Boston College kicked off the ACC baseball tournament with an 11-7 victory over Virginia Tech in Pool C play on Tuesday at Durham Bulls Athletic Park in Durham, N.C.

The No. 6 seed Eagles improved to 35-17 and will take engage the No. 3 seed Clemson Tigers on Friday morning (11) with a trip to the semifinals on the line. BC is 3-1 against Virginia Tech this season.

Down 3-0 in the third, BC got a pair of two-run doubles by Joe Vetrano and Nick Wang to take a 4-3 lead. The Hokies responded with three runs in the top of the fourth to go up 6-4.

BC center fielder Barry Walsh opened the bottom of the sixth with a solo 400-foot home run. Wang followed with a three-run single down the third base line to put the Eagles up 8-6. BC added two more in the seventh on a two-run single by Vetrano and scored one in the eighth. Wang drove in five or more runs in a game for the third time this season.

Henry Leake threw 2.1 innings of scoreless middle relief to pick up his fourth win. Andrew Roman came on in the seventh and allowed one run in the final three frames to secure the victory.

RICH THOMPSON