Seven-Run Eighth Inning Lifts Tigers Over Dukes 9-4 Saturday |
CLEMSON, S.C. – Pinch-hitter
Jon McGibbon
James Madison rallied in the top of the eighth inning to score two runs, both on bases-loaded walks with two outs, to take a 3-2 lead. In the bottom of the eighth inning,
Jay Baum Reliever
Matt Campbell The Tigers face UNLV in a two-game series at two different sites starting Sunday at 2 p.m. at Fluor Field in Greenville, S.C. 
Jon McGibbon
Sr. 1st Base
#12 6-1, 220
Lindenhurst, NY
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’s one-out single in the eighth inning scored
Chris Okey
Chris Okey
Fr. Catcher
#25 6-0, 180
Mount Dora, FL
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to give Clemson the lead for good in its 9-4 come-from-behind win over James Madison at Doug Kingsmore Stadium on Saturday afternoon. The Tigers (27-19) won both games of the two-game series against the Dukes (15-29).
Jay Baum
Jr. Infielder
#13 6-0, 190
Alpharetta, GA
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grounded a one-out single up the middle to plate
Steve Wilkerson
Steve Wilkerson
Sr. 2nd Base
#17 6-1, 195
Roswell, GA
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and tie the score 3-3, then McGibbon came through with a line-drive single off the glove of second-baseman Conner Brown to give Clemson the lead for good. The Tigers added five more runs in the frame with two outs to cap it’s seven-run inning.
Matt Campbell
Sr. RH Pitcher
#36 5-11, 195
Alpharetta, GA
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(3-0) earned the win, while starter
Matthew Crownover
Matthew Crownover
So. LH Pitcher
#44 5-11, 205
Ringgold, GA
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allowed just four hits, two runs and one walk with a career-high-tying nine strikeouts in 7.2 innings pitched. He also retired 15 batters in a row from the second inning to the seventh inning. Trent Cundiff (1-2) suffered the loss.
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