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USA Today
25-05-2025
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- USA Today
ACC championship live updates: Start time, TV channel for UNC-Clemson baseball
ACC championship live updates: Start time, TV channel for UNC-Clemson baseball Show Caption Hide Caption UNC baseball's Scott Forbes, Tar Heels discuss FSU, ACC Tournament Following UNC baseball's semifinal win vs. FSU in the 2025 ACC Tournament, head coach Scott Forbes, Alex Madera and Perry Hargett discussed the win. An automatic berth is on the line as the ACC baseball championship takes place between North Carolina (41-12) and Clemson (44-15). The Tigers, seeded fifth in the ACC baseball tournament, reached the title game with wins over No. 12 seed Virginia Tech (6-1); No. 4 seed NC State (7-6); and No. 1 seed Georgia Tech (9-4). The Tar Heels, meanwhile, began their ACC tournament run in the quarterfinals, beating No. 14 seed Boston College 7-2 and No. 2 seed Florida State 7-5 to advance to the championship. 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 live score This section will be updated. TEAM 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 F Clemson 0 — — — — — — — — — UNC — — — — — — — — — — This section will be updated. 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: 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
06-05-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Auburn baseball soars into top 10 of USA TODAY Coaches Poll after statement series win
Auburn baseball soars into top 10 of USA TODAY Coaches Poll after statement series win Auburn received a significant boost in the latest coaches poll after making a statement in Knoxville. After a week where the Tigers stayed at No. 11, Auburn has moved up three spots in the latest USA TODAY Baseball Coaches Poll. Auburn jumped to No. 8 in the rankings after a weekend series win over Tennessee and a 3-0 victory against Samford. The Volunteers dropped six spots, going from No. 6 to No. 12. The Tigers are now 33-15 on the season and 13-11 in the SEC. Their series win over the weekend was the eighth of the season for Auburn. The week started with a Tuesday night victory against the Samford Bulldogs. In the 3-0 win, the Tigers were led by a great pitching performance by Christian Chatterton. The freshman pitched six scoreless innings, allowing just one hit and striking out 10 batters for Samford. He gave way to Andrea Alvarez, who pitched two innings and struck out three batters. Ryan Hetzler picked up the save for his first of the season. Auburn jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first after Cade Belyeu hit a two-run home run. Auburn outscored Tennessee in their weekend series 18-7 and took two of three games. Due to the weather, the series had plenty of stops and starts. Auburn took game one 6-1. Ike Irish hit a two-run home run in the first inning and hit an RBI single in the third to give Auburn a 3-0 advantage. Chris Rembert hit a home run in the eighth to give the Tigers a 5-1 lead. Pitcher Samuel Dutton won his sixth game of the year after pitching over six innings. He struck out eight batters in the opening game. Auburn lost game two 5-4 in extra innings that carried over into Sunday due to the weather. Tennessee's Andrew Fisher scored the winning run after Chris Newstrom hit a single. Auburn won game three on Sunday, 8-1 in seven seven-inning game. Auburn led 7-0 after five innings, and Irish scored three of the runs. Chatterton picked up the win, pitching three innings. He allowed zero runs and just two hits. The SEC is once again featured heavily in the USA TODAY Baseball Coaches Poll. The top ten featured Texas at No. 1 with Arkansas behind them at No. 2. LSU (No. 4), Georgia (No. 6), and Vanderbilt (No. 10) rounded out the top ten. Other teams in the conference featured in the polls were Oklahoma (No. 16), Alabama (No. 20), and Ole Miss (No. 22). The Tigers will not see the field again until Thursday when they begin a series with South Carolina. 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 Taylor on Twitter @TaylorJones__
USA Today
17-04-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Auburn announces pitching rotation for Texas series
Auburn announces pitching rotation for Texas series Here's who Butch Thompson is sending to the bump for this weekend's crucial SEC series with the Texas Longhorns The Auburn Tigers are riding a six-game winning streak as they prepare to travel to take on No. 1 Texas for a weekend series beginning on Thursday night. The Tigers moved up in the USA TODAY Baseball Coaches Poll and are currently ranked No. 9. So, it will be a huge top-ten matchup between these two teams. The Longhorns currently sit at the top of the SEC with a 13-2 conference record and are 30-5 overall. For Auburn, they are sixth in the conference with a 9-6 record and 27-10 overall. As with any big baseball series, pitching could decide the outcome. Head coach Butch Thompson threw out the combination of Samuel Dutton, Cade Fisher, and Andreas Alvarez last weekend at home against LSU, which resulted in a clean sweep of the No. 3 Bayou Bengals. Thompson feels that Texas is the most sound team that his squad has faced this season, meaning that three days of strong pitching will be needed in order to escape Austin with a series win. Here is how Auburn will look on the bump this weekend at No. 1 Texas. Game one: Samuel Dutton (Thursday) When the series opens on Thursday the Tigers will be placing Samuel Dutton on the mound. It has been commonplace for Dutton to be the game one starter in these weekend series. Dutton is 5-2 on the season with an ERA of 2.34. He is 4-1 in SEC play with his lone loss coming against Georgia. Last week in game one versus LSU, Dutton pitched six innings allowing zero runs and struck out seven batters in the Tigers 8-4 win. He is ninth in the SEC with 58 strikeouts on the season. Game two: Cade Fisher (Friday) Cade Fisher picked up his first win of the season on Saturday in game two versus LSU. In the 4-2 win, Fisher pitched five innings and gave up one run with three hits. In the win, he struck out six of the 23 batters he faced in the game. This season he has a 3.91 ERA, and 31 strikeouts. Auburn will need another performance like he had against LSU to defeat the Longhorns. Game three: Andreas Alvarez (Saturday) Freshman Andreas Alvarez was the starter in game three versus LSU on Sunday. It was his fifth start of the season, but he did not get the decision in the 3-2 victory. He pitched four innings before being relieved by Griffin Graves who got his third win of the season. For Alvarez, he did not have any strikeouts but only allowed two hits while on the mound. He walked three batters. He will need to have control of his pitches against the Longhorns in what could be a series deciding game on Saturday. Auburn vs. Texas weekend schedule Thursday: 7 p.m. CT (SEC Network+) 7 p.m. CT (SEC Network+) Friday: 6 p.m. CT (SEC Network+) 6 p.m. CT (SEC Network+) Saturday: noon CT (SEC Network+) 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
USA Today
01-04-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Auburn baseball drops five spots in latest USA TODAY Baseball Coaches Poll
Auburn baseball drops five spots in latest USA TODAY Baseball Coaches Poll Auburn falls in rankings after being swept by Georgia. Auburn baseball dropped five spots this week in the USA TODAY Baseball Coaches Poll falling from No. 12 to No. 17. The Tigers were 1-3 last week with a 13-5 victory over South Alabama but were swept by No. 3 Georgia in Athens. The series against the Bulldogs concluded a seven-game road trip, and the Tigers will return home this week as they host UAB on Tuesday night. Auburn is currently 20-8 overall and 4-5 in SEC play. On Tuesday night, Auburn defeated South Alabama 13-5. Right fielder Ike Irish picked up where he left off against Kentucky by having four hits featuring two home runs. Auburn featured eight different pitchers against the Jaguars, and Jett Johnson picked up his fourth win of the season. After starting the game down 2-0, Auburn scored three runs in the first inning. First baseman Cooper McMurray broke a 2-2 tie with a solo home run to give the Tigers a 3-2 lead. Auburn would add five more runs in the second inning featuring a two-run homerun by Cade Belyeu. Irish added a solo home run in the seventh. The weekend did not go as well against the Georgia Bulldogs. Georgia outscored Auburn 24-14 over the three-game series with a 9-6 win in ten innings on Sunday. The Tigers struggled against pitcher Kolton Smith who went five innings and collected eight strikeouts. While Smith was on the mound, he gave up zero hits. Auburn did not score a run until the ninth inning when Bub Terrell scored on an Irish double. Games two and three were much more competitive, with final scores of 11-7 and 9-6. In game two, the Tigers tied the game at six in the sixth inning when Chase Fralick hit a three-run home run with McMurray and Lucas Steele also scoring. Georgia would respond in the sixth when Christian Adams hit a three-run home run to give the Bulldogs a 9-6 lead. Irish would hit a solo home run in the seventh, but Auburn could not add any more runs. Game three would go to extra innings. Auburn tied the game at four in the ninth inning when Bristol Carter scored an unearned run after Irish grounded out. They took a 6-4 lead in the 10th when Terrell hit a two-run home run. Slate Alford and Ryland Zaborowski scored to tie the game in the 10th. With Nolan McCarthy and Bryce Clavon on base, Daniel Jackson hit a three-run home run to end the game for a 9-6 Georgia win. Irish got the scoring started for Auburn in the first with a solo home run. He has seven home runs for the season. The Tigers will now look to turn the page with a win at home versus UAB on Tuesday night. They will then host a weekend series against the Alabama Crimson Tide, ranked No. 8 this week. Also in the USA TODAY Baseball Coaches Poll from the SEC are Tennessee (No. 1), Arkansas (No. 2), Texas (No. 5), LSU (No. 6), Oklahoma (No. 9), Ole Miss (No. 10), and Vanderbilt (No. 20). Florida dropped out of the rankings after being ranked No. 23 last week.
