The Clemson baseball team has one more chance to make its case to host a regional.

For much of the season, the Tigers not only looked like a lock to host, but the team looked primed to secure one of those coveted Top 8 seeds. Just three short weeks ago, Clemson was ranked No. 2 in the country.

However, the last three weeks have severely damaged any hopes of postseason baseball being played at Doug Kingsmore. The Tigers have lost nine of their past 12 games and dropped three consecutive ACC series, and for the first time all season, Erik Bakich’s team is not projected to host.

“Sometimes you need to reach a point where you just get to that screw it mentality, and don’t say the word screw,” Bakich said. “When you feel like you are backed up against the wall and there is only one thing to do but to fight. Fight your way out of the corner. That is actually a really good place to be because it takes all of the complexity out of it. You just solve all of your problems with aggression, and you just attack. We have to get back on the attack. It is hard to compete against the opponent when you are competing against yourself.”

In the latest D1 Baseball projections, Clemson is predicted to be a No. 2 seed, going on the road to play in the Coastal Carolina regional. With one ACC series remaining, Bakich knows it’s now or never for his team.

However, seeding is not first and foremost on Bakich’s mind. He’s more focused on getting his team back on the winning side of things. Do that, and let the chips fall where they may.

“National seed, is it off the table? I don’t know,” he said. “All I care about is how we play. Don’t care who we play, I only care how we play.”

“If we want to be playing baseball at home, then let’s go, it’s go time. But seeding, I don’t know about that. That will probably depend on what happens this weekend and what happens in the ACC Tournament, and what everyone else does.”

While the Tigers are currently No. 14 in the RPI, they are sitting at seventh place in the ACC standings, and teams finishing that far down in the conference don’t tend to host.

That means this final regular-season series at Pitt is crucial. And Bakich still believes his team will step up and deliver, despite Clemson being just 1-6 in their last seven road games.

“To even think about national seed or hosting, even the ACC Tournament is just too far away,” Bakich said. “Because right now, we just have to play better. You can see it on the field, it is just too inconsistent. Giving up too many big innings, with too many non-quality at-bats. The defense is consistent, but the pitching and the hitting are about to take off in a way that is going to be fun to be a part of. Because we are going to start clicking on all cylinders here in a second.”