GREENVILLE - Mike Dunster’s three hits and three RBI in his first start of the season and freshman righthander Daniel Gossett’s 10 strikeouts propelled Clemson to a 4-2 win over Elon in front of 2,319 fans at Fluor Field on Wednesday.
The Tigers, who won both games of the two-game series, won their fifth game in a row and improved to 11-8 in 2012. The Phoenix fell to 12-10 on the season.
Jack Leggett reached the 1,200 career win mark with Wednesday’s victory in his 33rd season as a head coach. He became the 15th coach in history to amass 1,200 wins as a Division I head coach.
Gossett (1-2) picked up his first win as a Tiger in his second career start. His seven innings pitched and 10 strikeouts were the most by a Tiger in 2012. Matt Campbell pitched a perfect ninth inning with a strikeout to record his second save of the year.
In the sixth inning of a 2-2 game, Brad Felder led off with a single up the middle, stole second base, and moved to third on an error by the catcher on the throw to second. After Spencer Kieboom walked, Dunster lined a double, the only extra-base hit of the game, down the left-field line to score Felder and advance Kieboom to third. But with runners at second and third and no outs, the Tigers were unable to add to their one-run lead.
The Tigers doubled their lead in the seventh inning. Jason Stolz led off with a single up the middle, then the next two Tigers fouled out. After Felder was intentionally walked and Kieboom walked to load the bases, Dunster laced a single up the middle to score Stolz, but Felder was gunned downed by Fraser in center in a close play at the plate to end the inning.
Clemson will travel to Charlottesville, VA to take on Virginia in a three-game series starting Friday at 6:00 PM.
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