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'Canes, Cavs to play for ACC baseball title

By The Associated Press
Posted 7:58AM on Sunday 25th May 2008 ( 16 years ago )
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Jemile Weeks hit a three-run homer in the third inning and Enrique Garcia threw seven scoreless innings to lead top-seeded Miami into the 2008 Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Championship title game, defeating North Carolina State 5-2 on Saturday at the Baseball Grounds of Jacksonville.

The Hurricanes (46-8) will play Virginia, which improved to 38-19 prior to last night's game against Wake Forest, at 1 p.m. Sunday on Fox Sports Net South. Miami swept the regular-season series from the Cavaliers 3-0 at home and have a four-game winning streak against Virginia.

Miami outscored its opponents 27-15 en route to a 3-0 mark in Division A play.

Virginia, the only 2-0 team in Division B of the round-robin format, clinched a spot in the title game Friday night by notching a 5-3 win over second-seeded Florida State.

Weeks broke a scoreless tie with his two-out homer in the third. The 'Canes added two in the fourth on Dave DiNatale's RBI double and Jason Hagerty's run-scoring single.

N.C. State (38-20) scored two in the eighth on an RBI single by Matt Payne and a bases-loaded walk drawn by Marcus Jones.

Garcia (6-2) struck out seven and allowed only three hits. Carlos Gutierrez pitched the final inning and one-third to get his 11th save, and struck out the final two batters with two runners on in the bottom of the ninth.

Jake Buchanan (2-2) got the loss in only his second start of the season.

NC State now joins Clemson and Georgia Tech in waiting to find out their postseason fate when the NCAA Selection Committee announces the 64-team field Monday, May 26, at 12:30 p.m. on ESPN. The 16 regional sites will also be determined Sunday, May 25, at 7 p.m. on ESPN2.

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