Tigers complete baseball sweep of Irish

Alex Eubanks pitched seven scoreless innings with nine strikeouts to lead No. 18 Clemson to a 6-2 victory over Notre Dame at Frank Eck Stadium on Saturday.

The Tigers swept the series 3-0 and won their fifth game in a row, improving to 38-18 overall and 16-14 in the ACC. The Fighting Irish fell to 27-27 overall and 11-17 in ACC play.

Eubanks (5-5) earned the win by allowing seven hits, no runs and one walk to go with his nine strikeouts. He worked out of trouble in several innings, as the Fighting Irish put their leadoff batter on base in the first five innings. Pat Krall recorded the last out to register his fourth save of the year. Notre Dame starter Joey Cresta (0-1) suffered the loss after giving up two runs on two hits in 2 1/3 innings.

Chris Okey and Chris Williams each had a two-run home run to spark the offense.

This story was originally published May 21, 2016 at 10:41 PM with the headline "Tigers complete baseball sweep of Irish."