Clemson sweeps Saturday doubleheader with La Salle, 6-4 in game one, 16-4 in seven innings in game two (AUDIO)

#10 Clemson 6- La Salle 4 Game One Summary

Senior lefthander Michael Sharman allowed just three hits and no earned runs with eight strikeouts in 5.0 innings pitched.
Sharman (4-0) earned the win, as he did not walk a batter and registered eight strikeouts.
Danny Nelson pitched 2.0 innings to record his second save of the year. La Salle starter Jace Terry (0-1) suffered the loss, as he surrendered six hits, four runs and four walks with one strikeout in 5.0 innings pitched.
In the first inning, a run scored on Nate Savoie’s groundball, then the Tigers scored two runs in the third inning, highlighted by Luke Gaffney’s run-scoring double.
After Clemson scored a run in the fifth inning to take a 4-0 lead, the Explorers took advantage of two errors to score two runs in the top of the sixth inning.
Jay Dillard responded with a two-out double to score a run in the bottom of the sixth inning.
In the top of the eighth inning, the Explorers plated two runs after an error to narrow Clemson’s lead to 5-4.
Dillard answered with a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the eighth inning to double the Tiger lead.
The Explorers got the tying run to the plate with two outs in the top of the ninth, but Nelson got a strikeout to end the game.

Clemson blew the game open with an eight-run fourth inning and every Tiger starter had a hit.
Nate Savoie laced a two-run double in the first inning and Jack Crighton brought home a third run on a fielder’s choice.
After the Explorers plated a run in the top of the second inning, the Tigers scored two runs in the bottom of the second inning, highlighted by Luke Gaffney’s run-scoring single.
La Salle scored a run in the top of the third inning, then Clemson answered with three runs in the bottom of the third inning, highlighted by Jarren Purify’s two-run homer, his first of the year.
After Ryan Perez hit a two-run homer in the top of the fourth inning, Clemson erupted for eight runs in the bottom of the fourth inning. Jacob Jarrell led off with his sixth homer of the year, Tryston McCladie hit a two-run single and Tyler Lichtenberger belted a two-run double to highlight the uprising.
Drew Titsworth (3-0) pitched 1.2 innings in relief to earn the win, while Emilio Rodriguez (0-1) suffered the loss.
The Tigers, who took a 3-0 lead in the series and won their sixth game in a row, improved to 14-1, while the Explorers dropped to 8-5.