By Trey McCurry.

CLEMSON, SC — Here is a look back at Clemson’s (14-14) 5-4 setback to Presbyterian College (17-12) on Wednesday evening at Doug Kingsmore Stadium.

What happened?

After the Blue Hose got on the board in the top of the first thanks to a two-run homer, the Tigers responded with two runs of their own in the bottom of the frame. With one out, Steven Duggar singled, stole second, and moved to third on a groundout while Reed Rohlman walked. Chris Okey then doubled off the wall in left to plate both runners. Presbyterian College re-took the lead with a single run in the fifth inning and again Clemson responded. Andrew Cox singled up the middle to start the inning and moved up to second on sac bunt.

Following an out, Duggar doubled in the right field gap to plate Cox and tie the game. The Blue Hose again took the lead with two two-out runs in the ninth and again the Tigers staged a rally. Okey and Chase Pinder each led off with walks and Weston Wilson reached on a fielding error while trying to sacrifice to load the bases. After a hard lineout by Cox, Eli White singled to right to score one run but the Tigers could do no more damage as a double play ended the threat, and the game.

Game-Changing Moment:

The game changed in the ninth inning. Presbyterian College was able to put together a two-out rally to score two runs while Clemson loaded the bases with no outs and could only push a single run across.

What went right?

Jake Long shook off a first inning homer to toss 5.0 effective innings in his first start of the year. Pat Krall had a solid night out of the bullpen, allowing only two hits in 2.0 innings. Duggar and White each had two hits to pace Clemson’s seven hit attack while Okey had a team-best two RBI. 

What went wrong?

The Tigers committed two errors in the contest and an unearned run proved to be the difference. All five Blue Hose runs scored with two outs while Clemson stranded six runners in the game.