Clemson Takes Series from NC State with 10-2 Win

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CLEMSON, SC -- Clemson used a three-run sixth inning to take the lead and a four-run seventh to pad it on the way to an 10-2 win Sunday afternoon at Doug Kingsmore Stadium. The Tigers (27-2, 5-1 ACC) bounced back from their second loss of the season and dropped the Wolfpack to 21-13 (2-7 ACC).

After being shutout on Saturday, the Clemson offense finally broke through with a big sixth inning. Singles by Jeff Baker and Michael Johnson started the inning and the bases were loaded after Jarrod Schmidt reached on an error. Baker was thrown out at the plate on Jeff Hourigan’s grounder but Triplett singled in two runs to put his team ahead. Steve Pyzik’s sacrifice fly plated another run and gave Clemson a 4-2 advantage.

The Tigers added insurance runs in the bottom of the seventh. Greene singled and was followed by Baker’s 12th home run of the season, this one to right center. Johnson singled and he was driven in by Schmidt, who hit a towering home run to left field for his seventh homer for the year.

B.J. LaMura (3-0) earned his third straight win for Clemson. The righthander allowed two runs off seven hits while striking out six and walking three in 6.1 innings. Daniel Caldwell (5-4) picked up the loss for NC State.

NC State got on the board first in the third inning with a barrage of singles. After singles by Matt Butler and Dustin Murphy, Jeremy Dutton hit a grounder to the right side that was knocked down by a diving Russell Triplett, but allowed Butler to score. Brian Wright took the next pitch to right field to plate Murphy and give the Wolfpack a 2-0 lead.

Clemson answered with a run of its own in the third inning. L.J. DeMaino doubled to lead off the inning, advanced to second on a ground ball and scored on Khalil Greene’s ground out.

After the big sixth and seventh innings, Clemson capped the scoring in the eighth with RBI hits from Greene and Baker. The duo, along with Schmidt, each had three hits on the day to lead the offense.

Clemson will travel to Georgia to take on the Bulldogs Tuesday at 6:30 PM.

2002 CLEMSON BASEBALL


N.C. State at Clemson


Apr 07, 2002 at Clemson, SC (Doug Kingsmore)


N.C. State 2 (21-13,2-7)


Player              AB  R   H   RBI BB  SO  PO  A   LOB


Dutton, Jeremy 3b   4   0   2   1   1   0   0   1   0


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


Gaetti, Joe cf      4   0   1   0   0   0   1   0   2


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


Riley, Justin dh    4   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0


Morton, Colt c      4   0   2   0   0   2   5   0   0


Butler, Matt rf     4   1   1   0   0   0   4   0   1


Orvella, Chad ss    3   0   0   0   1   1   2   4   1


Murphy, Dustin 2b   3   1   1   0   0   2   1   5   0


 Clougherty, C ph   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0


Caldwell, Daniel p  0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0


 Combs, Ryan p      0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0


Totals......        34  2   9   2   3   6   24  10  8


Clemson 10 (27-2,5-1)


Player              AB  R   H   RBI BB  SO  PO  A   LOB


DeMaino, L.J. lf    5   2   2   0   0   1   1   0   1


Frank, Kyle cf      5   0   1   0   0   0   1   0   0


Greene, Khalil ss   5   2   3   2   0   0   2   4   0


Baker, Jeff 3b      5   1   3   3   0   1   1   1   1


Johnson, Michael 1b 5   2   2   0   0   0   8   0   0


Schmidt, Jarrod rf  5   2   3   2   0   1   6   0   1


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


 Green, Zane ph/dh  0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0


Triplett, R  2b     3   0   2   2   0   0   2   3   0


Pyzik, Steve c      3   0   0   1   0   0   6   2   5


LaMura, B.J. p      0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0


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


 Childs, Ryan p     0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0


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


Totals......        39  10  16  10  1   4   27  10  8


Score by Innings                    R  H  E


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N.C. State.......... 002 000 000 -  2  9  2


Clemson............. 001 003 42X - 10 16  1


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E - WRIGHT(2); HICKS(4); JOHNSON(4). DP - N.C. State 1;


Clemson 1. LOB - N.C. State 8; Clemson 8. 2B - 


DeMAINO(3); GREENE(13); SCHMIDT(8). HR - BAKER(12); 


SCHMIDT(7). HBP - TRIPLETT. SF - PYZIK(1). SB - WRIGHT(9);


ORVELLA(9). CS - DUTTON(2); MORTON(1).


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


Caldwell, Daniel        6.1 13  8   6   0   3   31  33


Combs, Ryan             1.2 3   2   2   1   1   8   9


Clemson                 IP  H   R   ER  BB  SO  AB  BF  NP


LaMura, B.J.            6.1 7   2   2   3   6   24  27


Boozer, Thomas          1.0 1   0   0   0   0   4   4


Childs, Ryan            0.2 1   0   0   0   0   3   3


Bendinelli, Chad        1.0 0   0   0   0   0   3   3


Win - LaMURA (3-0).  Loss - CALDWELL (5-4).  Save - None.


HB - CALDWELL. BK - CALDWELL(3).


Umpires - Home:Danny Waller  1st:Randy Dulin  


3rd:A.J. Lostaglio


Start: 1:04   Time: 2:40   Attendance: 2868

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