Will Taylor hits three homers, Tigers down Spartans |
CLEMSON, S.C. – Will Taylor became the 16th Tiger in history to hit three home runs in a game to lead No. 10 Clemson to a 12-6 victory over USC Upstate at Doug Kingsmore Stadium on Tuesday. The Tigers, who took a 1-0 lead in the season series, improved to 7-1, while the Spartans fell to 4-4. The two teams square off next at Fluor Field in Greenville, S.C. on April 2.
Blake Wright lined a two-run homer, his second of the year, in the first inning. The Spartans answered with a run in the top of the second inning, then Taylor led off the bottom of the second inning with his first home run of the season. After USC Upstate responded again with a run in the third inning and took the lead in the top of the fourth inning on Daniel Gernon’s two-run homer, Taylor led off the bottom of the fourth inning with his second homer of the game to tie the score 4-4. Daniel Sullivan lined a solo homer as a part of USC Upstate’s two-run top of the fifth inning, then Jimmy Obertop crushed a two-run homer, his second of the year, in the bottom of the fifth inning to tie the score 6-6. For the third time, Taylor led off an inning with a homer, this time in the sixth inning to give Clemson the lead and to tie a school record for long balls in a contest. He became the first Tiger since Caden Grice against Louisville on April 20, 2021 to hit three long balls in a game. In the seventh inning, the Tigers tacked on four runs, highlighted by Andrew Ciufo’s two-out, run-scoring double and Jacob Hinderleider’s two-run triple. Taylor, who scored four runs in the game, was intentionally walked prior to Hinderleider’s triple. Nolan Nawrocki added a run-scoring single in the eighth inning. Ethan Darden (2-0) earned the win in relief, while Trent Hodgdon (0-1) suffered the loss. The Tigers travel to Columbia, S.C. to take on No. 12 South Carolina at Founders Park on Friday at 7 p.m. on SEC Network+. BYE BYE BASEBALL 👋👏@BlakeWr86324186 goes deep to put the Tigers on the board! Anotha one‼️@willtaylor_10 goes yard and becomes the 1️⃣1️⃣th Tiger to do so this season. WILLY T DOES IT AGAIN‼️@willtaylor_10 hits his SECOND long ball of the day! GOOD. BYE. BASEBALL. @jobertop_4 LAUNCHES home run number 4️⃣ on the day for the Tigers. Stop us if you've heard this before... Midweek action from DKS🐅#Clemson pic.twitter.com/L5vYsCyssS Two-run triple delivered by @JHinderleider7 🔥
🚀 397 ft
💨109 mph
B1 || SCU 0, CU 2
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🚀 374 ft
💨103 mph
B2 || SCU 1, CU 3
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🚀 379 ft
💨103 mph
E4 || SCU 4, CU 4
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🚀 415 ft
💨 106 mph
E5 || SCU 6, CU 6
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WILLY T GOES YARD‼️@willtaylor_10 becomes just the 1️⃣6️⃣th player in Clemson history to hit three home runs in one game.
🚀 426 ft
💨 111 mph
B6 || SCU 6, CU 7
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The Tigers put up four in the seventh to extend the lead.
E7 || SCU 6, CU 11
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