Georgia Tech rallies past North Carolina 13‑6 in ACC final

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (ACC Baseball Championship) (Interstat) — seed Georgia Tech erased a six-run first-inning deficit and defeated top-seeded North Carolina 13-6 on Sunday at Truist Field. The Yellow Jackets improved to 46-9, while the Tar Heels fell to 45-11-1.

Alex Hernandez went 3-for-5 with four RBIs, and Drew Burress added a two-run homer and went 3-for-4. Ryan Zuckerman also homered for Georgia Tech. The Yellow Jackets took the lead with a six-run third inning, tying the game on Hernandez’s three-run double. They added four runs in the seventh on wild pitches and two more in the eighth.

Owen Hull homered and drove in three runs for North Carolina, which managed eight hits. The Tar Heels jumped ahead 6-0 in the first, but Georgia Tech’s bullpen of Justin Shadek, Mason Patel, Caden Gaudette and Cooper Underwood combined for five scoreless innings. Walker McDuffie struck out three in 1 1/3 hitless innings for North Carolina.