a fight.
The Hurricanes only mustered two hits against Duke but made them count. Miami was the first to score in the matchup after Daniel Cuvet smashed a two-run home run in the top of the fourth.
Duke would get one back in the fifth and one in the seventh, but exploded for six in the eighth to take the victory.
Devin Obee was the leader for Dukes offense with two hits and two RBIs and Charlie Beilenson claimed the victory.