ATHENS, GA - Clemson tied its season high with 16 hits en route to a 10-5 win at Georgia Tuesday night. The Tigers improved to 12-11. The Bulldogs dropped to 17-9. Clemson’s win marked its fifth in a row over Georgia. The two teams will square off at Doug Kingsmore Stadium on April 11.
The Tigers scored a run in the top of the first inning before the Bulldogs responded with three runs in the bottom of the first. But Clemson took the lead for good with three runs in the second, capped by Richie Shaffer’s two-run homer, and never relinquished its lead. The Tigers scored in seven of nine innings and cruised to the five-run victory.
Freshman righthander Daniel Gossett (2-2) earned the win in a starting role. In five innings pitched, he yielded six hits, four runs, and three walks with four strikeouts. Four Tiger relievers combined to give up only two hits and one run in the final four innings to close out the game.
Steve Wilkerson extended his hitting streak to 11 games.
Phil Pohl went 3-for-6 with an RBI, while four other Tigers had two hits apiece. Wilkerson went 2-for-6 with two runs, Brad Felder went 2-for-4 with two runs and a walk, Jay Baum went 2-for-4 with a walk, and Tyler Slaton went 2-for-4 with an RBI and a walk.
Clemson will host Presbyterian College on Wednesday at Doug Kingsmore Stadium at 6:30 PM.
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