Pitching once again carried the day for Clemson’s baseball team, leading the Tigers to an extended unblemished spring against their in-state rival for the first time in more than two decades.
It wasn’t easy as South Carolina routinely threatened in the series finale Sunday at Doug Kingsmore Stadium, but five Clemson pitchers combined to work out of one jam after another in a 5-2 win for the Tigers, who stayed unbeaten on the season after winning the first two games of the series in Columbia by a combined score of 13-4.
Cooper Ingle’s solo home run – the first of his Clemson career – and Jonathan French’s RBI single in the home half of the eighth inning provided some insurance for the Tigers (11-0), who notched their first sweep of at least three games against Carolina since 1996 when Clemson beat the Gamecocks four times.
Ryan Ammons retired six of the eight batters he faced over the final two innings to notch a six-out save.
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