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Six Run Inning Knocks Miami Hurricanes Out of ACC Tournament in Loss to Clemson

What to Know

  • Clemson beat Miami 7-1 on Thursday night at the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament.
  • Clemson will play the North Carolina State-Florida State winner on Saturday.

Drew Wharton and Chris Williams homered during a six-run sixth inning, and Clemson beat Miami 7-1 on Thursday night at the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament.

Kyle Wilkie and Seth Beer each had run-scoring singles during the big inning that helped the second-seeded Tigers (45-13) advance to the semifinals. Clemson will play the North Carolina State-Florida State winner on Saturday.

The Tigers put together big innings in both of their tournament games. They scored an ACC Tournament-record 17 runs in the fourth inning of their 21-4 rout of Notre Dame on Wednesday

Wharton led off the sixth with a solo homer off starter Jeb Bargfeldt to break a 1-all tie. Wilkie and Beer had back-to-back RBI singles, and came around on Williams' drive to right off reliever Frankie Bartow.

Cloonan hit a run-scoring triple in the fourth for the seventh-seeded Hurricanes (28-26).

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