Tigers complete sweep of Hokies, 8-3
No. 4 Clemson scored four runs in the fourth inning to take the lead for good in the 8-3 win over Virginia Tech on Sunday. The Tigers (28-5, 13-2 ACC) swept the three-game series and won their 20th game in a row over the Hokies (17-17, 6-9) at Doug Kingsmore Stadium dating to 1984.
Virginia Tech took its second 2-0 lead in as many days when it scored twice in the third inning. But the Tigers responded with four runs in the fourth inning, keyed by two-run singles from Andrew Cox and Jordan Greene.
Robert Jolly belted a two-run single in the fifth inning, then Reed Rohlman extended his hitting streak to 10 consecutive games in the sixth inning with a run-scoring single for Clemson, which won its fifth game in a row. Every Tiger starter had at least one hit.
Tiger starting pitcher Pat Krall (6-0) earned the win. He allowed five hits, two runs (one earned) and two walks with three strikeouts in 5 2/3 innings pitched.
Hokie starter Nick Anderson (5-3) suffered the loss, as he gave up four hits, four runs and two walks with three strikeouts in 3 1/3 innings pitched.
The Tigers will host Charleston Southern on Tuesday at 6:30 p.m.
Virginia Tech | ab | r | h | rbi | bb | k |
Owens 2b | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Tufts ss | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Stoffel rf | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Fragale 1b | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Mangrum dh | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mundy ph-dh | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Caples lf | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Hudson 3b | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Freiday c | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Cooper cf | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
TOTALS | 37 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
Clemson | ab | r | h | rbi | bb | k |
Pinder cf | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Rohlman lf | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Jackson lf | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Beer rf | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Renwick pr | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Wharton rf | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Williams c | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Davidson ss | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Cox 1b | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Jolly dh | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Greene 2b | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
Byrd 3b | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
TOTALS | 33 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 7 |
Virginia Tech | 002 | 000 | 100 | — | 3 |
Clemson | 000 | 421 | 01x | — | 8 |
E — P. Hall; Rohlman; Davidson; Byrd. DP — Va. Tech 1. LOB — Va. Tech 10; Clemson 8. 2B — Beer; Greene. HBP — Beer; Williams. SH — Jolly. SB — Tufts; Williams.
Virginia Tech | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
Anderson L, 5-3 | 3 1/3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 |
McGarity | 2 1/3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
Sullivan | 1 2/3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Hall Jr. | 1/3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
McDonald | 1/3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Clemson | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
Krall W, 6-0 | 5 2/3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Andrews | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Hennessy | 1/3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Crawford | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Gilliam | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
HBP — by Anderson (Beer); by McGarity (Williams). PB — Williams. Umpires — HP: Tim Carey 1B: George Deitz 2B: A.J. Lostaglio 3B: Jeff Gosney. T — 3:13. A — 4,705.
This story was originally published April 9, 2017 at 5:11 PM with the headline "Tigers complete sweep of Hokies, 8-3."