Clemson beats the brakes off rivals South Carolina to take the series

Another series, another statement from Clemson baseball.

No. 11 Clemson wrapped up its rivalry weekend the way it has so often in recent years, pulling away for a 7-2 win over South Carolina on Sunday at Doug Kingsmore Stadium to claim the season series two games to one. The Tigers have now taken nine of the last 12 series from the Gamecocks and continue to stack wins against their biggest rival.

Ty Dalley delivered the headline moment. The sophomore launched his first home run in a Clemson uniform, a 383-foot blast to right field, and finished with two RBIs, a run scored, a stolen base and two walks. He also made a leaping grab at the wall in the fifth that kept a run off the board.

After falling behind 2-0 in the second, Clemson never blinked. Talan Bell ran into trouble early when KJ Scobey singled and later scored on Logan Sutter’s double. Dawson Harmon then punched a two-run single into left on an 0-2 pitch to give South Carolina the early edge.

Clemson answered immediately. Jacob Jarrell’s walk and a hit-by-pitch to Jason Fultz helped load the bases, and a wild pitch brought in the Tigers’ first run. Dalley followed with a ground ball that plated another, tying the game at 2-2.

The Tigers grabbed control in the third. Tryston McCladdie worked a leadoff walk, ending Riley Goodman’s afternoon. Nate Savoie greeted reliever Zach Russell with a double down the line, and Tyler Lichtenberger lined a two-run single into left-center to push Clemson in front for good at 4-2.

Dalley’s homer in the fourth stretched the lead to three, and Clemson kept adding. In the sixth, the Tigers loaded the bases again. McCladdie battled back from a 1-2 count and ripped a two-run single into right, extending the advantage to 7-2.

Bell worked four innings, allowing two runs on four hits while striking out three. The bullpen slammed the door. Drew Titsworth tossed three hitless frames to earn his first win of the season. Joe Allen delivered a perfect eighth, and freshman Danny Nelson struck out two of the three hitters he faced in the ninth to finish it off.

Clemson’s pitching set the tone over the final two games of the series, holding South Carolina to just three runs on eight hits across 18 innings. On Sunday, the Gamecocks managed only one hit after the second inning.

The win also added to a broader bragging-rights run for the Tigers, who have now defeated South Carolina in football, basketball and baseball during this academic calendar year.

Clemson returns to the field on Wednesday against Michigan State at Fluor Field before hosting LaSalle in a four-game set beginning Friday at Doug Kingsmore Stadium.

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