Tigers Sweep Doubleheader from James Madison to Open Season |
Clemson, SC -
Three Tiger pitchers combined on a one-hitter as #1 Clemson won the second game of a doubleheader against James Madison 3-0 at Doug Kingsmore Stadium Friday in front of 5,617 fans. Stephen Faris, Daniel Moskos, and Steve Richard yielded only one hit and two baserunners in the night cap. The Tigers improved to 2-0, while the Dukes dropped to 0-2. Stephen Faris (1-0) pitched 6.0 scoreless innings, allowing only one hit and striking out six with no walks to earn the victory for Clemson. Greg Nesbitt surrendered two runs on four hits in 6.1 innings pitched and took the loss for the Dukes, falling to 0-1. Richard worked a perfect ninth inning and picked up his first save of the season for the Tigers. Only one hitter reached base through the first 3 ˆ innings for either team before Clemson broke through. The Tigers got their first baserunner of the night when Herman Demmink walked to lead off the fourth. After a sacrifice bunt by Brad Chalk, Demmink scored on a single to right by Travis Storrer. The hit extended Storrer's hitting streak to 12 games, as the Tiger rightfielder has now hit safely in 31 of the past 32 games. Tyler Colvin led off the seventh with his third home run of the doubleheader after hitting two in the first game. All three have been solo shots to right field. With two outs in the inning, Marquez Smith hit a solo homer to left, his first home run as a Tiger. Moskos pitched 2.0 scoreless innings, as he struck out three and walked one. After Kellen Kulbacki singled in the first, the Dukes were held hitless over the final 8.1 innings. Clemson and James Madison are scheduled to conclude their series at 2:00 PM Saturday at Doug Kingsmore Stadium.
James Madison 0 (0-2)
Game 1:
Top-ranked Tigers Open with 8-1 Victory over James Madison
Jason Berken had a career-high nine strikeouts in his first action since the 2004 season.
Clemson, SC - The #1-ranked Clemson Tigers opened the 2006 season with an 8-1 win over James Madison Friday at Doug Kingsmore Stadium. The Tigers moved to 1-0 with a victory in game one of a doubleheader, and the Dukes fell to 0-1.
Tyler Colvin had the first two-home run game of his career to lead Clemson offensively, as he hit solo shots in the fifth and sixth innings. The junior left fielder entered the season with only seven career homers.
Pitching for the first time since the 2004 season, Jason Berken (1-0) struck out a career-high nine batters and yielded only two hits in five innings to earn the win for Clemson. Travis Miller suffered the loss for James Madison and dropped to 0-1.
The Tigers opened the scoring in the bottom of the first. Brad Chalk tripled down the right field line with one out and scored on Taylor Harbin's single through the left side.
Marquez Smith reached on a fielder's choice in the second with one out, and then stole second. With two outs, Adrian Casanova doubled off the fence in left field to drive in Smith.
Smith led off the fourth with a hustle double to right, and after Stan Widmann walked, Casanova sacrificed the runners to second and third. Herman Demmink followed with a single to center to score Smith, which signaled the end of the day for Miller. Chalk hit a sacrifice fly to left that scored Widmann, and Ben Hall followed with a double to left-center that scored Demmink.
Clemson added two runs in the fifth. Colvin led off the inning with a towering home run to right. Smith walked, and moved to second on a single by Widmann. Casanova then followed with an RBI single through the left side to score Smith.
Colvin hit his second long ball of the day in the sixth to close out the scoring for the Tigers.
Kellen Kulbacki tripled to lead off the ninth, and scored the James Madison's only run on an RBI groundout by Nate Schill.
Travis Storrer extended his hitting streak to 11 games with a single in the third inning, the 30th game in the past 31 that the Tiger rightfielder has hit safely dating back to the 2005 season.
The Tigers improved to 10-3 in home openers under Jack Leggett.
James Madison 1 (0-1) Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB ------------------------------------------------------ Brett Sellers lf......... 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 Michael Cowgill 2b....... 4 0 1 0 0 2 4 1 1 Kellen Kulbacki cf....... 3 1 1 0 0 1 5 0 0 Nate Schill ss........... 4 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 Mitchell Moses rf........ 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 Dan Santobianco dh....... 3 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 1 Matt Bristow 1b.......... 3 0 1 0 1 2 4 0 2 Matt Sluder c............ 3 0 0 0 0 1 4 1 1 Brett Garner c.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 Joe Lake 3b.............. 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 Travis Miller p.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jacob Cook p............ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Bobby Lasko p........... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals................... 30 1 4 1 3 12 24 5 6 Clemson 8 (1-0) Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB ------------------------------------------------------ Herman Demmink 3b........ 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 Jameson Smith 3b/lf..... 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Brad Chalk cf............ 3 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 2 John Ingram ph/3b....... 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Taylor Harbin 2b......... 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 Ben Hall 2b............. 3 0 1 1 0 1 3 2 0 Tanner Leggett 2b....... 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 Travis Storrer rf........ 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 Tyler Colvin lf/cf....... 3 2 2 2 1 0 2 0 1 Andy D'Alessio 1b........ 3 0 0 0 1 1 6 0 2 Marquez Smith dh......... 2 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 Alex Burg ph/dh......... 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Stan Widmann ss.......... 3 1 1 0 1 1 2 4 0 Adrian Casanova c........ 2 0 2 2 0 0 10 0 0 Doug Hogan ph/c......... 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 Jason Berken p........... 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Sean Clark p............ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Matt Vaughn p........... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals................... 33 8 11 8 4 8 27 8 7 Score by Innings R H E ------------------------------------------- James Madison....... 000 000 001 - 1 4 0 Clemson............. 110 321 00X - 8 11 0 ------------------------------------------- DP - Clemson 1. LOB - JMU 6; Clemson 7. 2B - HALL(1); M. SMITH(1); CASANOVA(1). 3B - KULBACKI(1); CHALK(1). HR - COLVIN 2(2). HBP - KULBACKI. SH - CASANOVA(1). SF - CHALK(1). SB - KULBACKI(1); DEMMINK(1); HARBIN(1); M. SMITH(1). James Madison IP H R ER BB SO AB BF ----------------------------------------------- Travis Miller....... 3.1 6 5 5 3 1 15 19 Jacob Cook.......... 2.2 5 3 3 1 4 12 14 Bobby Lasko......... 2.0 0 0 0 0 3 6 6 Clemson IP H R ER BB SO AB BF ----------------------------------------------- Jason Berken........ 5.0 2 0 0 1 9 16 18 Sean Clark.......... 3.0 1 0 0 1 2 10 11 Matt Vaughn......... 1.0 1 1 1 1 1 4 5 Win - BERKEN (1-0). Loss - MILLER (0-1). Save - None. WP - MILLER(1). HBP - by BERKEN (KULBACKI). Umpires - HP: Ed Haggery 1B: John Register 3B: David Grooms Start: 4:09 Time: 2:21 Attendance:
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