ACC Baseball Tournament 2019: UNC, Georgia Tech Wins Highlight Friday's Results

Friday marked the end of pool play in the ACC baseball tournament from Durham Bulls Athletic Park in Durham, North Carolina, and there were two semifinal spots on the line. 

Boston College and NC State already earned their way into the semis previously, but games pitting Georgia Tech against Duke and North Carolina against Miami would determine which two teams would continue on in the ACC tournament and which would be going home.

Here is a full rundown of results for Friday's games, as well as a recap of each and a look ahead at Saturday's semifinal schedule.

Friday ACC Tournament Scores/Schedule

(2) Georgia Tech def. (7) Duke 5-4

(5) North Carolina def. (4) Miami 7-5

(6) Florida State def. (3) NC State 11-0

Find the ACC baseball tournament bracket at TheACC.com.

Saturday ACC Tournament Schedule

(12) Boston College vs. (5) North Carolina, 1 p.m. ET

(2) Georgia Tech vs. (3) NC State, 5 p.m. ET

Friday Recap

Georgia Tech 5, Duke 4

First baseman Tristin English hit a walk-off RBI single in the bottom of the ninth inning to break a 4-4 tie and advance Georgia Tech to the semifinals with a 5-4 win over Duke on Friday.

English came up with two on and one out in the ninth, and he delivered with a clutch hit off the high wall in left field:

The walk-off hit capped a huge day for English, who finished 2-for-5 with his 16th home run of the season and three RBI.

After Duke took a 3-0 lead in the top of the first by getting to Yellow Jackets starter Connor Thomas, English hit a two-run bomb off Ben Gross in the bottom of the first that got GT back in the game:

Duke extended the lead to 4-2 in the top of the third, but Georgia Tech catcher Kyle McCann tied it in the bottom of the frame with a two-run home run, marking his 23rd long ball of the campaign:

After that, both starting pitchers settled in and both bullpens locked down the opposing hitters until English got to reliever Thomas Girard in the ninth.

With the dramatic 5-4 win over Duke, second-seeded Georgia Tech clinched Group B, which also included the Blue Devils and Notre Dame.

On Saturday, the Yellow Jackets will face third-seeded NC State, who beat out Florida State and Wake Forest to win Group C.

The winner of Saturday's game between Georgia Tech and NC State will advance to the championship game on Sunday.

North Carolina 7, Miami 5

The fifth-seeded North Carolina Tar Heels overcame a 5-0 deficit to beat the fourth-seeded Miami Hurricanes 7-5 in 11 innings Friday and advance to Saturday's semifinals.

Shortstop Ike Freeman drove in the go-ahead run in the top of the 11th with a sacrifice fly. Left fielder Ashton McGee added an insurance marker with an RBI single to create the final margin:

With the Tar Heels trailing 5-3 in the top of the eighth, first baseman Michael Busch hit a two-run home run off Greg Veliz to tie the score at 5-5 and force extra innings:

Miami jumped all over UNC starting pitcher Austin Bergner in the early going with five runs over the first three innings, including three in the first.

Austin Love replaced Bergner and allowed a solo shot to first baseman Alex Toral in the third inning, which capped the five-run lead for Miami:

Love settled in after that, though, and ended up surrendering just three hits, two walks and one run over 6.1 innings.

The comeback began for Carolina with two runs in the fourth inning, and catcher Brandon Martorano followed that up with a solo home run in the fifth to make it 5-3:

Bush tied the game in the eighth, and North Carolina went on to complete the comeback in the 11th and advance to the semifinals by winning Group D.

On Saturday, the Tar Heels will take on 12th-seeded Boston College for the right to play in the ACC baseball tournament final Sunday.

Florida State 11, North Carolina State 0

The sixth-seeded Florida State Seminoles had no trouble with the third-seeded North Carolina State Wolfpack en route to an 11-0 victory shortened via the 10-run rule after seven innings.

FSU smacked 16 hits, including three each from Drew Mendoza and J.C. Flowers.

NC State managed only one and struck out 12 times, 11 of them courtesy of Seminoles starter CJ Van Eyk.

Mendoza knocked in three runners and kicked off the scoring with a first-inning double to plate Reese Albert:

He lated added a sacrifice fly and a single to score a couple.

Flowers hit the game's only home run, a solo shot to put FSU up 7-0 in the fifth:

He finished 3-of-4 with 3 RBI thanks to his homer and a pair of RBI singles.

Van Eyk only needed one run of support thanks to his dominant display. He did walk four batters but allowed only one single otherwise and struck out nine batters between the second and fifth frames.

Simply put, his arsenal was near-unhittable on this night:

Flowers took over for Van Eyk in the seventh and closed out the game with one more shutout inning.

The 'Noles may have won, but the Wolfpack will move onto the ACC semifinals against Georgia Tech. Florida State, NC State and Wake Forest all went 1-1 in Pool C of the opening round, and ACC tiebreaker rules state that the team with the highest seeding advances to the semifinals.

Florida State can take solace in the fact it will assuredly earn an at-large bid in the NCAA tournament. D1 baseball.com projected FSU as a No. 3 seed in the Stillwater, Oklahoma, regional Friday.