CLEMSON BASEBALL

Furman Hands Tigers Fourth Loss in A Row


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Furman scored four runs in the seventh inning to overcome a 4-1 deficit and held on to defeat #6 Clemson 5-4 Wednesday at Doug Kingsmore Stadium. The Paladins improved to 24-11, and the Tigers fell to 27-12.

Ben Terry, Andrew Greene, and Will Stembridge each had two hits for Furman. Brad Chalk and Taylor Harbin had two hits apiece for Clemson.

Patrick Arnett (2-5) retired the only batter he faced and picked up the win in relief for the Paladins. Nick Holstegge pitched 2.0 innings without allowing a hit or a run to earn his eighth save of the season. Steve Richard (0-1) allowed four runs on five hits in 0.2 innings pitched and suffered the loss for the Tigers.

Singles by Harbin and Adrian Casanova, and a Stan Widmann walk loaded the bases with one out in the second. However, Herman Demmink hit a grounder up the middle and the Paladins turned a 4-6-3 double play to get out of the inning.

Chalk walked to lead off the third, and moved to second with one out when Andy D'Alessio reached on a fielding error by Case Cassedy at first. Travis Storrer followed with a three-run homer to right, his fifth long ball of the season.

Terry walked to lead off the sixth, but was erased on a fielder's choice bunt groundout by Greene. Greene moved to second on a balk, and scored on a two-out single by A.J. Davidiuk.

Harbin hit a solo home run to left to begin the sixth, his third of the season.

Jackson tripled to center to lead off the seventh, and scored on a single up the middle by Stembridge. Terry hit an infield single with two outs, and Greene followed with another infield single that scored Stembridge. Cassedy then hit a double past D'Alessio at first base that scored Terry and Greene. All five hits in the inning came on either a 2-2 count or 1-2 count.

Marquez Smith and Stan Widmann hit back-to-back singles to lead off the eighth, but Adrian Casanova struck out on a bunt attempt with two strikes, and Ben Hall struck out swinging. Chalk walked to load the bases, and Tyler Colvin followed with a lined shot, but first baseman Cassedy did not have to move his feet to snag the line drive.

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Tiger starter P.J. Zocchi tied a career high in innings pitched (6.0), and allowed only one run on four hits, and recorded six strikeouts.

Clemson left 11 men on base.

Clemson returns to action Friday at 2:30 PM in Chestnut Hill, MA for its first ever meeting in baseball with Boston College.


Furman 5 (24-11)

Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB

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Ben Terry lf............. 4 1 2 0 1 0 3 0 1

Andrew Greene cf......... 4 2 1 1 0 1 2 0 0

Case Cassedy 1b.......... 4 0 2 2 0 0 6 0 0

Marcus Rose 2b.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

A.J. Davidiuk ss......... 4 0 1 1 0 1 2 4 1

Joe Daysh 2b/1b.......... 4 0 0 0 0 3 2 1 2

Jay Jackson p/dh......... 3 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0

Will Stembridge rf....... 4 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0

Tony Maccani c........... 4 0 1 0 0 0 9 0 0

Spence Gibbs 3b.......... 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1

Paul Ortenzo ph......... 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0

Joey Rodgers 3b......... 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0

Butch Pucetas p......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Patrick Arnett p........ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

David Mitchell p........ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Nick Hollstegge p....... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Totals................... 35 5 10 5 2 9 27 6 5

Clemson 4 (27-12)

Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB

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Herman Demmink dh........ 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2

Ben Hall ph/dh.......... 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1

Brad Chalk cf............ 3 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 0

Tyler Colvin lf.......... 5 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 3

Andy D'Alessio 1b........ 4 1 0 0 1 3 10 2 0

Travis Storrer rf........ 4 1 1 3 1 1 2 0 3

Taylor Harbin 2b......... 5 1 2 1 0 0 0 2 2

Marquez Smith 3b......... 4 0 1 0 0 2 0 3 0

Stan Widmann ss.......... 3 0 1 0 1 0 4 4 0

Adrian Casanova c........ 3 0 1 0 1 1 8 3 0

P.J. Zocchi p............ 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0

Steve Richard p......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Stephen Clyne p......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Totals................... 36 4 9 4 6 9 27 15 11

Score by Innings R H E

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Furman.............. 000 001 400 - 5 10 1

Clemson............. 003 001 000 - 4 9 0

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E - CASSEDY(6). DP - Furman 1; Clemson 1.

LOB - Furman 5; Clemson 11. 2B - CASSEDY(10);

COLVIN(15). 3B - JACKSON(3). HR - STORRER(5); HARBIN(3).

Furman IP H R ER BB SO AB BF

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Jay Jackson......... 4.0 4 3 2 3 1 16 19

Butch Pucetas....... 1.2 2 1 1 1 2 7 8

Patrick Arnett...... 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1

David Mitchell...... 1.0 3 0 0 1 2 6 7

Nick Hollstegge..... 2.0 0 0 0 1 4 6 7

Clemson IP H R ER BB SO AB BF

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P.J. Zocchi......... 6.0 4 1 1 2 6 21 23

Steve Richard....... 0.2 5 4 4 0 1 7 7

Stephen Clyne....... 2.1 1 0 0 0 2 7 7

Win - ARNETT (2-5). Loss - RICHARD (0-1). Save - HOLLSTEGGE (8).

WP - ZOCCHI 2(8); RICHARD(4). BK - ZOCCHI(3).

PB - MACCANI(8); CASANOVA(7). Umpires -

HP: Randy Watkins 1B: Danny Everett 3B: Darion Padgett

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