Baseball Falls at Clemson in Sunday Matinee

CLEMSON – The University of South Carolina baseball team dropped the series finale to Clemson, 5-2, Sunday afternoon (March 6) at Doug Kingsmore Stadium.
 
Michael Braswell led the Carolina offense, going 4-for-5 on the day while Talmadge LeCroy added a pair of hits. The Gamecock pitching staff allowed just six hits on the day. John Gilreath struck out three in a three-inning start. Matthew Becker also struck out three in two innings and Braswell had a pair of punchouts in the eighth.
 
Clemson put up three runs in the fourth, the big hit a two-run single from Dylan Brewer. Carolina scored runs in the fifth and sixth on RBI single from Braylen Wimmer and Carson Hornung but Clemson added insurance in the eighth with a pair, including a solo home run from Cooper Ingle.
 
Aidan Hunter was tagged with the loss, allowing two earned runs in two innings pitched.

POSTGAME NOTES

• Braswell extended his hitting streak to 11 on Sunday.
• There were 23,948 fans that attended the weekend series after an announced crowd of 6,636 today.
• Clemson has won four straight over the Gamecocks after Carolina took the first two games of the 2021 series.
• Gilreath lowered his ERA to 0.84 after today’s outing.

UP NEXT
Carolina hosts Xavier on Tuesday night (March 8) at 7 p.m. at Founders Park. The game will be on SEC Network Plus.