CLEMSON — By the time the month of June rolls around, almost every college baseball team still playing is dealing with injuries. Some more than others. For Clemson, it was more than plenty. The Tigers started dealing with the injury bug when it comes to the pitching staff, even before the first pitch was thrown. […]
CLEMSON — Clemson’s season came to a screeching halt Sunday. The top-seeded Tigers made seven errors in the field and third-seeded Kentucky scored in five of the first six innings, en route to a dominating 16-4 win over Clemson in an elimination game in the Clemson Regional on Sunday at Doug Kingsmore Stadium. The loss […]
CLEMSON — Heading into the eighth inning against West Virginia, Clemson was right where it wanted to be. The top-seeded Tigers were up 5-4, and coming into Saturday, were 37-1 when leading after seven innings. That is how successful the backend of the bullpen has been. However, this time, it wasn’t meant to be, as […]
CLEMSON — West Virginia scored a run in the eighth to tie it, then four more in the ninth to break it open, as the second-seeded Mountaineers rallied to beat top-seeded Clemson 9-6 in the winner’s bracket of the Clemson regional on Saturday night at Doug Kingsmore Stadium. Lucas Mahlstedt blew a save opportunity for […]
CLEMSON — Clemson scored four times in the bottom of the eighth to bust open a tie game as the No. 1 seed Tigers knocked off No. 4 seed USC-Upstate 7-3 on Friday to open regional play in Doug Kingsmore Stadium. TP Wentworth’s RBI single in the eighth inning broke a 3-3 tie, with Andrew […]
CLEMSON — Erik Bakich knows how starved Clemson fans are for a return to the College World Series. It’s been close to 15 years since the program’s last trip to Omaha, a drought that at one time was almost inconceivable for Tiger fans. Bakich got Clemson close last year, his second season at the helm, […]
CLEMSON — After starting the season in the bullpen, Drew Titsworth now finds himself getting the ball in what could be the biggest game of the season for Clemson to date. On Thursday, Erik Bakich announced that Titsworth would start the Tigers’ first game of the Clemson Regional against USC-Upstate, with the head coach noting […]
Many players on this Clemson team experienced the heartbreak that came with losing to Florida at home in last year’s Super Regional. The crushing 13-inning defeat that eliminated the Tigers stayed with those players throughout fall ball and into the preseason. It’s been used as fuel, as this Clemson team won 44 games this season, […]
Clemson failing to win a second conference championship in the past three years is already an afterthought in the clubhouse. The Tigers lost to North Carolina 14-4 in a one-sided affair in the ACC Championship Game on Sunday, and while it was disappointing in the moment, Erik Bakich insists his team has already flushed the […]
One injured pitcher could be making a return in time for the Clemson regional. On Monday, head coach Erik Bakich provided the latest update on Ethan Darden, who has been out since April 12 with an injury. “There’s a chance,” Bakich said. “We thought he would maybe even have a chance this past weekend in […]