Erik Bakich has become accustomed to seeing his Clemson team thrive in high-pressure situations.

With Saturday’s 11-10 win over Stanford, the fourth-ranked Tigers are now 7-0 in games decided by a single run.

Clemson knocked around Stanford pitchers to the tune of 14 hits. Jacob Jarrell hit his fourth home run in the past three games. Collin Priest had another big night, finishing 2-for-3 with four RBI, including his seventh home run. The Tigers also got multi-hit nights from Andrew Ciufo, Dominic Listi, Luke Gaffney and Josh Paino.

“Very proud of our offense, just to trade punches with another team and just to be one run better,” Bakich said. “That’s really what it came down to. We were just one run better.”

“I think it falls back on your training. We don’t rise to any occasions, we just play at the level of our training, but the level of our training is often higher, or as high, as some of these intense moments in the games. It is literally what we train for. We try to train at above the speed and the level of the competition. So when these moments arise, we are ready for it.”

Despite the offensive onslaught, the bigger story just might have been this Clemson team continuing to find a way to get it done when their backs are against the wall. After the Tigers jumped out to a 3-0 lead after the first inning, Stanford plated five runs in the second. That lead would be short-lived, as Clemson scored five times in the bottom half of the inning, making it 8-5.

The Cardinal would again respond, scoring two more in the third and three more in the fourth to go up 10-8.

Clemson would push across two runs in the fifth, including a long ball by Paino, to tie things up. Then Jarrell would hit his ninth homer of the season, a solo shot, to put the Tigers back on top for good.

“We are comfortable in what would be uncomfortable moments for other people,” Bakich added. “It is just part of a mindset and a mentality. It is just drilled into everybody from meeting one, day one. We have to get outside of our comfort zone with our physical training as well, to go with the mental training, to prepare us for these moments.”

Reed Garris and Lucas Mahlstedt combined to hold Stanford scoreless over the final 5.1 innings, once again proving to be two of the most reliable relievers in the country. Mahlstedt did scatter four hits over the final three innings but stranded each one. He also struck out five in notching his 12th save, which is tops in the country.

Not only are the Tigers still unbeaten in one-run games, but they are also now 15-1 in games decided by two runs or less, once again proving that when the pressure is on, this team delivers..

“We’ve been in them enough to where it starts to callous your mind a little it,” Bakich said. “It’s like no big deal, a one-run game, so what. We have been in so many of these we know what we need to do in order to come out on top.”

Clemson and Stanford will face off one more time on Sunday as the Tigers look for their second consecutive ACC sweep. First pitch is at 3 p.m. at Doug Kingsmore Stadium, and the game will be televised on the ACC Network.