Baseball Team Defeats NC State 6-4

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CLEMSON, SC Clemson tied a season low with six hits but found enough offense to defeat NC State Friday night at Doug Kingsmore Stadium. The Tigers improved their record to 26-1 (4-0 ACC) to tie the 1977 squad for the best start in school history. NC State dropped to 20-12 (1-6 ACC).

Steve Reba moved to 8-0 on the season and earned his 12th straight victory for the Tigers. The senior went seven innings and allowed only two runs and two hits while walking four and striking out six in 110 pitches. Derek McKee (2-2) threw 119 pitches in a strong outing but got the loss for the Wolfpack.

Reba got out of a jam in the second after NC State put runners at the corners with two out. The pitcher faked a throw to third and wheeled around to first base to pickoff State’s Joe Gaetti and end the inning.

The Tigers jumped out on top in the bottom of the second when Michael Johnson blasted his 13th home run over the center field fence. The Clemson advantage grew in the third inning with another solo home run. Kyle Frank sent a 3-2 pitch deep to right for his third home run of the season to give Clemson a 2-0 advantage.

The Tigers scored another run in the fourth off of a Wolfpack error. Johnson and Jeff Hourigan walked to put runners at first and second with two out. Russell Triplett hit a chopper to shortstop that was misplayed by NC State’s Chad Orvella and allowed Johnson to score.

NC State finally broke through in the sixth inning. Brian Wright reached on a two-out walk and then David Hicks hit a line drive home run to make it a 3-2 ballgame.

Clemson padded its lead in the seventh with three runs. Russell Triplett led off the with a double to right center, Zane Green walked and L.J. DeMaino reached on a well placed bunt to load the bases. NC State reliever Phillip Davidson inherited a 2-0 count on Kyle Frank and walked him after making the count full. Khalil Greene knocked in a run with a sacrifice fly and Jeff Baker walked to load the bases again. After another full count, Davidson walked Johnson to plate another run before getting out of the inning with a double play.

The Wolfpack added two runs in the top of the eighth off of Tiger reliever Thomas Boozer. After a walk and an infield single, Wright doubled to left to bring home both runners and cut the Clemson lead to 6-4. Jeff Hourigan came in to pitch and recorded the last out of the eighth. Closer Paul Harrerlson entered the ninth with one runner aboard but got three straight outs to earn his sixth save.

The two teams will square off Saturday at 4:00 PM.

2002 CLEMSON BASEBALL


N.C. State at Clemson


Apr 05, 2002 at Clemson, SC (Doug Kingsmore)


N.C. State 4 (20-12,1-6)


Player              AB  R   H   RBI BB  SO  PO  A   LOB


Dutton, Jeremy 3b   4   1   1   0   0   1   0   1   1


Orvella, Chad ss    3   0   0   0   1   1   1   2   0


Wright, Brian lf    3   1   1   2   1   0   1   0   1


Hicks, David 1b     4   1   1   2   0   2   9   1   1


Riley, Justin dh    4   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0


Hargrave, Adam 2b   3   0   0   0   1   2   1   1   2


Gaetti, Joe rf/cf   3   0   1   0   1   0   3   0   0


Morton, Colt c      4   0   0   0   0   2   7   2   0


Maynor, Marc cf     1   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0


 Butler, Matt rf    1   1   0   0   1   0   1   0   0


McKee, Derek p      0   0   0   0   0   0   1   3   0


 Davidson, P p      0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0


Totals......        30  4   4   4   6   8   24  10  6


Clemson 6 (26-1,4-0)


Player              AB  R   H   RBI BB  SO  PO  A   LOB


DeMaino, L.J. lf    4   1   1   0   0   0   0   0   0


Frank, Kyle cf      3   1   1   2   1   1   1   0   0


Greene, Khalil ss   3   0   1   1   0   0   2   5   0


Baker, Jeff 3b      3   0   0   0   1   1   0   1   1


Johnson, Michael 1b 2   2   1   2   2   0   14  0   0


Schmidt, Jarrod rf  3   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   2


Hourigan, Jeff dh/p 3   0   1   0   1   1   0   0   0


Triplett, R 2b      4   1   1   0   0   1   1   6   1


Miller, Seth c      2   0   0   0   0   1   7   0   2


 Green, Zane ph     0   1   0   0   1   0   0   0   0


 Mahoney, Collin c  1   0   0   0   0   0   2   1   0


Reba, Steve p       0   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   0


 Boozer, Thomas p   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0


 Harrelson, Paul p  0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0


Totals......        28  6   6   5   7   5   27  15  6


Score by Innings                    R  H  E


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N.C. State.......... 000 002 020 -  4  4  1


Clemson............. 011 100 30X -  6  6  1


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E - ORVELLA(7); TRIPLETT(4). DP - N.C. State 2. 


LOB - N.C. State 6; Clemson 6. 2B - WRIGHT(16); 


TRIPLETT(2). HR - HICKS(2); FRANK(3); JOHNSON(13). SH -


DUTTON(5). SF - GREENE(4). SB - WRIGHT(8). CS - GAETTI(1).


N.C. State          IP  H   R   ER  BB  SO  AB  BF  NP


McKee, Derek        6.0 5   6   5   5   4   24  29


Davidson, Phillip   2.0 1   0   0   2   1   4   7


Clemson             IP  H   R   ER  BB  SO  AB  BF  NP


Reba, Steve         7.0 2   2   2   4   6   21  26


Boozer, Thomas      0.2 2   2   2   1   1   4   5


Hourigan, Jeff      0.1 0   0   0   1   1   2   3


Harrelson, Paul     1.0 0   0   0   0   0   3   3


Win - REBA (8-0).  Loss - McKEE (2-3).  


Save - HARRELSON (6).


WP - McKEE(2).


Umpires - Home:Randy Dulin  1st:A.J. Lostaglio  


3rd:Danny Waller


Start: 7:15   Time: 2:42   Attendance: 4841


McKEE faced 4 batters in the 7th.


HOURIGAN faced 1 batter in the 9th.

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