ACC Baseball Tournament 2024: Tuesday Scores, Updated Bracket and Schedule
The 2024 ACC baseball tournament officially got underway on Tuesday with a set of three games in Charlotte.
Unlike most NCAA baseball tournaments, the ACC tourney doesn't use a double-elimination format. Instead, the teams are divided into four groups of three for round-robin pool play, with the winners from each pool advancing to the semifinals on Saturday.
Here's a look at how things started in Tuesday's tournament openers and the upcoming schedule.
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2024 ACC Tournament Pools
Pool A: No. 1 North Carolina, No. 8 Wake Forest, No. 12 Pitt
Pool B: No. 2 Clemson, No. 7 Louisville, No. 11 Miami
Pool C: No. 3 NC State, No. 6 Duke, No. 10 Virginia Tech
Pool D: No. 4 Virginia, No. 5 Florida State, No. 9 Georgia Tech
2024 ACC Tournament Results - Tuesday, May 21
No. 11 Miami def. No. 7 Louisville, 8-5
No. 5 Florida State def. No. 9 Georgia Tech, 12-9
No. 6 Duke def. No. 10 Virginia Tech, 11-8
Wednesday, May 22
No. 9 Georgia Tech vs. No. 4 Virginia (11 a.m. ET)
No. 12 Pitt vs. No. 8 Wake Forest (3 p.m. ET)
No. 10 Virginia Tech vs. No. 3 NC State (7 p.m. ET)
All games televised on ACC Network and live-streamed on the ESPN app.
Miami 8, Louisville 5
Miami has to stave off a tough battle from Louisville, but the Hurricanes emerged victorious to start their ACC tournament on a positive note.
Miami third baseman Daniel Cuvet got the team off to a strong start with a three-run blast in the first inning. When Louisville scratched across a couple of runs in the third and fifth innings, right fielder Lucas Costello provided some separation with a solo homer in the sixth.
The Cardinals refused to go down quietly and cut the deficit to 5-3, but Cuvet came up big once again in the seventh inning with another three-run homer, giving him six RBI on the day.
Louisville made Miami sweat a little with two runs in the ninth inning, but Hurricanes reliever Myles Caba managed to close things out.
Miami will get to relax as it awaits its next matchup on Thursday against No. 2 Clemson.
Florida State 12, Georgia Tech 9
Florida State staved off a hard-charging Georgia Tech team to open the tournament with a victory.
The Seminoles relied on the long ball to build an insurmountable lead. Designated hitter Marco Dinges got things started with a two-run home run in the first inning. First baseman Daniel Cantu, second baseman Drew Faurot and left fielder Jaime Ferrer each added two-run blasts of their own to give Florida State an 8-1 lead after the fifth inning.
Georgia Tech used a five-run seventh to get back into the game and create some jitters on the other side of the diamond. However, the Seminoles responded with four runs in the eighth inning to put the game away. The Yellow Jackets plated three in the ninth but couldn't complete the comeback.
It can be expected that Florida State will take advantage of having the next two days off so the players can build their power back up for Friday's matchup against Virginia.
Duke 11, Virginia Tech 8
An early deficit was small potatoes for Duke on Tuesday.
Despite finding themselves in a 5-0 hole after the top of the second inning against Virginia Tech, the Blue Devils roared back, scoring six runs in the bottom of the third alone to win their Pool C opener, 11-8.
Zac Morris blasted two home runs in the victory, notching five RBI in the process, while both Logan Bravo and Chase Krewson added two RBI apiece.
This was a rough day for the pitchers—Duke cycled through six of them, while Virginia Tech blew through seven in the loss. Five of the Hokies' seven pitchers gave up a run.
Duke is now a win away from advancing to the semifinals and will face NC State on Thursday. Virginia Tech cannot advance to the semis regardless of its result against NC State on Wednesday.
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