2012 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball tournament

2012 Atlantic Coast Conference
baseball tournament

2012 ACC baseball tournament logo
Teams	8
Format	2 division round robin and championship game
Finals site	NewBridge Bank Park Greensboro, NC
Champions	Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets  (8th title)
Winning coach	Danny Hall  (4th title)
MVP	Jake Davies (Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets)
Television	ACCRSN
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The 2012 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball tournament was held at the NewBridge Bank Park in Greensboro, North Carolina, from May 23 through 27. All of the games were shown live on Fox Sports South with select games being shown on Fox Sports Florida, Comcast Mid-Atlantic, Sun Sports, and New England Sports Network. Eighth seeded Georgia Tech won the tournament and earned the Atlantic Coast Conference's automatic bid to the 2012 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. It was Georgia Tech's eighth ACC tournament win. This was the first time in which an eighth seeded team won the tournament.

Seeding

Seeding based on team's conference winning percentage. ^[1] Top team from each division is ranked 1st and 2nd followed by the six teams with the next best conference winning percentage, regardless of division.

Atlantic Division
Team	W	L	Pct	Seed
Florida State	24	6	.800	1
NC State	19	11	.633	3
Clemson	16	14	.533	5
Wake Forest	13	17	.433	7
Maryland	10	20	.333
Boston College	10	20	.333

Coastal Division
Team	W	L	Pct	Seed
North Carolina	22	8	.733	2
Virginia	18	12	.600	4
Miami	16	14	.533	6
Georgia Tech	12	18	.400	8
Virginia Tech	11	19	.367
Duke	9	21	.300

Tournament

	Division A	FSU	UVA	CLEM	GT	Overall
1	Florida State (24–6)		L 0–7	L 7–9	L 4–5	0–3
4	Virginia (18–12)	W 7–0		W 3–2	L 5–17‡	2–1
5	Clemson (16–14)	W 9–7	L 2–3		L 1–5	1–2
8	Georgia Tech (12–18)	W 5–4	W 17–5‡	W 5–1		3–0

	Division B	UNC	NCSU	UM	WF	Overall
2	North Carolina (22–8)		W 4–0†	L 3–5	W 6–0	2–11
3	NC State (19–11)	L 0–4†		W 3–2	L 3–7	1–2
6	Miami (16–14)	W 5–3	L 2–3		W 6–3	2–11
7	Wake Forest (13–17)	L 0–6	W 7–3	L 3–6		1–2

	Finals
	A	#8 Georgia Tech	8
	B	#6 Miami	5

Notes
† - Denotes extra innings
‡ - Denotes game shortened due to mercy rule
1 - Miami beat North Carolina head-to-head

Results

All times shown are US EDT. All games, except the championship game, will have a 10-run rule in effect. ^[2]

Division A Wednesday, May 23 11:00 a.m. Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E #8 Georgia Tech 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 5 7 1 #1 Florida State 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 4 7 0 WP: Buck Farmer   LP: Scott Sitz   Sv: Alex Cruz Home runs: GT: Jake Davies (2) FSU: James Ramsey Attendance: 2,976 Boxscore Thursday, May 24 11:00 a.m. Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E #5 Clemson 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 5 0 #4 Virginia 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 X 3 5 2 WP: Kyle Crockett   LP: Mike Kent   Sv: Justin Thompson Home runs: CLEM: Jon McGibbon UVA: None Attendance: 3,331 Boxscore Friday, May 25 11:00 a.m. Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E #4 Virginia 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 – – 5 9 0 #8 Georgia Tech 0 0 6 4 0 2 5 – – 17 14 2 WP: Cole Pitts   LP: Scott Silverstein Home runs: UVA: None GT: Jake Davies, Zane Evans, Mott Hyde Attendance: 3,805 Notes: Game ended in the bottom of the seventh inning due to the Mercy rule. Boxscore Friday, May 25 3:00 p.m. Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E #1 Florida State 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 2 0 7 11 2 #5 Clemson 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 3 9 11 0 WP: Patrick Andrews   LP: Robert Benincasa Home runs: FSU: Justin Gonzalez CLEM: Jon McGibbon Attendance: 3,282 Boxscore Saturday, May 26 11:00 a.m. Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E #8 Georgia Tech 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 10 1 #5 Clemson 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 2 WP: Jake Davies   LP: Kevin Pohle   Sv: Alex Cruz Home runs: GT: Jake Davies CLEM: Steve Wilkerson Attendance: 3,272 Boxscore Saturday, May 26 3:00 p.m. Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E #1 Florida State 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 #4 Virginia 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 0 X 7 12 0 WP: Artie Lewicki   LP: Mike Compton Home runs: FSU: None UVA: None Attendance: 3,642 Boxscore

Division B Wednesday, May 23 3:00 p.m. Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E #6 Miami 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 7 1 #3 NC State 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 3 13 0 WP: Vance Williams   LP: Eric Nedeljkovic Home runs: UM: Chantz Mack NCSU: None Attendance: 3,060 Boxscore Wednesday, May 23 7:00 p.m. Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E #7 Wake Forest 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 #2 North Carolina 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 1 X 6 9 0 WP: Tate Parrish   LP: Tim Cooney Home runs: WF: None UNC: None Attendance: 4,646 Boxscore Thursday, May 24 3:00 p.m. Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E #2 North Carolina 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 9 2 #6 Miami 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 X 5 7 1 WP: Steven Ewing   LP: Kent Emanuel   Sv: A. J. Salcines Home runs: UNC: Grayson Atwood UM: Dale Carey Attendance: 3,442 Boxscore Thursday, May 24 7:00 p.m. Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E #3 NC State 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 8 1 #7 Wake Forest 0 1 3 0 2 0 0 1 X 7 8 0 WP: Jack Fischer   LP: Anthony Tzamtzis Home runs: NCSU: Trea Turner WF: None Attendance: 4,130 Boxscore Friday, May 25 7:00 p.m. Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E #6 Miami 0 1 0 1 0 1 3 0 0 6 9 1 #7 Wake Forest 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 9 2 WP: Eric Whaley   LP: Brian Holmes   Sv: Eric Nedeljkovic Home runs: UM: Rony Rodriguez WF: Carlos Lopez Attendance: 3,286 Boxscore Saturday, May 26 7:00 p.m. Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 R H E #2 North Carolina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 9 2 #3 NC State 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 WP: Mike Morin   LP: D. J. Thomas Home runs: UNC: None NCSU: None Attendance: 10,229 Notes: Attendance set a record for highest in tournament history. (Surpassed in 2013) Boxscore

Championship final

Sunday, May 27 Noon

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
#8 Georgia Tech	4	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	8	15	3
#6 Miami	1	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	5	5	3
WP: Jarrett Didrick   LP: Javi Salas   Sv: Zane Evans Home runs: GT: Mott Hyde UM: Michael Broad Attendance: 3,825 Notes: Georgia Tech became the first #8 seed to win the tournament Boxscore

All-Tournament Team

Position	Player	School
C	Zane Evans	Georgia Tech
1B	Jon McGibbon	Clemson
2B	Thomas Smith	Georgia Tech
3B	Trea Turner	NC State
SS	Justin Gonzalez	Florida State
OF	Chantz Mack	Miami
OF	Colin Harrington	Virginia
OF	Brandon Thomas	Georgia Tech
DH/UT	Jake Davies	Georgia Tech
P	Carlos Rodon	NC State
P	Eric Whaley	Miami
MVP	Jake Davies	Georgia Tech

See also

• College World Series
• NCAA Division I Baseball Championship

References

1. "Florida State, North Carolina Hold Top Two Seeds for 2012 ACC Baseball Championship". TheACC.com. 2012. Archived from the original on November 23, 2012. Retrieved May 20, 2012.
2. "2012 ACC Baseball Championship" (PDF). TheACC.com. 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 11, 2012. Retrieved May 23, 2012.