Junior righthander Daniel Gossett tossed a three-hit shutout in No. 22 Clemson’s 3-0 victory against Pittsburgh at Charles L. Cost Field on Saturday afternoon.

The Tigers (24-14, 12-7 ACC) took a 2-0 lead in the series against the Panthers (16-22, 8-12 ACC).

Gossett (5-0) gave up three singles and one walk with seven strikeouts. He did not allow a runner past second base and allowed one past first base. It was Gossett’s second career shutout. He tossed a five-hit shutout against Duke on March 22, 2013. Panther starter T.J. Zeuch (1-3) suffered the loss despite allowing three runs on three hits in a career-long eight innings pitched.

The Tigers scored three runs in the first inning after loading the bases with no outs. Steven Duggar’s groundout plated Tyler Slaton, then Steve Wilkerson blooped a two-out single to center to score Tyler Krieger and Garrett Boulware.

The series concludes Sunday at noon on ESPN3.

 

Clemson	Pitt
ab	r	h	bi	ab	r	h	bi
Slaton cf	1	1	0	0	Vranka cf	4	0	1	0
Krieger ss	4	1	1	0	Vazquez lf	4	0	0	0
Blware c	3	1	1	0	Roche rf	3	0	0	0
Duggar rf	3	0	0	1	Yarnall dh	3	0	1	0
Okey dh	4	0	0	0	Hess 1b	3	0	0	0
Wlkrsn 2b	4	0	1	2	Frbsilio 3b	3	0	0	0
Knnedy 1b	3	0	0	0	Wlsvch ss	2	0	1	0
McGbn 1b	1	0	0	0	Jhnson 2b	3	0	0	0
Baum 3b	3	0	0	0	Pazos c	2	0	0	0
Wilson 3b	2	0	0	0	Shlsky ph	1	0	0	0
Triller lf	1	0	0	0	Albert c	0	0	0	0
Totals 29	3	3	3	Totals 28	0	3	0

Clemson	300	000	000	—	3
Pitt	000	000	000	—	0

Clemson	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
Gossett W,5-0	9	3	0	0	1	7

Pitt	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
Zeuch L,1-3	8	3	3	3	4	5
Danielczyk	1	0	0	0	0	0