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Wharton is mobbed by his teammates (Photo by David Grooms)

David Hood · Senior Writer · Sunday, March 04 2018

CLEMSON – Drew Wharton, have yourself a celebratory dinner tonight and make sure you eat four of everything.

Wharton’s one-out double off the wall in right in the bottom of the ninth scored Robert Jolly from first as No. 14 Clemson defeated South Carolina 8-7 Sunday afternoon at Doug Kingsmore Stadium. The win gives Clemson the season series over the Gamecocks for the fourth year in a row, the first time that has happened since the 1986-89 era.

The Gamecocks battled back from a 6-0 deficit and tied the game at 7-7 in the top of the ninth, but Jolly walked with one out and Wharton’s blast enabled to Jolly to slide in ahead of the throw to the plate.

Clemson improves to 10-1 on the season while South Carolina falls to 7-5. South Carolina pitchers walked 18 Clemson batters in the series. Ryley Gilliam picked up the win, moving to 2-1 on the season.

Patrick Cromwell homered and drove in three while Logan Davidson homered and drove in a pair. Davidson was honored as the Bob Bradley MVP for Clemson in the series.