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The Herald Scotland
26-05-2025
- Sport
- The Herald Scotland
ACC baseball championship live updates: Scores, highlights
Watch North Carolina vs Clemson baseball on Fubo (free trial) Both North Carolina and Clemson -- ranked Nos. 3 and 12 among the top 25, respectively, in the most recent USA TODAY Baseball Coaches Poll -- should feel secure in making the 2025 NCAA baseball tournament, regardless of Sunday's outcome. The Tar Heels are projected as the No. 7 national seed, whereas Clemson is projected as the No. 2 seed in the Conway Regional alongside No. 12 national seed Coastal Carolina. With that, follow along live for scores, updates and highlights from the ACC championship game: ACC baseball championship score This section will be updated. TEAM123456789FClemson000000211--UNC12108200---- This section will be updated. A Luke Gaffney fly-out ends the game for the Tar Heels, who beat Clemson 14-4 for the program's ninth ACC tournament title. Olin Johnson gets the win for the Tar Heels, while B.J. Bailey is saddled with the loss for Clemson. A fielding error by Madera at shortstop allows Dillard to score from third. That's another run for the Tigers. Pinch-hitter Hideki Prather manages to drop a double into shallow centerfield to extend the inning, putting runners on second and third. UNC leaves a runner on in the bottom of the eighth and will head to the ninth inning with a commanding 14-3 lead and needing only three outs to claim the ACC title. Clemson's back at the top of the order but will have Jay Dillard, Josh Castellani and Ty Marshall pinch-hitting in the lineup. The Tigers get another run across the board to make it 14-3 Tar Heels. Paino scores off an RBI-single from Crighton, but Clemson can't muster another run after Wentworth and Ciufo both strike out looking to end the inning. Clemson leaves two runners on in scoring position. .@j_crighton5 plates a run for the Tigers. T8 || CU 3, UNC 14 ???? — Clemson Baseball (@ClemsonBaseball) May 25, 2025 UNC is making its third pitching change of the game. Cameron Padgett is coming on in place of Folger Boaz, who gets through 1/3 of an inning before Scott Forbes makes the call. Boaz previously replaced Johnson, who got 2 2/3 innings of work, allowing four hits and two runs. Though it likely will matter little by the end of the game, the Tar Heels left Gallaher stranded on third after Clemson gets Madera and Bass to strike out. UNC has a runner in scoring position after Gallaher walks. He advances to second on a wild pitch then advances to third on a groundout by Stokely. Clemson's Cam Cannarella helps Clemson avoid the ACC title game shutout with a two-run home run in the top of the seventh. His shot has a 104.22 mph exit velocity. .@CamCannarella extends his hitting streak to 19 games! — Clemson Baseball (@ClemsonBaseball) May 25, 2025 Clemson tries to make the play at home to stop another run from coming across for the Tar Heels, but a throwing error by French allows Madera to score. One batter later, Van De Brake grounds out to shortstop but scores Bass from third. Both runs were unearned. Clemson gets out of the inning after a Stokely line-out but the damage is done. It's 14-0 UNC. In what has been a recurring theme in the ACC title game, Clemson is making another pitching change. Up next is Justin LeGuernic, who is 0-3 in 21 2/3 innings pitched this year on top of allowing a 9.14 ERA. Still no score for Clemson after six innings. The Tigers' latest opportunity ends after Jarrell grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Another Clemson pitching change, the Tigers' third of the inning. Next up is Noah Samol, who is 0-1 in six prior appearances on the season. He has a 10.8 ERA in 6 2/3 innings pitched. Any chance Clemson had of a comeback in the ACC championship just left the field alongside Jackson Van De Brake's three-RBI home run. One batter after Kepley drove in Hargett with an RBI-single, Van De Brake smoked one over the wall in left field. It had a 109.15 mph exit velocity and traveled 408.87 feet, per the ESPN2 broadcast. ???????????????????????????? ???????????????????? ???? Heels running absolute wild in the title game. Our first 3 HR inning of the year. — Carolina Baseball (@DiamondHeels) May 25, 2025 It's an eight-run inning and the rest of the game appears to be a matter of course. And here's another pitching change by Clemson. The Tigers move now to Chance Fitzgerald. It's his 16th appearance of the season, in which time he has allowed a 7.56 ERA. He's 4-0 on the season. Hudson Lee has a rough start to his day, allowing a double to Madera followed by a two-run home run to Tyler Bass over the left-centerfield wall. It's all Tar Heels here. It's all coming up Carolina ???????? ???? ESPN2 — Carolina Baseball (@DiamondHeels) May 25, 2025 Another pitching change for Clemson, as Dvorsky's day is done. Next up on the mound for the Tigers is 6-foot-4 sophomore Hudson Lee. It's his 15th appearance on the season, in which he has allowed a 3.86 ERA. Dvorsky finishes with three innings of work, allowing four hits and three earned runs while striking out one. UNC's Hunter Stokely mashes a two-run home run over the right-center field to give the Heels a 6-0 lead in the bottom of the fifth. It had an exit velocity of 103.66 mph and traveled 399.25 feet. Stokely also scores Stevenson, who walked to start the inning. HUNTER STOKELY GOT THE DBAP JUMPIN' ????@DiamondHeels extend their lead 6-0! ???? ESPN2 — ACC Baseball (@ACCBaseball) May 25, 2025 Clemson's Andrew Ciufo gets the inning started with a single to left field. But the Tar Heels force the 4-6-3 double play on the next batter, followed up by a groundout to shortstop to end the inning. Lynch's day is done after four innings pitched. He allows two hits, two batters based and struck out seven. Next up is 6-foot-6 sophomore right-hander Olin Johnson. He's 1-0 in 14 previous appearances with a 2.77 ERA this season. What a finish by Lynch to get UNC out of the inning with no damage done. After loading the bases, Lynch strikes out Jacob Jarrell looking, gets Jack Crighton swinging and TP Wentworth to ground out at first. The Tar Heels' lead remains 4-0. ???????????????????????? ???????????????? ???????????? ???????????????? ???????????????????????????????? ????@ryanlynch2024 leaves 'em loaded! 3 straight sat down hangs another 0?. — Carolina Baseball (@DiamondHeels) May 25, 2025 The Tigers have their best scoring opportunity here after Lynch walks Dominic Listi to load the bases. After struggling at the plate through three innings, Clemson finally is stringing together some hits off Lynch. Collin Priest and Josh Paino both get singles off Lynch to start the inning. The Tar Heels aren't letting up. Gallaher starts the inning with a double off the wall. Stokely advances to third off a play at first base, and then scores off an RBI-single from Madera. UNC leads 4-0 in the bottom of the third. Lynch retires the side for UNC. Up next for UNC: Gallaher, Hunter Stokely and Alex Madera in the 4-5-6 spots. Dvorsky immediately gives a sacrifice fly to Kepley, who scores Bass from third base after the tag-up. He then gives up a left-field single to Jackson Van De Brake, scoring French from second base. The Tar Heels add two more runs to take a 3-0 lead heading into the third inning. El Capitan comes through ???? ???? ESPN2 — Carolina Baseball (@DiamondHeels) May 25, 2025 Clemson coach Erik Bakich has seen enough, and makes a pitching change. The Tigers are now moving to Nathan Dvorsky, who is 4-0 on the season with a 6.45 ERA. He has 22 1/3 innings pitched on the season and has allowed 18 hits. Bailey finishes his day with 1 1/3 innings pitched and is responsible for the bases being loaded. Rough outing to start the second inning for Clemson's B.J. Bailey, who bases UNC's Tyson Bass and Perry Hargett in back-to-back at-bats. He then walks Carter French, bringing Kane Kepley up in the 1-spot with one out. The Tigers are convening on the mound. Next up in the Clemson batting order: Dominic Listi, Jacob Jarrell and Jack Crighton in the Nos. 5, 6 and 7 spots. They are retired in order, bringing UNC back up to the plate. The error comes back to bite Clemson immediately as UNC's Gavin Gallaher hits an RBI-double off the back wall to score Stevenson from second. Tar Heels lead 1-0 in the bottom of the first. Gallaher seemed to have swung and missed earlier in the count, but the home plate umpire ruled he got a piece of it. Gav off the blue monster for ? ???? ESPN2 — Carolina Baseball (@DiamondHeels) May 25, 2025 What should have been the final out of the inning results in a fielding error by Clemson's Cam Cannarella, who drops a pop fly and allows Luke Stevenson to advance to second base. Cannarella also reached on an error in the top of the first. Left-handed pitcher B.J. Bailey will get the start opposite Lynch for Clemson in the ACC title game. Clemson's leadoff hitter Cam Cannarella reaches on a fielding error, but that's it for the Tigers in the top of the first inning. Lynch retires the next three batters. North Carolina freshman Ryan Lynch will get the start for the Tar Heels. He joins He joins Connor Ollio (2019), Tyler Baum (2017) and Taylore Cherry (2013) as freshmen to start in the ACC title game. North Carolina shows up for ACC championship The Tar Heels have showed up to Durham Bulls Athletic Park for the ACC title game: Heels on site for the ACC Championship. — ACC Baseball (@ACCBaseball) May 25, 2025 ACC baseball championship odds Odds courtesy of BetMGM as of 11 a.m. ET on May 25. Spread: North Carolina (-1.5 runs) North Carolina (-1.5 runs) Over/under: 11.5 runs 11.5 runs Moneyline: North Carolina (185) | Clemson (+140) What time does ACC baseball championship start?? Date: Sunday, May 25 Sunday, May 25 Time: Noon ET Noon ET Where: Durham Bulls Athletic Park (Durham, North Carolina) The ACC baseball championship is scheduled to start at noon ET from Durham Bulls Athletic Park in North Carolina. What TV channel is ACC baseball championship today? TV: ESPN2 ESPN2 Streaming: ESPN app | Fubo (free trial) The ACC championship will air live on ESPN2. Streaming options include the ESPN app (with a cable login) and Fubo, the latter of which offers a free trial.
USA Today
21-05-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Auburn baseball drops four spots in latest USA TODAY Coaches Poll
Auburn baseball drops four spots in latest USA TODAY Coaches Poll After losing two of three to Ole Miss, Auburn drops to No. 10 The Auburn Tigers dropped four spots in the latest USA TODAY Baseball Coaches Poll, falling from No. 6 to No. 10 after losing two of three versus then-No. 25 Ole Miss on the road over the weekend. The Rebels jumped from No. 25 to No. 20 after the two wins over Auburn. The Tigers entered the weekend tied for fourth place in the SEC and had an opportunity to get a double bye in the SEC Baseball Tournament. Auburn now finishes sixth in the SEC and will play its first game on Thursday. While the weekend did not go the way the Tigers had hoped, they did get a mid-week victory over Jacksonville State. The Tigers defeated the Gamecocks 19-1 in a game that was over after seven innings. Chris Rembert had two hits with two runs scored and three RBIs. He also hit a home run in the third inning to give Auburn a 7-0 lead. Pitcher Andreas Alvarez picked up his second win of the season, pitching five scoreless innings. Up 7-0 entering the fourth inning, the Tigers scored 11 runs to put the game out of reach. The Auburn pitchers struggled throughout the series versus Ole Miss, giving up a total of 32 runs. They lost game one (9-2) and game two (15-11). Auburn avoided the sweep with a 13-8 win on Saturday. Auburn entered the sixth inning down 8-3, but Ole Miss would not score another run. Auburn tied the game at eight when Eric Guevara and Cooper McMurray scored after Lucas Steele hit a double. Rembert hit his own double, and Chase Fralick scored to give Auburn a 9-8 lead. Ike Irish hit a home run in the fourth inning for his 16th of the season. The SEC featured eight more teams in the USA TODAY Baseball Coaches Poll. LSU remained as the No. 1 team with Texas behind them at No. 2. The other SEC teams were Arkansas (No. 4), Georgia (No. 8), Vanderbilt (No. 9), Florida (No. 15), Tennessee (No. 17), and Alabama (No. 21). Auburn will play the winner between Mississippi State and Texas A&M on Thursday at 11 a.m. CT on the SEC Network. Auburn was 2-1 versus Mississippi State and did not play Texas A&M this season. Contact/Follow us @TheAuburnWire on X (Twitter), and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Auburn news, notes, and opinions. You can also follow Phillip on Twitter @PJordanSEC
USA Today
13-05-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Auburn climbs in USA TODAY Coaches Poll after sweep of South Carolina
Auburn climbs in USA TODAY Coaches Poll after sweep of South Carolina Auburn continues to climb the ladder in the rankings after a dominant showing against South Carolina. The Auburn Tigers continue their climb up the USA TODAY Baseball Coaches Poll by moving up two spots from No. 8 to No. 6 in the latest rankings. The Tigers improved to 36-15 on the season after a weekend sweep of the South Carolina Gamecocks. Auburn outscored South Carolina 46-15 with two convincing victories in game one and three. They are now 16-11 in SEC play and are tied for fourth in the conference with Vanderbilt and Georgia. The new rankings featured nine teams from the SEC. LSU became the new No. 1, and Texas dropped to No. 3. Arkansas also dropped to fifth in the rankings. Other SEC teams included Georgia (No. 8), Vanderbilt (No. 9), Tennessee (No. 14), Alabama (No. 16), Florida (No. 21), and Ole Miss (No. 25). Auburn opened their series versus South Carolina with a 24-2 win in seven innings. While the offense picked up the attention, Cam Tilly had a good game, allowing just one run in five innings. He also had six strikeouts and allowed one hit for his third win of the season. The Auburn bats got going in the second inning with five runs after trailing 1-0. They would go on to score seven in the third, three in the fourth, and nine in the fifth. Five different Tigers had home runs in the game, and Chris Rembert led the way with three hits and six RBIs. The two teams would play a doubleheader on Saturday, with the Tigers winning 11-10 and 11-3. With the game tied at 10-10, Bub Terrell scored the game-winning run from a bunt by Eric Guevara. Game two was a big day for Guevara. He had four hits in the game with three RBIs and hit a home run in the first to put Auburn up 2-0. Guevara continued the excellent play in game three with four more hits and two runs scored in the Tigers' 11-3 win. Auburn trailed 3-2, entering the fifth inning, before scoring four runs to break the game open. Cooper McMurray hit a three-run home run to give the Tigers a 6-3 lead. Auburn entered the eighth inning leading 8-3 and scored three runs to remove all doubt. Griffin Graves picked up his fourth win of the season. He pitched a little over three innings and struck out four batters. Auburn will now look to continue its momentum in the final week of the regular season before the SEC Tournament. The Tigers will host Jacksonville State on Tuesday night with a game start time of 6 p.m. CT. Then, on Thursday, they will begin a three-game series on the road against Ole Miss. Contact/Follow us @TheAuburnWire on X (Twitter), and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Auburn news, notes, and opinions. You can also follow Phillip on Twitter @PJordanSEC
USA Today
22-04-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Auburn drops two spots in latest USA TODAY Baseball Coaches Poll
Auburn drops two spots in latest USA TODAY Baseball Coaches Poll Auburn Tigers only drop two spots in USA TODAY Baseball Coaches Poll After being swept by the Texas Longhorns over the weekend, the Auburn Tigers dropped two spots in the latest USA TODAY Baseball Coaches Poll. The Tigers went from being No. 9 to dropping to No. 11. The Longhorns outscored the Tigers over the weekend 25-7 with the lone close game coming in game one where Texas took a 3-2 victory. Auburn did get a victory during the week versus Jacksonville State winning 4-3. It is the second time in SEC play this season the Tigers were swept. Georgia swept Auburn earlier in the season. It was a reverse of fortune after Auburn swept LSU the week prior. A highlight for the Tigers versus the Longhorns was Ike Irish. He hit four homeruns during the series and has 11 this season. The Tigers got a 4-3 win over Jacksonville State on the road on Tuesday. Auburn built a 3-0 lead after the fourth inning but could not hold on to it. Irish scored in the first run when Bub Terrell singled to center field. Eric Guevara and Chase Fralick hit singles in the inning that led to runs being scored by Cooper McMurray and Terrell. Lucas Steele hit the winning home run in the ninth after the Gamecock had tied the game at three in the eighth. Pitcher Ben Schorr picked up the win. Going into the Texas series it would take a great effort for Auburn to win, and the Longhorns showed why they are the best team in the country. The Tigers did not score more than three runs in any game. That was the series low for the Longhorns. The series ended with a 14-2 win for Texas that ended in seven innings. Auburn will now need to pick itself back up to get its momentum back. The good news is the Tigers will be back home at Plainsman Park this week. On Tuesday night Auburn will host Georgia Tech in a game that SEC Network will televise at 6 p.m. CT. Auburn defeated Georgia Tech 9-8 on April 8 and will be looking for an easier game this time. For the weekend, Auburn will host Mississippi State in SEC competition. The Bulldogs are 24-16 overall and 6-12 in the SEC. Auburn is one of ten teams in the latest rankings. Texas stays at No. 1 with the sweep. The rankings also feature Arkansas (No. 4), LSU (No. 5), Tennessee (No. 6), Georgia (No.9), Vanderbilt (No. 10), Oklahoma (No. 13), Alabama (No. 17), and Ole Miss (No. 18). Kentucky also received votes. Contact/Follow us @TheAuburnWire on X (Twitter), and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Auburn news, notes, and opinions. You can also follow Phillip on Twitter @PJordanSEC
USA Today
15-04-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Auburn cracks top-10 of latest USA TODAY Baseball Coaches Poll after sweeping LSU
Auburn cracks top-10 of latest USA TODAY Baseball Coaches Poll after sweeping LSU Auburn's weekend sweep of LSU pushes them higher in the rankings. Coming off a week where the Auburn rallied to defeat Georgia Tech, and a weekend sweep of LSU, the Tigers are moving up in the polls once again. Auburn has moved up three spots in the latest USA TODAY Baseball Coaches Poll. They go from No. 12 to No. 9 in the newest rankings released on Monday. Auburn now has an overall record of 26-10, and they hold a 9-6 record in SEC competition. The week began with the Tigers earning a 9-8 road win over Georgia Tech. Auburn possessed a 5-1 lead before Georgia Tech scored six runs in the sixth inning to take a 7-5 lead. Auburn would then score three runs in the eighth to take a 9-7 lead after Deric Fabien scored on a Bub Terrell single. Georgia Tech would add one run in the ninth but could not get any closer. Then, Auburn headed back home from a big weekend series with No. 3 LSU. The Tigers from Baton Rouge entered the series with only three losses on the season. The Auburn Tigers doubled that number in the loss column. Auburn won game one 8-4 with a great performance from pitcher Samuel Dutton. He picked up his fifth win of the season by pitching six scoreless innings with seven strikeouts. Cade Fisher picked up his first win of the season, and Auburn used two runs in the fourth to get a 4-2 win in game two. Fisher pitched five innings and allowed just one run. He also struck out six batters while on the mound. Auburn trailed 1-0 as the fourth inning began. Eric Snow scored after a Ike Irish double to tie the game at one. Then, Irish would score when Cooper McMurray hit a double to center field to give Auburn a 2-1 lead. Snow hit a two-run home run in the fifth to give Auburn a 4-1 lead. On Sunday, Auburn held on for a 3-2 win after scoring three early runs. It was McMurray once again delivering the offense. In the first inning, he hit a double to left field that would score both Irish and Chris Rembert. Bristol Carter added the third run in the second for a 3-0 lead. LSU scored two runs in the eighth, but Auburn held on for the win. The sweep resulted in LSU dropping to No. 7. Auburn will have another big weekend series this week when they travel to meet the new No. 1 Texas Longhorns. First though, they will need to focus on Jacksonville State Tuesday night. Other teams in the SEC in the USA TODAY Baseball Coaches Poll are Arkansas (No.2), Tennessee (No.3), Georgia (No.5), Ole Miss (No.11), Alabama (No.15), Oklahoma (No.16), and Vanderbilt (No. 17). Contact/Follow us @TheAuburnWire on X (Twitter), and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Auburn news, notes, and opinions. You can also follow Phillip on Twitter @PJordanSEC
