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Notre Dame romps past Clemson 5-1 for series win

Nick McCarty allowed one unearned run on five hits over six innings to lead Notre Dame to a 5-1 win over Clemson at Doug Kingsmore Stadium on Sunday afternoon.

The Fighting Irish (14-4, 3-3 ACC) won the series 2-1 over the Tigers (9-9, 2-4). Tigers starter Zack Erwin (1-3) suffered the loss despite yielding one earned run over seven innings. Clemson scored its only run in the first inning on Steven Duggar’s sacrifice fly.

From Staff Reports

ND ab r h rbi Clemsonab r h rbi
Johnson lf 4 0 1 0 Slaton cf 4 1 1 0
Fiala 3b 4 1 0 0 Duggar rf 2 0 0 1
Biggio 2b 4 1 1 0 Krieger dh 4 0 1 0
Bull dh 3 2 3 0 Rohlman lf 4 0 1 0
Sanchz ph 1 0 1 2 Okey c 2 0 0 0
Yogdhl rf 5 0 1 0 Wilson 3b 4 0 3 0
Lidge c 3 0 1 0 Pinder 2b 3 0 0 0
Richrds ss 5 1 1 2 Batson 1b 1 0 0 0
Kutslis 1b 5 0 1 0 Cox pr/1b 1 0 1 0
Rchrdsn cf 5 0 1 0 White ss 4 0 1 0
Totals39 5 11 4 Totals29 1 8 1
Notre Dame 011 010 020 5
Clemson 100 000 000 1

E–McCarty (3); Wilson (9); Pinder (3); Erwin (3). DP–ND 4. LOB–ND 13; Clemson 8. 2B–Sanchez (2); Kutsulis (3); Krieger (5). HBP–Biggio; Lidge; Batson 2. SH–Lidge (1); Pinder (1). SF–Duggar (5). SB–J. Johnson (4).

Notre Dame IP H R ER BB SO
McCarty W,3-1 6 5 1 0 3 2
Guenther 2 1 0 0 0 0
Solomon 1 2 0 0 0 0
Clemson IP H R ER BB SO
Erwin L,1-3 7 9 3 1 2 5
Bostic 1 1 2 2 1 0
Vetzel 1 1 0 0 0 1

McCarty faced 1 batter in the 7th.

HBP–by McCarty (Batson); by Erwin (lidge); by McCarty (Batson); by Bostic (Biggio).

Umpires–HP: Randy Dulin 1B: Frank Sylvester 3B: Greg Street. T–2:39. A–4,343

This story was originally published March 15, 2015 at 11:23 PM with the headline "Notre Dame romps past Clemson 5-1 for series win."

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