Schedule change for ACC Baseball Tournament Semifinals on Saturday
There has been a schedule change on Saturday afternoon for the 2023 ACC Baseball Tournament. Due to impending bad weather, one of the games has been moved up from 5:00 PM EST to 1:00 PM EST. Both games will be played at 1:00 PM EST, but will be played at different locations. One game will be played in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. The other game will be played in Durham, North Carolina.
Check out the announcement below.
2023 ACC Baseball Tournament Semifinals Schedule
The No. 4 seed Miami Hurricanes will face the No. 1 seed Wake Forest Demon Deacons in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. That one will start at 1:00 PM EST. Then the No. 7 seed North Carolina Tar Heels will face the No. 3 seed, the Clemson Tigers in Durham, North Carolina. That one will be at 1:00 PM EST as well. It will be played at Durham Bulls Athletic Park.
Miami will be looking to reach their first ACC Baseball Tournament final in 11 years on Saturday.
Jordan Cornette of the ACC Network made the announcement this afternoon on the network’s television broadcast, following Miami’s 7-6 victory over the Duke Blue Devils. Miami moved to 39-18 overall with the win. Duke fell to 35-21 overall on the 2023 campaign.
Top-seeded Wake Forest is facing No. 8 seed Notre Dame in pool play on Friday night. Clemson defeated Boston College on Friday afternoon, 3-1.
Miami has led the ACC in home runs for the 2023 campaign. They had six players hit double digit home runs this year.
The Hurricanes had a back-and-forth battle with the Duke Blue Devils in pool play on Friday. Miami drilled two home runs to tie the game in the bottom of the eighth inning. First, junior C.J. Kayfus launched a solo shot. Then, two batters later, Yohandy Morales launched a solo shot to tie the game. Renzo Gonzalez slapped a single up the middle to put the ‘Canes up for good, 7-6. And then, closer Andrew Walters finished it off in the ninth inning as Miami won 7-6. He’s been one of the best closers in college baseball and showed why once again on Friday. It was his second save in two days for the ‘Canes.
Duke sophomore slugger Luke Storm belted two home runs in the losing effort. He’s one of the better power hitters in baseball. In 2022, he smashed 10 home runs, tying for the team lead as a freshman. He also had 13 doubles in ACC play.