2023 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball tournament

2023 Atlantic Coast Conference
baseball tournament
Teams	12
Format	See below
Finals site	Durham Bulls Athletic Park; Durham, North Carolina;
Champions	Clemson (11th title)
Winning coach	Erik Bakich (1st title)
MVP	Caden Grice (Clemson)
Attendance	37,930
Television	ACC Network (Tues-Sat); ESPN2 (Championship)
	← 2022; ACC baseball tournament; 2024 →;

The 2023 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball tournament was held May 23–28, 2023 at Durham Bulls Athletic Park in Durham, North Carolina. The annual tournament determines the official conference champion of the Division I Atlantic Coast Conference for college baseball. In the championship game, the Clemson Tigers defeated the Miami Hurricanes, 11-5, earning the league's automatic bid to the 2023 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.^[2]^[3]^[4] Due to inclement weather, one game, the first semifinal, was hosted at Boshamer Stadium in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.^[5]

2023 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Atlantic
No. 3 Wake Forest ^x‍‍‍^y	22	–	7	.759	54	–	12	.818
No. 18 Clemson ‍‍‡‍^y	20	–	10	.667	44	–	19	.698
Boston College ‍‍‍^y	16	–	14	.533	37	–	20	.649
Notre Dame ‍‍‍	15	–	15	.500	30	–	24	.556
NC State ‍‍‍^y	13	–	16	.448	36	–	21	.632
Louisville ‍‍‍	10	–	20	.333	31	–	24	.564
Florida State ‍‍‍	9	–	21	.300	23	–	31	.426
Coastal
No. 6 Virginia ^x‍‍‍^y	19	–	11	.633	50	–	13	.794
No. 20 Miami (FL) ‍‍‍^y	18	–	12	.600	42	–	21	.667
No. 15 Duke ‍‍‍^y	16	–	13	.552	39	–	23	.629
North Carolina ‍‍‍^y	14	–	14	.500	36	–	24	.600
Virginia Tech ‍‍‍	12	–	17	.414	30	–	23	.566
Georgia Tech ‍‍‍	12	–	18	.400	30	–	27	.526
Pittsburgh ‍‍‍	10	–	18	.357	24	–	31	.436

x – Division champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 25, 2023^[1] Rankings from D1Baseball

The tournament has been held every year but two since 1973, with Clemson winning ten championships prior this, the most all-time. Georgia Tech has won nine championships, and Florida State has won eight titles since its entry to the league in 1992, matching defending champion North Carolina's total. Recent entrants Virginia Tech, Boston College, Pittsburgh, Notre Dame and Louisville have never won the event.

Format and seeding

The winner of each seven team division and the top ten other teams based on conference winning percentage, regardless of division, from the conference's regular season will be seeded one through twelve. Seeds one and two are awarded to the two division winners. Teams are then divided into four pools of three teams each, with the winners advancing to single elimination bracket for the championship.^[6]^[7]

If a 1–1 tie were to occur among all three teams in a pool, the highest seeded team would have advanced to the semifinals.^[8] Because of this, seeds 5–12 must win both pool play games to advance to the single-elimination bracket, and seeds 1–4 must only win the game against the winner of the game between the other two teams in the pool to advance. For example, if the 12 seed beats the 8 seed in the first game, then the winner of the 12 seed versus 1 seed advances, and the 8 seed versus 1 seed game has no effect on which team advances.

Team	W–L	Pct	GB #1	Seed
Atlantic Division
Wake Forest	22–7	.759	–	1
Clemson	20–10	.667	2.5	3
Boston College	16–14	.533	6.5	6
Notre Dame	15–15	.500	7.5	8
NC State	13–16	.448	9	9
Louisville	10–20	.333	12.5	–
Florida State	9–21	.300	13.5	–

Team	W–L	Pct	GB #1	Seed
Coastal Division
Virginia	19–11	.633	3.5	2
Miami (FL)	18–12	.600	4.5	4
Duke	16–13	.552	6	5
North Carolina	14–14	.500	7.5	7
Virginia Tech	12–17	.414	10	10
Georgia Tech	12–18	.400	10.5	11
Pittsburgh	10–18	.357	11.5	12

Teams	Record	Tiebreaker 1
Tiebreakers^[8]
(7) North Carolina (8) Notre Dame	14–14 15–15	UNC 2–1 UND 1–2

Two-way tie broken by combined head-to-head records.
Three-way tie broken by combined head-to-head records.
If a tie remains after the first tiebreaker, the two-way tiebreaker is used.

Schedule and Results

Schedule

Source:^[9]

Game	Time*	Matchup^#	Score	Television	Attendance	Reference
Tuesday, May 23
1	11:00 a.m.	No. 10 Virginia Tech vs. No. 6 Boston College	7–11	ACCN	2,048	^[10]
2	3:00 p.m.	No. 11 Georgia Tech vs. No. 7 North Carolina	5–11		2,048	^[11]
3	7:00 p.m.	No. 9 NC State vs. No. 5 Duke	8–7 (13)		3,894	^[12]
Wednesday, May 24
4	11:00 a.m.	No. 12 Pittsburgh vs. No. 8 Notre Dame	9–5	ACCN	2,086	^[13]
5	3:00 p.m.	No. 2 Virginia vs. No. 11 Georgia Tech	15–1 (7)		2,086	^[14]
6	7:00 p.m.	No. 3 Clemson vs. No. 10 Virginia Tech	14–5		2,398	^[15]
Thursday, May 25
7	11:00 a.m.	No 1. Wake Forest vs. No. 12 Pittsburgh	10–2	ACCN	3,322	^[16]
8	3:00 p.m.	No. 7 North Carolina vs. No. 2 Virginia	10–2		4,084	^[17]
9	7:00 p.m.	No. 4 Miami (FL) vs. No. 9 NC State	4–2		4,253	^[18]
Friday, May 26
10	11:00 a.m.	No. 6 Boston College vs. No. 3 Clemson	1–4	ACCN	3,348	^[19]
11	3:00 p.m.	No. 5 Duke vs. No. 4 Miami (FL)	6–7		3,348	^[20]
12	7:00 p.m.	No. 8 Notre Dame vs. No. 1 Wake Forest	5–7		3,862	^[21]
Saturday, May 27
Semifinal 1	1:00 p.m.	No. 1 Wake Forest vs. No. 4 Miami (FL)	2–7	ACCNX^α	696	^[22]
Semifinal 2	1:00 p.m.^β	No. 7 North Carolina vs. No. 3 Clemson	4–10	ACCN	3,147	^[23]
Championship – Sunday, May 28
Championship	12:00 p.m.	No. 3 Clemson vs. No. 4 Miami (FL)	11–5	ESPN2	4,792	^[24]
*Game times in EDT. # – Rankings denote tournament seed.

Notes

^α Game moved to ACCNX and Boshamer Stadium due to forecast inclement weather.^[5]

^β Game moved from 5:00 p.m. due to forecast inclement weather.^[5]

Pool Play

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	RF	RA	RD	PCT	Qualification
1	(1) Wake Forest	2	2	0	17	7	+10	1.000	Advance to Playoff round
2	(12) Pittsburgh	2	1	1	11	15	−4	.500
3	(8) Notre Dame	2	0	2	10	16	−6	.000

Source: ACC

May 24 11:00 a.m. ET Game 4	(12) Pittsburgh	9–5	(8) Notre Dame	Durham Bulls Athletic Park Attendance: 2,086 Umpires: Doug Vines Brian Miller Mike Jarboe Perry Costello
	WP: Simmons (2–2) Sv: N. Bryan (8)	Boxscore	LP: A. Tyrell (8–3)
	HR: S. Duff (5), N. Martinez (13), K. Hess (10), J. Acal (10), D. Popa (1)

May 25 11:00 a.m. ET Game 7	(1) Wake Forest	10–2	(12) Pittsburgh	Durham Bulls Athletic Park Attendance: 3,322 Umpires: Blake Felix Perry Costello Adam Dowdy Linus Baker
	WP: R. Lowder (13–0) Sv: None	Boxscore	LP: L. Evans (5–3)
	HR: B. Wilken (26), B. Lee (6), D. Corona (7)		HR: D. Popa (2)

May 26 7:00 p.m. ET Game 12	(8) Notre Dame	5–7	(1) Wake Forest	Durham Bulls Athletic Park Attendance: 3,862 Umpires: Travis Carlson Blake Felix Greg Street Jeff Gosney
	LP: J. Dennies (0–4)	Boxscore	WP: D. Crum (1–0) Sv: C. Roland (2)
			HR: N. Kurtz 2 (23), B. Wilken (27)

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	RF	RA	RD	PCT	Qualification
1	(7) North Carolina	2	2	0	21	7	+14	1.000	Advance to Playoff round
2	(2) Virginia	2	1	1	17	11	+6	.500
3	(11) Georgia Tech	2	0	2	6	26	−20	.000

Source: ACC

May 23 3:00 p.m. ET Game 2	(11) Georgia Tech	5–11	(7) North Carolina	Durham Bulls Athletic Park Attendance: 2,048 Umpires: Perry Costello Travis Carlson Doug Vines Brian Miller
	LP: B. King (6–2)	Boxscore	WP: B. Peterson (3–0) Sv: M. Poston (5)
	HR: J. Giesler (8)		HR: M. Horvath (22)

May 24 3:00 p.m. ET Game 5	(2) Virginia	15–1 (F/7)	(11) Georgia Tech	Durham Bulls Athletic Park Attendance: 2,086 Umpires: Linus Baker Ryan Clark Blake Felix Greg Street
	WP: N. Parker (7–0) Sv: None	Boxscore	LP: A. Finateri (2–4)
	HR: E. O'Donnell (12), K. Teel (12), E. Anderson (10)		HR: A. Dispigna (16)

May 25 3:00 p.m. ET Game 8	(7) North Carolina	10–2	(2) Virginia	Durham Bulls Athletic Park Attendance: 4,084 Umpires: Brian Miller Mike Jarboe Craig Barron Doug Vines
	WP: J. Knapp (5–3) Sv: D. Pence (1)	Boxscore	LP: C. Early (10–2)
			HR: E. Anderson (11)

Pool C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	RF	RA	RD	PCT	Qualification
1	(3) Clemson	2	2	0	18	6	+12	1.000	Advance to Playoff round
2	(6) Boston College	2	1	1	12	11	+1	.500
3	(10) Virginia Tech	2	0	2	12	25	−13	.000

Source: ACC

May 23 11:00 a.m. ET Game 1	(6) Virginia Tech	7–11	(10) Boston College	Durham Bulls Athletic Park Attendance: 2,048 Umpires: Ryan Clark Mike Jarobe Linus Baker Blake Felix
	LP: H. Weycker (3–3)	Boxscore	WP: H. Leake (4–5) Sv: A. Roman (9)
	HR: C. Jones (14)		HR: B. Walsh (6)

May 24 7:00 p.m. ET Game 6	(3) Clemson	14–5	(10) Virginia Tech	Durham Bulls Athletic Park Attendance: 2,398 Umpires: Jeff Gosney Adam Dowdy Travis Carlson Craig Barron
	WP: BJ Bailey (2–2) Sv: None	Boxscore	LP: D. Hackenberg (5–8)
	HR: C. Grice (15)

May 26 11:00 a.m. ET Game 10	(6) Boston College	1–4	(3) Clemson	Durham Bulls Athletic Park Attendance: 3,348 Umpires: Mike Jarboe Doug Vines Perry Costello Blake Felix
	LP: C. Flynn (7–3)	Boxscore	WP: A. Gordon (2–4) Sv: R. Ammons (5)
	HR: N. Wang (10)		HR: C. Grice (16)

Pool D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	RF	RA	RD	PCT	Qualification
1	(4) Miami (FL)	2	2	0	11	8	+3	1.000	Advance to Playoff round
2	(9) NC State	2	1	1	10	11	−1	.500
3	(5) Duke	2	0	2	13	15	−2	.000

Source: ACC

May 23 7:00 p.m. ET Game 3	(9) NC State	8–7 (F/11)	(5) Duke	Durham Bulls Athletic Park Attendance: 3,894 Umpires: Craig Barron Greg Street Jeff Gosney Adam Dowdy
	WP: L. Whitaker (5–3) Sv: None	Boxscore	LP: J. Romano (1–1)
	HR: L. Groover (11)		HR: MJ Metz (13)

May 25 7:00 p.m. ET Game 9	(4) Miami (FL)	4–2	(9) NC State	Durham Bulls Athletic Park Attendance: 4,253 Umpires: Greg Street Jeff Gosney Ryan Clark Travis Carlson
	WP: R. Schlesinger (3–1) Sv: A. Walters (10)	Boxscore	LP: S. Highfill (6–3)
	HR: E. Villegas (6)

May 26 3:00 p.m. ET Game 11	(5) Duke	6–7	(4) Miami (FL)	Durham Bulls Athletic Park Umpires: Adam Dowdy Ryan Clark Craig Barron Brian Miller
	LP: J. Tallon (1–1)	Boxscore	WP: C. Lequerica (5–1) Sv: A. Walters (11)
	HR: J. Beshears (12), A. Stone (14), L. Storm 2 (13)		HR: CJ Kayfus (13), Y. Morales (14)

Playoffs

Semifinals			Finals

1	Wake Forest	2

4	Miami	7
			4	Miami	5

			3	Clemson	11
7	North Carolina	4

3	Clemson	10

Semifinals

May 27 1:00 p.m. ET Semifinal 1	(1) Wake Forest	2–7	(4) Miami (FL)	Boshamer Stadium Attendance: 696 Umpires: Perry Costello Adam Dowdy Brian Miller Craig Barron
	LP: S. Sullivan (5–3)	Boxscore	WP: A. Rosario (4–6) Sv: None
	HR: None		HR: Y. Morales 2 (16)

May 27 1:00 p.m. ET Semifinal 2	(3) North Carolina	4–10	(3) Clemson	Durham Bulls Athletic Park Attendance: 3,147 Umpires: Jeff Gosney Mike Jarboe Doug Vines Greg Street
	LP: C. Bovair (4–4)	Boxscore	WP: C. Grice (8–1)
	HR: T. Frick 2 (12), A. Osuna (10)		HR: B. Amick (12), B. Wright (8)

Championship Game

ACC Championship
(4) Miami (FL)	vs.	(3) Clemson

May 28, 2023 12:00 p.m. (EDT) at Durham Bulls Athletic Park in Durham, North Carolina
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
(4) Miami (FL)	0	0	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	5	8	2
(3) Clemson	2	1	0	0	0	0	8	0	x	11	13	1
WP: C. Lindley (3–3) LP: A. Torres (4–1) Sv: None Home runs: MIA: Z. Levenson (13) CLEM: C. Cannarella (6), W. Taylor (5), R. Bertram (1) Attendance: 4,792 Umpires: Linus Baker, Jeff Gosney, Adam Dowdy, Perry Costello Boxscore

All Tournament Team

Source:^[25]

Position	Player	Team
C	Tomas Frick	North Carolina
1B	Nick Kurtz	Wake Forest
2B	Riley Bertram	Clemson
3B	Yohandy Morales	Miami (FL)
SS	Zack Prajzner	Notre Dame
OF	Cooper Ingle	Clemson
OF	Cam Cannarella	Clemson
OF	Zach Levenson	Miami (FL)
DH	Caden Grice (MVP)	Clemson
P	Andrew Walters	Miami (FL)
P	Rhett Lowder	Wake Forest

References

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^ "2023 ACC Baseball Championship Set For Durham Bulls Athletic Park". Atlantic Coast Conference. October 5, 2022. Retrieved November 30, 2022.
^ "ACC Baseball Championship returns to DBAP in 2023". Raleigh, North Carolina: WRAL-TV. October 5, 2022. Retrieved November 30, 2022.
^ "Durham Bulls Athletic Park to host 2023 ACC Baseball Championship". Raleigh, North Carolina: WTVD. October 5, 2022. Retrieved November 30, 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c "ACC Baseball Championship Semifinals Adjusted Due to Impending Inclement Weather". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. May 26, 2023. Retrieved May 27, 2023.
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^ Peter Burke (October 7, 2016). "ACC baseball tournament changes format, increases number of teams". WPLG. Retrieved October 9, 2017.
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^ "2023 Baseball Championship". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. Retrieved May 27, 2023.
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^ "Panthers Power Past Notre Dame". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. May 24, 2023. Retrieved May 24, 2023.
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^ "Grice, Tigers Slam Door on Hokies". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. May 24, 2023. Retrieved May 25, 2023.
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^ "Tigers Surge Into Finals With 10-4 Win Over Tar Heels". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. May 27, 2023. Retrieved May 27, 2023.
^ "Big Seventh Inning Carries Clemson to ACC Baseball Championship". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. May 28, 2023. Retrieved May 28, 2023.
^ @ACCBaseball (May 28, 2023). "Congratulations to the 2023 All-Tournament Team!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

[1] "Baseball Standings". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. Retrieved June 26, 2023.

[2] "2023 ACC Baseball Championship Set For Durham Bulls Athletic Park". Atlantic Coast Conference. October 5, 2022. Retrieved November 30, 2022.

[3] "ACC Baseball Championship returns to DBAP in 2023". Raleigh, North Carolina: WRAL-TV. October 5, 2022. Retrieved November 30, 2022.

[4] "Durham Bulls Athletic Park to host 2023 ACC Baseball Championship". Raleigh, North Carolina: WTVD. October 5, 2022. Retrieved November 30, 2022.

[weather-5] "ACC Baseball Championship Semifinals Adjusted Due to Impending Inclement Weather". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. May 26, 2023. Retrieved May 27, 2023.

[6] "ACC Announces Baseball Championship Expansion, Format Change". Atlantic Coast Conference. October 6, 2016. Archived from the original on October 9, 2016. Retrieved October 9, 2017.

[7] Peter Burke (October 7, 2016). "ACC baseball tournament changes format, increases number of teams". WPLG. Retrieved October 9, 2017.

[tie-8] "#ACCBASE Seeding and Tiebreaker Information". Atlantic Coast Conference. April 30, 2017. Archived from the original on October 13, 2018. Retrieved May 21, 2019.

[9] "2023 Baseball Championship". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. Retrieved May 27, 2023.

[10] "Eagles Handle Hokies in ACC Baseball Championship Opener". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. May 23, 2023. Retrieved May 23, 2023.

[11] "Tar Heels Get Back on Winning Track Versus Yellow Jackets". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. May 23, 2023. Retrieved May 23, 2023.

[12] "Wolfpack Outlasts Blue Devils in Extra Innings". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. May 23, 2023. Retrieved May 24, 2023.

[13] "Panthers Power Past Notre Dame". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. May 24, 2023. Retrieved May 24, 2023.

[14] "Cavaliers Swing Into Tourney Action With Rout of Georgia Tech". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. May 24, 2023. Retrieved May 24, 2023.

[15] "Grice, Tigers Slam Door on Hokies". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. May 24, 2023. Retrieved May 25, 2023.

[16] "Top-seeded Deacons Thump Pitt to Reach ACC Semifinals". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. May 25, 2023. Retrieved May 25, 2023.

[17] "Tar Heels Take Out Second-Seeded UVA to Reach Semis". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. May 25, 2023. Retrieved May 25, 2023.

[18] "Hurricanes Turn Back Wolfpack, 4-2, in Thursday Finale". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. May 25, 2023. Retrieved May 25, 2023.

[19] "Tigers Strike Early, Down Eagles for Pool C Semifinal Berth". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. May 26, 2023. Retrieved May 26, 2023.

[20] "Hurricanes Push Past Blue Devils With Three-Run Eighth Inning". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. May 26, 2023. Retrieved May 26, 2023.

[21] "Wake Forest Topples Fighting Irish, 7-5". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. May 26, 2023. Retrieved May 27, 2023.

[22] "Miami Upsets Wake Forest, Advances to Title Game". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. May 27, 2023. Retrieved May 27, 2023.

[23] "Tigers Surge Into Finals With 10-4 Win Over Tar Heels". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. May 27, 2023. Retrieved May 27, 2023.

[24] "Big Seventh Inning Carries Clemson to ACC Baseball Championship". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. May 28, 2023. Retrieved May 28, 2023.

[25] @ACCBaseball (May 28, 2023). "Congratulations to the 2023 All-Tournament Team!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

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Teams	12
Format	See below
Finals site	Durham Bulls Athletic Park Durham, North Carolina
Champions	Clemson (11th title)
Winning coach	Erik Bakich (1st title)
MVP	Caden Grice (Clemson)
Attendance	37,930
Television	ACC Network (Tues-Sat) ESPN2 (Championship)
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