— NC State came back for a 5-4 win over Miami in 12 innings Friday night on a wild walk-off double by Preston Palmeiro in ACC tournament pool play at Durham Bulls Athletic Park.

Leading off in the 12th Palmeiro drove a double off the Blue Monster in left field. The relay from Miami left fielder Carl Chester got away from second baseman George Iskenderian allowing Palmeiro to come home and score in walk-off fashion.

"When I hit it I knew I had a double. When he threw it in, I could tell it was offline and I knew that they didn't have a shot to catch it so I kept going," said Palmeiro. "It was a Little League home run. But I kept telling people that I was going to end it, and I guess that does the job so I'll take it."

With the win NC State advances to the ACC Championship game Sunday afternoon at 1 p.m.

"It's unbelieveable," said Palmeiro. "People questioned if we were even going to make the ACC tournament and now we have a shot to win it. That's why we play."

The rally started with the Wolfpack trailing 4-3 in the bottom of the ninth as Shane Shepard walked to open the inning. Logan Ratledge singled to center field to put Jake Armstrong, who came in to pinch run for Shepard, on third.

NC State’s Andrew Knizner grounded out to third for an RBI sending Armstrong home and the game into extras. The run tied the game at 4-4.

"You just always tell your players you've got to stick with it," said head coach Elliot Avent. "If you stick with things in life, then good things can come your way, if you keep busting it and I'm just very proud of our guys."

Tommy DeJuneas took the mound in the tenth and threw three shutout innings to earn the win. DeJuneas was the fifth Wolfpack pitcher of the night, as the bullpen held the Hurricanes to just one hit over the final seven-plus innings.

The NC State squad chased Miami from the start, tying the Hurricanes for the first time in the third. A Ratledge single to left center scored two to make it 2-2.

Miami quickly regained the lead in the fourth as Brandon Lopez scored on a Ricky Eusebio RBI up the middle. Eusebio crossed the plate himself on a George Iskenderian RBI grounder to NC State pitcher Will Gilbert, who seemingly forgot how many outs there were and threw to first. The mental miscue helped put Miami up 4-2.

A solo home run for NC State’s Ryne Willard cut the Miami lead to one in the bottom of the sixth.

Two early runs by Miami forced NC State righty Cory Wilder to hand the reigns over to Gilbert. Wilder walked four and allowed one hit in just two-plus innings of work.

NC State’s Jon Olczak entered in relief in the sixth. In 3.1 innings pitched, Gilbert allowed two earned runs, walked four and struck out two. Also in 3.1 innings, Olczak held Miami scoreless, walking one and striking out six.

"That was the best, sharpest I've been all year," said Olczak. "The atmosphere was awesome."

The Wolfpack complete pool play Saturday at 7 p.m. against Virginia.