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Troyer shines when Tigers need it most

Clemson true freshman outfielder Camden Troyer had seen the field just one time prior to Sunday’s series finale against Georgia Tech, but his performance showed otherwise. With a 2-2 count in his third plate appearance of the game, Troyer belted a …

Clemson true freshman outfielder Camden Troyer had seen the field just one time prior to Sunday’s series finale against Georgia Tech, but his performance showed otherwise. With a 2-2 count in his third plate appearance of the game, Troyer belted a solo homer to right center, the first of his Clemson career.

“I went into the at-bat, coaches had me prepared, I knew the guy had a good fastball, and so the message was be ready for that,” Troyer said. “I knew he couldn’t land a slider during that at-bat; he gave me a fastball over the plate, and I was able to put a good swing on it. It was definitely a good feeling for sure.”

The Greenville native was not the first to join Clemson’s deep ball club either. Troyer was the fifth and final Tiger of the day to hit a ball out the park on Sunday afternoon, giving Clemson the eventual 12-run edge and sweep over the Yellow Jackets.

Clemson coach Monte Lee was more than impressed with the freshman’s performance, something the seventh-year head coach was not shy about following Sunday’s win.

“I thought the at-bat of the game quite honestly was Camden Troyer’s at-bat,” Lee said. “True freshman, guy is throwing 98-99 (miles per hour), and we told the guys, ‘You’ve got to win the front of the plate when a guy’s throwing this hard. You’ve got to show that you’re going to catch up to his fastball.’ The first fastball he saw, he fouled off straight back and he made contact with it out front.”

“I knew right then and there that he’s ready for this at-bat. … I didn’t know he was going to hit a home run but felt like he had the proper timing and mindset to hit against a guy throwing that hard and you could tell by the swings that he was taking that he was going to win the front of the plate. What an unbelievable at-bat with two-strikes, a true freshman that hadn’t played a lot for us. Very high on him and he hit a ball out of the ballpark. I thought it was just really impressive.”

Although Troyer had seen little action thus far in his freshman campaign, he was patiently waiting and preparing for his moment. The outfielder knew his team needed production in the bottom part of the order and boy did he produce. Troyer, along with catcher Cooper Ingle, led the Tigers offensively in Sunday’s sweep going 2-for-5 at the plate with a home run and three RBIs.

“Bottom of the order has really stepped up,” Troyer said. “We know that we need more production from the bottom of the order and everyone on the bench has been ready. A lot of practice and preparation has been involved in that, so it’s nice to see us get going in the bottom of the order right now.”

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Tigers take sting out of Jackets, sweep series

Following two big wins on Friday and Saturday to secure the series, Clemson came out hot once again with a 14-2 win over No. 21 Georgia Tech Sunday afternoon, garnering their first ACC series sweep of the season. It was a game of deep balls for the …

Following two big wins on Friday and Saturday to secure the series, Clemson came out hot once again with a 14-2 win over No. 21 Georgia Tech Sunday afternoon, garnering their first ACC series sweep of the season.

It was a game of deep balls for the Tigers, who scored eight of their runs off five homers inside Doug Kingsmore Stadium.

Right-hander Jay Dill earned the win for the Tigers, dishing three strikeouts and only allowing two hits, one run, and one walk in his two innings of work. Starter Chance Huff tallied the loss for Georgia Tech.

Clemson struck first for the third straight time this weekend. With bases loaded and two outs, Dylan Brewer reached on a walk, scoring Max Wagner from third to give Clemson the early 1-0 lead in the first.

Leading off the second, catcher Jonathan French went yard, sending a solo bomb to right field. With runners on first and second, Cooper Ingle sent another ball out of the park, this time a three-run no-doubter to center, good for the 5-0 lead through two.

Following a scoreless fourth inning, Max Wagner hit yet another deep ball to left center, scoring Will Taylor, to tack on two more runs. Bryar Hawkins launched the Tigers’ fourth home run of the game, this one a solo shot to center. Clemson led 8-0 in the fourth.

Into the fifth, the Tigers continued to bring power to the plate. Leading off, freshman Camden Troyer sent a solo shot to right field, good for his first career home run and a 9-0 lead after five.

Later in the seventh with a runner on first, infielder Drew Compton delivered an RBI single down the right side to score the Yellow Jackets’ first run of the day. In the bottom half of the inning with runners on first and second, shortstop Benjamin Blackwell hit a clutch RBI double to right, scoring Caden Grice. Taylor followed suit with an RBI single to left center to score French. Clemson extended their lead to 11-1 through seven.

Clemson struck for the final time in the eighth. With bases loaded and one out, Troyer hit a two-RBI single through the right side, scoring Grice and Brewer. Blackwell brought in the Tigers’ final run of the game thanks to his sac-fly out to right that scored French for a score of 14-1.

Georgia Tech tacked on the another run in the ninth with John Giesler’s RBI double down the third-base line, but it proved to not be enough. Clemson overtook the Yellow Jackets by a final score of 14-2 to sweep the series.

With the win and ACC series sweep, the Tigers improve to 31-17 overall and 9-14 in ACC play.

Clemson travels to Columbia on Tuesday to face the College of Charleston Cougars for a midweek game at Segra Park for the second time this season. First pitch is scheduled for 6 p.m. on ACCNX.

Georgia baseball’s Tucker Bradley leads the SEC in home runs

With a fat dinger and a subsequent bat flip, Georgia’s Tucker Bradley sank the hopes of in-state rival Georgia Tech.

With a fat dinger and a subsequent (and well-earned) bat flip, Georgia’s Tucker Bradley sank the hopes of in-state rival Georgia Tech.

His sixth home run of the still-young 2020 college baseball season places him atop the list of the Southeasten Conference’s home run hitters.

Fourth-ranked Georgia didn’t need any more homers from Bradley today when topped Tech 12-0, ranked No. 17 but likely sinking in next week’s polls following two consecutive losses.

Bulldog Garrett Blaylock is close to the top with four home runs.

In the previous matchup, Georgia outlasted Georgia Tech in the series opener by a score of 6-5 at Foley Field.

As part of a neutral series between in-state foes, the three-game stand features one game at Georgia’s Foley Field, another at Tech’s stadium at 255 Ferst Drive in Atlanta, and a third contest at Coolray Field, the home of Atlanta Braves AAA affiliate Gwinnett Stripers.

Georgia baseball blanks Georgia Tech 12-0, wins season series

Tech needed a miracle entering the ninth, but the away team scored eight runs in the inning’s top half to put the game away for good.

Who runs this state?

In the past three months, the Georgia Bulldogs have clinched victories over the in-state Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets in football, men’s basketball, and baseball.

Following last night’s dramatic victory at Foley Field in Athens, the Dawgs ensured that the next contest, held on Tech’s campus, would be less of a nail-biter for Georgia baseball fans.

Scott Stricklin’s fourth-ranked Bulldogs built an early 4-0 lead across the first five innings. Tech already needed a miracle entering the ninth, but the away team scored eight runs in the inning’s top half to put the game away for good.

The Bulldogs improve to 10-1 on the season.

As part of a neutral series between in-state foes, the three-game stand features one game at Georgia’s Foley Field, today’s game at Grant Field in Atlanta, and a third contest at Coolray Field, the home of Atlanta Braves AAA affiliate Gwinnett Stripers.

Georgia baseball downs Georgia Tech in series opener

Georgia’s Webb oversaw the final ten outs and earned his first save of the season.

Scott Stricklin’s fourth-ranked Georgia Bulldogs swatted the No. 17 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets in the first of three games the rivals will play this season.

After the Jackets put the first run on the board in the top of the fourth inning, the Dawgs answered in the bottom half of the inning with a five-run outburst.

Tech chipped away at their most hated rivals’ lead, scoring three runs and blanking the home team in the fifth and sixth innings.

Still maintaining a one-run lead in the bottom of the seventh, pinch hitter Patrick Sullivan sent Cole Tate home from second base, giving the Bulldogs an insurance run that would prove to be vital.

The Yellow Jackets loaded the bases down two runs in the bottom of the ninth and scored one with a sacrifice fly. Junior reliever Ryan Webb, despite the immense pressure of the game’s ending, struck out similarly-named Jackson Webb (both billed from Roswell, strangely enough) to end the game.

Georgia’s Webb oversaw the final ten outs and earned his first save of the season.

Webb told reporters after the game:

“I just love being in when the game is on the line and this just means more to me because its Tech. I have a lot of friends on that team and last year I kind of laid an egg against them at Suntrust.”

Bulldawg Illustrated posted Webb’s post-game interview.

As part of a neutral series between in-state foes, the three-game stand features one game at Georgia’s Foley Field, another at Tech’s stadium at 255 Ferst Drive in Atlanta, and a third contest at Coolray Field, the home of Atlanta Braves AAA affiliate Gwinnett Stripers.

Ohio State baseball drops second in a row to Georgia Tech

The Ohio State baseball team lost game two of a three-game series against Georgia Tech because of defensive miscues.

The Ohio State baseball team is having a rough start to the season. To be fair, it’s had some pretty tough competition, but after a 5-2 loss to a No. 21 ranked Georgia Tech because of some defensive miscues, the Buckeyes record now stands at 2-3.

Ohio State did strike first when a groundout sacrifice score the first run of the game in the top of the 2nd inning. Things stayed that way until the bottom of the 4th inning when the Buckeyes gave the Yellow Jackets some help. With the bases loaded and two outs, OSU misplayed a line drive to center for an error and two unearned runs. A wild pitch then followed before Ohio State got out of the inning down 3-1.

Tech then got another run in the bottom of the 5th inning on a two-out single to make it a 4-1 ball game. Ohio State got one back on a sacrifice fly in the top of the 7th, followed by another unearned run from the Yellow Jackets in the bottom of the inning to cap off the scoring.

Starting pitcher Seth Lonsway had a decent day on the mound, giving up just one earned run on three hits in 5.0 innings of work. He struck out twelve batters but was doomed by his defense.

Ohio State will now try to salvage one game of the three-game series when it plays Georgia Tech again Sunday at 1 PM. Griffan Smith will be on the mound for the Buckeyes.