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Tigers Rout College of Charleston

Tigers Rout College of Charleston


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Clemson, SC - Brad McCann set career highs with five hits and six RBIs in a 19-8 victory over College of Charleston in front of 3,139 fans Wednesday night at Doug Kingsmore Stadium. Clemson tied 2004 team highs with 19 hits and 19 runs. The Tigers scored at least one run in seven of eight innings. Clemson upped its record to 32-18, while College of Charleston dropped to 37-10.

Jeff Hahn, who started his first game for the Tigers since April 5, 2003, earned the win after pitching a season-high 6.0 innings. Hahn struck out four and gave up three earned runs. Zach Piccola (4-3) suffered the loss for the Cougars.

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McCann, the first Tiger this season to top the five-hit mark this season, was 6-6 with six RBIs, both career highs. It marked the first time a Clemson player had six hits in a game since Chad Phillips achieved the feat versus Maryland in 1992. He also increased his hitting streak to 11 games.

For the second consecutive game, rain forced the Tigers to miss extensive batting practice. However, Clemson tallied at least 16 hits in both games. In two games versus the Cougars this season, Clemson totaled 15 extra-base hits, including eight Wednesday evening. Eight Clemson players tallied RBIs in the game, including C.J. Gaddis, who had his first career RBIs on the night.

Clemson got on the board first with a run in the opening frame. Tony Sipp led off with a double, then scored on a double by McCann. Kris Harvey singled to centerfield with two outs, but McCann was thrown out at home plate.

The Tigers added eight runs in the second, similar to the 11 scored by Clemson versus Florida State on May 3. Travis Storrer walked in the first run of the inning. Then, with the bases loaded and two outs, McCann crushed an 0-2 breaking pitch to left field. The grand slam, his second this season, was the 12th homer of the year for McCann. The junior third baseman already had his career high with five RBIs through two innings of play. The Tigers loaded the bases again, and all three runs scored after the Cougars dropped what would have been the third out at the right field fence off the bat of John Ingram.

The Cougars scored two runs in the third, as Brett Gardner extended his hitting streak to 17 games. The Tigers scored one in the third as well, off an RBI single by Lou Santangelo. Garrick Evans plated the 11th Clemson run with an RBI double down the left field line. McCann extended the lead to 12-3 in the fifth with a solo home run.

Clemson put five on the board in the seventh. The first two runs came courtesy of walks to Gaddis and Tyler Colvin. Then, Brady Everett scored on a wild pitch. The final two runs came off a Russell Triplett double to left center field.

The Tigers take to the road for their final six regular-season games. Clemson travels to Atlanta to face Georgia Tech in a three-game series this weekend, then to Durham next weekend to finish out ACC competition against Duke.


Coll. of Charleston 8 (37-10)

Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB

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Coker, Phillip rf........ 4 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0

Lyons, Mark rf.......... 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2

Gardner, Brett cf........ 5 0 2 1 0 1 1 1 2

Barber, Byron lf......... 4 0 1 0 0 1 4 0 1

Bulger, Kevin ph........ 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

Anderson, Brett 1b....... 2 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 3

Pita, Paul 1b........... 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0

Hallett, Matt dh......... 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Martinez, Victor ph/dh.. 2 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0

Easterling, Jess 3b...... 3 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 0

McGuiness, Brian ph..... 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0

Kirkpatrick, Matt c...... 3 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 1

Hastings, Brian c....... 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0

Campbell, Chris 2b....... 5 2 2 1 0 0 2 2 0

Fairchild, Anthony ss.... 2 0 1 1 0 1 3 2 0

Tolman, Adam ph......... 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2

Friend, Steve ss........ 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0

Piccola, Zach p.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Soale, Matt p........... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Richardson, Barry p..... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

Botzum, Matt p.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Olbrys, Brandon p....... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Totals................... 43 8 16 7 2 8 24 8 11

Clemson 19 (32-18)

Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB

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Sipp, Tony lf............ 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1

Green, Zane ph/cf....... 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0

Storrer, Travis 2b....... 3 2 1 1 1 0 1 3 0

Pritchard, Daniel ph/2b. 2 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 0

McCann, Brad 3b.......... 6 4 6 6 0 0 0 1 0

Santangelo, Lou c........ 3 1 1 1 1 1 4 1 0

Everett, Brady c........ 2 1 2 1 0 0 2 0 0

Pierce, Gene c.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0

Harvey, Kris rf.......... 4 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 2

Gaddis, C.J. ph/lf...... 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0

D'Alessio, Andy 1b....... 3 2 2 0 1 0 8 0 0

Colvin, Tyler ph/1b..... 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1

Ingram, John dh.......... 3 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0

Mahoney, Collin ph/dh... 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0

Triplett, Russell ss..... 4 0 1 2 1 0 5 4 1

Evans, Garrick cf........ 4 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1

Hub, Ryan ph/rf......... 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1

Hahn, Jeff p............. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

Faris, Stephen p........ 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0

Hogan, Patrick p........ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Totals................... 43 19 19 15 8 4 27 12 8

Score by Innings R H E

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Coll. of Charleston. 002 010 023 - 8 16 1

Clemson............. 181 110 52X - 19 19 3

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E - COKER(2); McCANN 2(13); TRIPLETT(12). DP -

Clemson 2. LOB - Charleston 11; Clemson 8. 2B -

COKER(13); BULGER(1); MARTINEZ(1); McGUINESS(1);

CAMPBELL(16); SIPP(5); McCANN(17); EVERETT(4);

D'ALESSIO(7); TRIPLETT(13); EVANS(11). HR -

McCANN 2(13). HBP - ANDERSON. SB - GARDNER(18). CS -

ANDERSON(6).

Coll. of Charleston IP H R ER BB SO AB BF

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Piccola, Zach....... 1.2 7 9 6 4 1 11 15

Soale, Matt......... 1.1 3 1 1 0 0 8 8

Richardson, Barry... 2.0 3 2 2 0 0 9 9

Botzum, Matt........ 2.0 4 5 5 3 3 10 13

Olbrys, Brandon..... 1.0 2 2 2 1 0 5 6

Clemson IP H R ER BB SO AB BF

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Hahn, Jeff.......... 6.0 8 3 3 2 4 24 27

Faris, Stephen...... 2.0 5 2 2 0 2 11 11

Hogan, Patrick...... 1.0 3 3 2 0 2 8 8

Win - HAHN (3-0). Loss - PICCOLA (4-3). Save - None.

WP - BOTZUM(2); HAHN(6); P. HOGAN(5). HBP - by HAHN (ANDERSON).

PB - KIRKPATRICK(5); SANTANGELO(5).

Umpires - HP: Joe Conley 1B: David Savage 3B: John Register

Start: 7:17 Time: 2:55 Attendance: 3139

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