CLEMSON BASEBALL

Tigers roll over Catamounts

Tigers roll over Catamounts


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Sparked by home runs off the bats of Jason Stolz Jason Stolz
Infielder
6-2, 200
Marietta, GA
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and John Hinson John Hinson
Infielder
6-1, 180
Asheville, NC
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, Clemson combined for 10 runs in the third, fourth, and fifth innings to defeat Western Carolina 12-3 at Doug Kingsmore Stadium on Wednesday night. The Tigers improved to 16-12, while the Catamounts fell to 11-15-1.

With his 1,162nd career win, Jack Leggett moved into sole possession of 16th place on the all-time wins list by a head coach at a Division I school. In his 32nd year as a head coach, Leggett passed Bill Wilhelm and Norm DeBriyn (Arkansas) on the list on Wednesday. Wilhelm, who passed away on December 24, 2010, served as Clemson's head coach for 36 seasons (1958-93) and hired Leggett to be his top assistant at Clemson for the 1992 and 1993 seasons after Leggett spent nine years (1983-91) as head coach at Western Carolina.

Scott Weismann Scott Weismann
RH Pitcher
6-0, 190
Boxborough, MA
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(3-4), the first of six Tiger pitchers, earned the win. In 6.0 innings pitched, he scattered seven hits, one run, and one walk with five strikeouts. Clemson's six pitchers combined to allow just three of the Catamounts' 16 baserunners to score in the game.

Western Carolina starter Adam Curtis (1-2) suffered the loss, as he gave up six hits, five runs, and no walks with two strikeouts.

The Catamounts grabbed the game's first lead in the top of the third inning. Cameron Dullnig led off with a single through the right side and Luke Gragg followed with a ground-rule double down the right-field line on the next pitch. Two batters later, Ross Heffley grounded out to third to plate Dullnig.

After Clemson's first seven batters of the game were retired, Clemson dented the scoreboard in the bottom of the third inning. Stolz reached on a one-out, infield single and advanced to second when shortstop Aaron Attaway's throw was errant. Addison Johnson Addison Johnson

5-7, 175
Pfafftown, NC
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reached on another infield single to second to move Stolz to third, then Dominic Attanasio Dominic Attanasio
Outfielder
5-7, 150
Windermere, FL
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slapped a single to left-center to score Stolz. Phil Pohl Phil Pohl
Catcher
5-11, 210
Cooperstown, NY
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followed with a double down the right-field line to score Johnson and Attanasio. Two batters later, Richie Shaffer Richie Shaffer
Infielder
6-3, 205
Charlotte, NC
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belted a two-out double to left-center to score Pohl, then Brad Miller Brad Miller
Infielder
6-1, 185
Windermere, FL
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lined a 1-2 pitch to right field for a single to score Shaffer, giving Clemson a 5-1 lead.

In the fourth inning, Hinson led off with a walk, stole second, and scored on Stolz's two-run homer down the left-field line, his first long ball of the season.

Clemson kept the pressure on in the fifth inning. Jeff Schaus Jeff Schaus
Outfielder
6-1, 205
Naples, FL
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led off with a walk, but he was erased on Shaffer's fielder's choice. Shaffer moved to third on Miller's single to left-center, then Miller stole second. The catcher's throw to second went into centerfield, allowing Shaffer to score and Miller to advance to third on the error. Chris Epps Chris Epps
Outfielder
6-1, 195
Stone Mountain, GA
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followed with a sacrifice fly to left field to plate Miller. Hinson gave the Tigers double-digit runs when he crushed a long solo homer to right field, his third home run of the year.

In the seventh inning, Attaway and Dullnig led off with walks, then Gragg loaded the bases with no outs on an infield single. Two batters later, Heffley walked on four pitches to score Attaway. Two batters later, Matt Johns walked with two outs to score Dullnig.

Hinson and Mike Dunster Mike Dunster
Infielder
5-9, 170
Greenwich, CT
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led off the eighth inning with walks, then pinch-hitter Jon McGibbon Jon McGibbon
Outfielder
6-1, 210
Lindenhurst, NY
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moved the runners up a base on a groundout to first. Pinch-hitter Joe Costigan Joe Costigan
Outfielder
5-10, 200
Naples, FL
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struck out, but he reached first and Hinson scored on a wild pitch on the play. Pohl followed with a sacrifice fly to center to score Dunster.

Stolz led Clemson's 10-hit attack by going 2-for-3 with a two-run homer and two runs. Miller went 2-for-4 with an RBI, while Pohl added a game-high three RBIs. Hinson scored a game-high three runs as well. The Tigers were 6-for-11 with runners in scoring position and left just four runners on base in the game.

Dullnig went 3-for-3 with two runs and a walk to lead the Catamounts, who also totaled 10 hits in the contest. However, Western Carolina was 1-for-13 with runners in scoring position and stranded 11 runners on base.

Clemson will host Maryland at Doug Kingsmore Stadium in a three-game series beginning Friday at 6:30 PM.


Western Carolina 3 (11-15-1)

Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB

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Luke Gragg lf............ 5 0 2 0 0 1 3 0 0

Austin Schultz 3b........ 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 3

Ross Heffley 2b.......... 4 0 1 2 1 0 2 4 0

Adam Martin c............ 4 0 1 0 0 1 7 0 1

Phillip Treadway ph..... 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0

Matt Johns 1b/cf......... 2 0 1 1 2 0 7 0 2

Macon Smith ph.......... 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0

Stephen Notaro dh........ 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0

Tyler White ph/dh....... 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3

Julian Ridings cf........ 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2

Bryant Noteboom ph...... 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Dykota Spiess 1b........ 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0

Aaron Attaway ss......... 3 1 2 0 1 1 1 1 0

Cameron Dullnig rf....... 3 2 3 0 1 0 1 0 0

Adam Curtis p............ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Vance Chavis p.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Taylor Sandefur p....... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Darron Dotson p......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

T.J. Page p............. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Kyle Deese p............ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Totals................... 35 3 10 3 5 8 24 8 11

Clemson 12 (16-12)

Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB

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Dominic Attanasio dh..... 4 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 0

Joe Costigan ph/lf...... 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0

Phil Pohl c.............. 4 1 1 3 0 2 9 1 0

Jeff Schaus lf........... 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0

Steve Wilkerson Steve Wilkerson Infielder 6-1, 195 Roswell, GA View Full Profile ph...... 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0

Alex Frederick Alex Frederick RH Pitcher 5-10, 170 Lagrangeville, NY View Full Profile p........ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Richie Shaffer 1b........ 5 2 1 1 0 1 7 0 2

Brad Miller ss........... 4 1 2 1 0 0 3 1 0

Chris Epps rf/cf......... 3 0 0 1 0 2 5 0 2

John Hinson 3b........... 2 3 1 1 2 0 0 2 0

Jason Stolz 2b........... 3 2 2 2 0 0 0 2 0

Mike Dunster 2b......... 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0

Addison Johnson cf....... 3 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0

Jon McGibbon ph/rf...... 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Scott Weismann p......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Mike Kent Mike Kent RH Pitcher 6-0, 205 Springfield, VA View Full Profile p............. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Matt Campbell Matt Campbell RH Pitcher 5-10, 165 Alpharetta, GA View Full Profile p......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Joseph Moorefield Joseph Moorefield LH Pitcher 6-1, 205 Woodruff, SC View Full Profile p..... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Jonathan Meyer Jonathan Meyer RH Pitcher 6-0, 165 San Diego, CA View Full Profile p........ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Totals................... 33 12 10 10 5 8 27 6 4

Score by Innings R H E

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Western Carolina.... 001 000 200 - 3 10 2

Clemson............. 005 230 02X - 12 10 0

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E - MARTIN(4); ATTAWAY(5). DP - Clemson 1. LOB - W. Carolina 11; Clemson 4.

2B - GRAGG(5); JOHNS(5); POHL(10); SHAFFER(4). HR - HINSON(3); STOLZ(1). HBP

- SCHULTZ. SF - POHL(3); EPPS(3). SB - MILLER(7); HINSON(8).

Western Carolina IP H R ER BB SO AB BF

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Adam Curtis......... 3.0 6 5 5 0 2 15 15

Vance Chavis........ 1.0 1 3 3 2 2 4 6

Taylor Sandefur..... 1.0 2 2 2 0 0 4 5

Darron Dotson....... 2.0 1 0 0 0 3 7 7

T.J. Page........... 0.0 0 2 2 2 0 0 2

Kyle Deese.......... 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 3 5

Clemson IP H R ER BB SO AB BF

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Scott Weismann...... 6.0 7 1 1 1 5 23 25

Mike Kent........... 0.1 1 2 2 3 0 2 5

Matt Campbell....... 0.1 0 0 0 1 1 1 2

Joseph Moorefield... 1.0 2 0 0 0 0 5 5

Jonathan Meyer...... 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1

Alex Frederick...... 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 3 3

Win - WEISMANN (3-4). Loss - CURTIS (1-2). Save - None.

WP - DEESE(6). HBP - by WEISMANN (SCHULTZ).

Umpires - HP: David Grooms 1B: Danny Everett 3B: Mike Mazzarisi

Start: 6:37 PM Time: 2:53 Attendance: 3482

CHAVIS faced 1 batter in the 5th.

PAGE faced 2 batters in the 8th.

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