By Will Vandervort / Photo ClemsonTigers.com.

Unhappy and disappointed by the effort some of his teammates gave in losses to Louisville and Wofford earlier this week, Clemson right fielder Steven Duggar called out his pitching staff on Tuesday night. He felt as if some pitchers were not giving their all.

Twenty-four hours later, following Wednesday’s 6-3 victory over No. 18 College of Charleston, the junior was feeling much better about his pitchers. Clate Schmidt, Charlie Barnes, Alex Bostic and Taylor Vetzel had a lot to do with that as they combined to hold the Cougars down, while striking out 11 batters as a group.

Twice the College of Charleston loaded the bases with one out or less in the seventh and ninth innings and only one of those six potential runs crossed home plate.

“I think it is important for us to learn from our mistakes and correct those mistakes and find an even keel and be consistent,” Duggar said.

Schmidt did his part in learning from his mistakes, though he did give up a two-run homer to the Cougars’ Bradley Jones in the top of the fifth inning, which tied the game, 2-2, at the time. But that was his only blemish in five innings of work as he picked up his second win of the season with a five-inning night in which he allowed two runs off four hits, while striking out four batters.

“It was huge (that we play well),” Schmidt said. “The offensive side has been doing really well the last couple of games and we have not backed them like we should have. It was good to kind of give them some support tonight and show we still have it and we are ready to help them out.”

Schmidt got the win thanks to Bostic’s relief appearance of Kevin Pohle in the seventh when the College of Charleston loaded the bases with no outs. But Bostic struck out the first batter he faced and then did the same on the next guy before ending the threat with a flyball to right field.

“I’m thinking, ‘This is the worse person they could have seen because Bostic is going to absolutely destroy them,’” Schmidt said. “He has been unreal. We had a scrimmage a couple of weeks ago and he was lights out.

“He proved that he is one the best pitchers we have. He is a huge asset for us.”

Schmidt is too, especially as a starter. He improved to 2-1 in games in which he has started and he has a 2.00 earned average in his five starts. As a reliever he has not fared as well, giving up two runs in each of his last two relief appearances, while suffering the losses as well.

Monday night, he gave up back-to-back home runs in the top of the eighth inning in the Tigers’ loss to No. 3 Louisville. This came after he gave up three straight two-out hits in a loss to Georgia Tech on April 26.

“It shouldn’t be much of a difference between starter and reliever, but I have kind of had some success as a starter,” Schmidt said. “For me it is more of a mentality that I can set the pace for an entire game and try to set up whatever I can for the team to be able to do the best they can.”