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."