May 25, 2005

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JACKSONVILLE, FL. (AP)-Virginia outfielder Tom Hagan had three hits and sparked a five-run eighth inning with a ground rule double to lead seventh-seeded Virginia to an 8-1 upset over No. 2 seed Clemson in the Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Tournament Wednesday at the Baseball Grounds of Jacksonville.

The upset was the second in as many games on the first day of the double elimination tournament following North Carolina State's 2-1 win over Miami earlier in the day.

The Cavaliers broke open a pitcher's duel between Jeff Kamrath and Clemson's Stephen Faris by bunching four hits, a walk and a hit-batter into five runs for a 7-1 lead in the eighth inning. Scott Headd drove in what proved to be the winning run on a fileder's choice in the sixth inning, and then Hagan added a double that brought home the first of the five runs in the eighth.

Mike Campagna followed with an RBI single, Kyle Werman brought in two runs with another single and two batters later Matt Street completed the five-run outburst with a run-producing single. Street finished with two hits and a pair of RBI.

Kamrath went 6 1/3 innings, allowing eight hits but just a single run in improving his season mark to 9-4. He walked one batter and struck out six.

Faris pitched 7 1/3 innings, giving up eight hits and three runs in dropping to 6-4 this year. The Tigers scored their lone run in the third inning on a double by Adrian Casanova and a run-scoring single from Taylor Harbin. Clemson had a base runner in five of the last six innings, but only got two runners to second base where both were stranded.

Virginia will meet North Carolina State in the winner's bracket on Thursday with Miami taking on Clemson in the first game of the day, with the loser being the first team to be eliminated in the double elimination bracket.