Georgia Tech baseball wins first ACC Tournament title since 2014

History was made Sunday for Georgia Tech baseball.

The top-seeded Yellow Jackets defeated No. 2 seed North Carolina 13-6 in the ACC Tournament championship game, the program’s first conference tourney title since 2014. Star center fielder Drew Burress also surpassed Jason Varitek’s program record for most career home runs in the win.

“These guys never shy away,” Tech coach James Ramsey said. “They want to continue to break records along the way.”

Tech (48-9) will now await its placement in the NCAA Tournament, with the field set to be revealed Monday at noon on ESPN2. The team is projected as the No. 2 overall seed by D1Baseball.

“I think they’re going to do a great job of selecting teams they think are deserving,” Ramsey said of the NCAA’s selection committee.

North Carolina scored first with an RBI single by Owen Hull in the opening frame. That lead did not last long, as Tech’s Ryan Zuckerman leveled the score at 1 with a 380-foot, opposite-field home run in the second inning.

Burress’ record-breaking homer gave the Jackets a 3-1 lead in the third inning. He previously tied Varitek’s record of 57 home runs in a 14-1 win over Duke on May 10.

“I think I like winning the (ACC) Tournament a little bit more, but it is really special,” Burress said of breaking the record.

Alex Hernandez kept the hot hitting going with a three-run double that extended the lead to 6-1. The Tar Heels responded with a two-out, two-RBI single by Rom Kellis V in the top of the fourth that trimmed the Jackets’ lead to three.

Hull made it a one-run game in the fifth with a 392-foot, opposite-field blast off of Tech lefty Brett Barfield. One inning later, a sacrifice fly from Jarren Advincula and an RBI single from Vahn Lackey restored a three-run cushion for the Jackets.