Clemson Blanks Maine 8-0

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CLEMSON -- The pitching staff threw its first shutout of the year as Clemson defeated Maine 8-0 on Thursday night at Doug Kingsmore Stadium. Clemson moved to 16-1 while dropping Maine to 9-3. Clemson Head Coach Jack Leggett moved to 8-0 against his alma mater while at Clemson.

Matt Henrie (4-0) earned the win by pitching seven shutout innings, allowing just five hits and striking out five batters. Chad Bendinelli and Jarrod Schmidt closed the game with a scoreless inning each. Mike Collar (1-1) got the loss for Maine.

Clemson jumped out to an early 1-0 lead in the first inning. L.J. DeMaino singled to right, stole second and advanced to third on a wild pitch. He scored on Kyle Frank’s sacrifice fly to center field.

Jarrod Schmidt tripled to lead off the second inning and scored when next batter Jeff Hourigan homered to left center. It was the third game in a row Hourigan homered, making him the third Tiger this season to homer in at least three straight games. Michael Johnson put together a four-game streak and Khalil Greene just ended a streak of five games in a row with a long ball.

The game turned into a pitcher’s duel in the middle innings. Maine’s Collar retired 11 batters in a row at one point while Clemson’s Henrie retired seven straight. Clemson got back on the board in the sixth inning, once again scoring when the leadoff batter reached. Frank singled and scored on Johnson’s double down the first base line. Schmidt then stepped to the plate and belted a two-run homer to give the Tigers a 6-0 lead.

Greene hit a two-run double in the seventh inning that was significant on many fronts. It marked the 10th straight multi-hit game for Greene and it gave him 218 career RBIs, tying the Clemson record. Greene, Schmidt and Hourigan led the way on offense with two hits a piece.

The two teams will face off on Friday night at 7:15 PM at Doug Kingsmore Stadium. Steven Jackson (2-1) will start for the Tigers while Rich Laganiere (2-0) is expected to start for Maine.

2002 CLEMSON BASEBALL


Maine at Clemson


Mar 21, 2002 at Clemson, SC (Doug Kingsmore)


Maine 0 (9-3)


Player              AB  R   H   RBI BB  SO  PO  A   LOB


Livulpi, Mike dh    3   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0


 Creek, Greg ph/dh  1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0


Reynolds, Matt 2b   3   0   2   0   0   0   1   1   0


 Ouellette, B ph/2b 1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0


Ross, Mike rf       4   0   0   0   0   2   4   0   2


Drapeau, Joe 3b     4   0   0   0   0   3   0   2   2


Williams, Simon lf  4   0   0   0   0   0   2   0   0


Carlton, Jesse 1b   3   0   1   0   0   1   7   0   0


Izaryk, Aaron c     3   0   0   0   0   0   9   1   0


Reichley, Mark ss   3   0   1   0   0   0   0   3   1


Young, Aaron cf     2   0   0   0   1   1   1   0   0


Collar, Mike p      0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   0


 Robinson, Scott p  0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0


Totals......        31  0   5   0   1   7   24  8   5


Clemson 8 (16-1)


Player              AB  R   H   RBI BB  SO  PO  A   LOB


DeMaino, L.J. lf    3   1   1   0   0   0   1   0   0


 Green, Zane ph/lf  2   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   2


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


 Valiente, Rob rf   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0


Greene, Khalil ss   4   0   2   2   0   2   1   4   0


Baker, Jeff 3b      3   0   0   0   1   1   0   2   0


 Evans, Garrick 3b  0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0


Johnson, Michael 1b 4   1   1   1   0   2   12  0   3


Schmidt, J rf/p     4   2   2   2   0   0   1   0   0


Hourigan, Jeff dh   3   1   1   2   0   1   0   0   0


 Coder, Chad ph/cf  1   0   1   0   0   0   1   0   0


Slevin, David 2b    1   0   0   0   1   0   3   1   0


 Triplett, R ph/2b  1   1   1   0   1   0   1   1   0


Pyzik, Steve c      2   0   0   0   0   0   5   0   0


 Miller, Seth ph/c  2   0   0   0   0   1   1   1   0


Henrie, Matt p      0   0   0   0   0   0   0   5   0


 Bendinelli, Chad p 0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0


Totals......        32  8   10  8   4   8   27  14  5


Score by Innings                    R  H  E


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Maine............... 000 000 000 -  0  5  0


Clemson............. 120 003 20X -  8 10  0


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DP - Clemson 1. LOB - Maine 5; Clemson 5. 


2B - LIVULPI(1); REYNOLDS(2); GREENE 2(12); JOHNSON(7). 


3B - SCHMIDT(1). HR - SCHMIDT(4); HOURIGAN(5). SF


- FRANK(1). SB - DeMAINO(5); FRANK(2). CS - SLEVIN(3).


Maine               IP  H   R   ER  BB  SO  AB  BF  NP


Collar, Mike        6.0 7   6   6   1   5   23  25


Robinson, Scott     2.0 3   2   2   3   3   9   12


Clemson             IP  H   R   ER  BB  SO  AB  BF  NP


Henrie, Matt        7.0 5   0   0   0   5   26  26


Bendinelli, Chad    1.0 0   0   0   1   0   2   3


Schmidt, Jarrod     1.0 0   0   0   0   2   3   3


Win - HENRIE (4-0).  Loss - COLLAR (1-1).  Save - None.


WP - COLLAR(2).


Umpires - Home:Paul Nauert  1st:Danny Everett  


3rd:Billy Pittman


Start: 7:15   Time: 2:14   Attendance: 1952


Game: 3211

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