The Diamond Heels scored eight runs in the bottom of the fifth inning and crushed No. 5 seed Clemson 14-4 in the ACC Championship Game Sunday afternoon in Durham. The win clinches UNC’s ninth ACC Tournament title, second under fifth-year head coach Scott Forbes and third in the last six tournaments. The eight-run inning came after Carolina had already built a 4-0 lead after scoring in each of the first three innings. The offensive avalanche began with a two-run blast from Hunter Stokely to right field – his first home run in the month of May – but UNC was far from done. Tyson Bass lifted a towering two-run shot to center field two batters later, and after a Kane Kepley RBI single scored another run, Jackson Van De Brake dropped the hammer: a 408-foot, three-run rocket over the “Blue Monster” in left field of Durham Bulls Athletic Park. It marked the first time all season UNC had hit three home runs in the same inning. UNC’s lead grew to as large as 14-0 after two more runs scored in ...