ACC Baseball Tournament 2016: Saturday Scores, Championship Bracket, Schedule

Three games had to be played in the 2016 ACC baseball tournament Saturday to decide who will compete in Sunday's championship game for an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.   

The situation in Pool A was a bit more straightforward than in Pool B, as the winner of Miami vs. Florida State would represent the first group in the championship game. In Pool B, it was more difficult. 

Clemson would be in if it defeated Wake Forest. But if it lost, the winner of Louisville vs. Virginia would have made its way to the final game. 

Here are the updated results from Saturday's play:

Team	Score	Team
Clemson	5-4	Wake Forest
Florida State	5-4	Miami
Virginia	7-2	Louisville

And here is what the current championship bracket looks like:

Pool A	Championship	Championship	Pool B
Miami 4			Clemson 5
vs.	Florida St.	Clemson	vs.
Florida St. 5			Wake Forest 4

Clemson 5, Wake Forest 4

In heartbreaking fashion, Louisville and Virginia saw their chances of advancing to the ACC tournament title end after Wake Forest squandered a 4-1 lead to Clemson in which the Tigers took the lead in the top of the ninth thanks to a wild pitch. 

With the game tied at four, Parker Dunshee, who'd pitched an unblemished two innings prior to the top of the ninth, hit Seth Beer (who was replaced by K.J. Bryant on the basepaths), allowed a double to Seth Chris Okey and intentionally walked Reed Rohlman to load the bases. 

On an 0-2 count to Chris Williams, Dunshee's pitch got away from catcher Ben Breazeale to bring in Bryant, which proved to be the winning run.

Clemson managed to pull out the victory despite its poor performance with runners in scoring position, as the NFL Network's Scott Cole pointed out:

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1-22 RISP and still make the championship game. @ClemsonBaseball #Clemson #ACCBase pic.twitter.com/UywT8mr9RZ

— Scott Cole (@ScottColeShow) May 28, 2016"

Wake Forest, the lowest remaining seed in the tournament, struck first when Will Craig scored on a groundout by Kevin Conway in the bottom of the second. 

Clemson found a reply in the fourth inning when Mike Triller doubled home Weston Wilson to tie the game, but the Demon Deacons ensured that the deadlock wouldn't last long. 

In the next half-inning, with runners on second and third, Breazeale cleared the bases with a double to put Wake Forest up two. It went up three when Johnny Aiello singled Breazeale home. 

The team could have put the game away when it loaded the bases with one out, but Nate Mondou struck out and Stuart Fairchild flied out to center.   

Clemson used the long ball to fight back in the seventh inning, and it was Triller again who got things going with a solo home run. It was his second home run in as many games, with ACC Baseball showing the trajectory of his shot:

Baseball America's Michael Lananna saw Triller developing into a monster based on a familiar-sounding hit song after his big outing Saturday:

After Jordan Greene walked, Chase Pinder went yard to left field to tie the game at four, setting up the dramatics in the ninth inning. 

Florida State 5, Miami 4

They made it difficult, squandering a 4-2 lead in the ninth inning, but like he did all day, Dylan Busby came through when it mattered most, driving in the game-winning run with a single in the bottom of the ninth to send the Seminoles to the ACC championship over Miami.

Busby was unstoppable at the plate against the Hurricanes, going 4-5 with a single, double, home run and three RBI.

But Miami was on the board first when Randy Batista doubled home Willie Abreau in the the top of the second. They doubled their lead in the top of the fourth when Jacob Heyward singled home Batista, who had tripled earlier in the inning. 

Florida State tied things up with one big swing from Busby, who launched a home run over the left-center field wall. 

The Seminoles had to wait until the seventh inning to pull ahead when Quincy Nieporte singled home a pair to give the underdogs a surprising lead.

Down two in the ninth, Miami rallied back to tie the game off of Tyler Tyler Warmoth after Edgar Michelangeli drove in two runs with a bases loaded RBI single with one out, much to the delight of the team's official Twitter account:

The Hurricanes loaded the bases without a base hit when Abreu was hit by a pitch while Batista and Heyward walked to set up Florida State's bottom of the ninth winner. 

Florida State will be looking to win its second-consecutive ACC championship and their seventh since 1995. 

However, they haven't fared too well against Clemson this season. In three games, they went 1-2 and allowed 19 runs in that span. 

If they want to repeat, those numbers from earlier in May will have to change. 

Virginia 7, Louisville 2

The Virginia Cavaliers needed just one inning to fill up the box score and take care of the Louisville Cardinals on Saturday night. 

Although the first four innings proved to be a scoreless affair, Virginia erupted for seven runs in the fifth inning behind some solid contact hitting. 

Jack Gerstenmaier did the most damage with a two-RBI single in the top of the fifth, while Ernie Clement, Matt Thaiss, Pavin Smith, Adam Haseley and Charlie Cody drove in one run apiece during the prosperous frame. 

Following the seven-run outburst, it was smooth sailing for the Cavaliers. 

The Cardinals got one run back in the bottom of the fifth thanks to an RBI single courtesy of Logan Taylor, but they didn't have enough reinforcements to mount a full-scale comeback.

Corey Ray slammed a solo home run in the bottom of the seventh to cut the deficit to five, but that was all Louisville mustered in its final appearance in the ACC tournament.