No. 1 seed Georgia Tech scored five runs in the bottom of the third inning to take a lead it wouldn’t relinquish in the ACC Championship Game Sunday in Charlotte, beating the Diamond Heels 13-6.

Carolina scored first and held a 1-0 lead entering the second inning thanks to an Owen Hull RBI single, but the Yellow Jackets tied the game in the second inning and then bludgeoned UNC starter Folger Boaz in the third, taking the lead on a two-run home run and then extending it on a bases-clearing double. Georgia Tech lead 6-1 after three innings.

UNC hung tough in the middle portion of the game, scoring two runs in the fourth and fifth innings to cut the deficit to 6-5. But Carolina couldn’t quite get over the hump, as the Yellow Jackets got a pair of insurance runs in the sixth and then pulled away with three in the seventh and two in the eighth.

Georgia Tech’s powerful lineup banged out 14 total hits and drew six walks against UNC pitching, and all three of the Yellow Jackets’ runs in the seventh inning came on wild pitches.

UNC will enter the NCAA Tournament with a 45-11-1 overall record. The Diamond Heels will likely be among the tournament’s top eight national seeds, meaning if seeding holds they would host both a regional and a super regional at Boshamer Stadium for the third consecutive season. The NCAA will reveal the 16 initial regional host sites later Sunday and will reveal the full tournament field Monday.

 

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