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DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — Rhett Aplin's RBI single in the top of the ninth inning helped Florida State beat Clemson 5-4 on Saturday night and advance to the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament championship game.
Jackson Lueck hit a tying homer in the eighth before scoring the go-ahead run, putting the sixth-seeded defending champions in their third straight league title game. Florida State (42-17) will play fifth-seeded Louisville on Sunday.
Lueck drew a two-out walk off reliever Ryley Gilliam (2-3) in the ninth, stole second and scored on Aplin's single up the middle.
Second-seeded Clemson (45-14) put the tying run on base with one out in the ninth after C.J. Van Eyk hit Wilkie. Van Eyk (7-0) got ACC home run leader Seth Beer to fly out and struck out Chris Williams to end it.
Drew Mendoza's two-run homer in the second put Florida State up 2-0.
Williams hit a three-run homer in the fourth.
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