Nevada upends Tigers, 7-5
Nevada jumped out to a 6-0 lead and held on for a 7-5 victory over No. 6 Clemson to even the three-game series at Doug Kingsmore Stadium on Sunday.
Nevada (15-30) scored four runs in the third inning, then a run in the top of the fourth inning to up its lead to 6-0. Chase Pinder led the bottom of the fourth inning with his fourth homer of the season, then the Tigers added another run. Trailing 7-2, Clemson (35-12) scored three runs in the eighth inning on Reed Rohlman’s run-scoring double and Drew Wharton’s two-run single, but the Tigers left the bases loaded and could get no closer.
Nowaczewski (4-5) earned the win by allowing nine hits, five runs and one walk with three strikeouts in 7 1/3 innings pitched. Evan McMahan pitched the final 1 2/3 innings to record his fifth save of the season. Tiger starter Alex Eubanks (6-4) suffered the loss, as he gave up eight hits, six runs (five earned) and no walks with six strikeouts in 5 innings pitched.
The series concludes at noon Monday.
Nevada | ab | r | h | rbi | bb | k |
Bridgman ss | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
Pearce 3b | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Fennell lf | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Echavia rf | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Shrum dh | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Foster c | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Valanzuela c | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Flores cf | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Smith 2b | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Kzmarzick cf | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
TOTALS | 39 | 7 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 9 |
Clemson | ab | r | h | rbi | bb | k |
Jolly c | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rohlman lf | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Pinder cf | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Beer dh | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Wharton rf | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Cox 1b | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Davidson ss | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Cromwell 3b | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Greene ph/2b | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Renwick 2b | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Byrd 3b | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
TOTALS | 33 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 3 |
Nevada | 014 | 101 | 000 | — | 7 |
Clemson | 000 | 200 | 030 | — | 5 |
E — A. Cox. DP — Nevada 2; Clemson 1. LOB — Nevada 8; Clemson 8. 2B — Bridgman; Shrum; Rohlman; Beer. HR — Echavia; Pinder.HBP — Shrum; Beer; Renwick. SH — Krxmarzick. CS — Cromwell.
Nevada | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
Nowaczewski W, 4-5 | 7 1/3 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 |
McMahan S, 5 | 1 2/3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
Clemson | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
Eubanks L, 6-4 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 6 |
Andrews | 1 1/3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Hennessy | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Griffith | 2/3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Spiers | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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HBP — by Nowaczewski (Beer); by Eubanks (Shrum); by Nowaczewski (Renwick); by Nowaczewski (Beer); by Spiers (Shrum). PB — Jolly 2. Umpires — HP: David Savage; 1B: Doug Vines; 2B: Jay Pierce; 3B: Randy Watkins. T — 3:19. A — 4,168.
This story was originally published May 7, 2017 at 9:22 PM with the headline "Nevada upends Tigers, 7-5."