Easton Cullison Second AB vs. Clemson Gm 2 2023
Joshua Ragsdale
2
USC Upstate UPST 34-19
12
Winner Clemson CU 36-17
USC Upstate UPST
34-19
2
Final
12
Clemson CU
36-17
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 R H E
USC Upstate UPST 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 6 0
Clemson CU 2 0 2 0 3 0 3 2 12 13 1

W: Joe Allen (3-0) L: Matheny, Chase (2-3)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Baseball Closes Season's Midweek Slate Tuesday, Dropping a 12-2 Decision at No. 6 Clemson

CLEMSON, S.C. – Seeing Mother Nature push forward the game's start time and then delay the game until its original first pitch time, USC Upstate baseball wrapped its midweek slate Tuesday night, dropping the season's final non-conference game 12-2 to No. 6 Clemson in eight-innings via run rule at Doug Kingsmore Stadium.
 
The Tigers struck first Tuesday night, scoring two runs in the first inning before adding a pair in the third to stake a 4-0 lead. The Spartans got back a run in the fourth, turning a leadoff double from junior Easton Cullison into the team's first run on a wild pitch. Answering Upstate, Clemson tallied three additional runs in the fifth with the Spartans pushing their final run across in the sixth, cutting the lead to 7-2. Tacking on in the seventh, the Tigers added three more runs on a homer before walking off the Spartans with two runs in the eighth as the final run scored on a wild pitch.
 
For the Spartans, six different players recorded a hit with Cullison's double in the fourth the team's lone extra-base hit. In the sixth, Upstate drew four walks, totaling four of the six free bases drawn by the team, with the fourth walk of the inning to sophomore shortstop Cole Caruso's walk producing Upstate's lone run batted in.
 
Game Information
Score: Clemson 12; USC Upstate 2 [8 inn.]
Records: USC Upstate (34-19; 19-5 Big South); Clemson (36-17; 17-10 ACC)
Location: Doug Kingsmore Stadium | Clemson, S.C.
 
Scoring Summary
  • B1: Stringing together three one-out hits together, Clemson opened the game's scoring as Will Taylor drove home the game's first run with a single through the middle. Adding a run of insurance, Billy Amick lifted a sac fly to center, driving home the Tigers' second run.
  • B3: Tacking on another pair of RBI, Amick singled into centerfield driving home two runs and pushing the Clemson lead to four.
  • T4: Following up a leadoff double, Easton Cullison put Upstate on the board as he took advantage of a wild pitch to score from third.
  • B5: Adding to his daily RBI total, Amick drove home another two runs, splitting the right-center gap with an RBI double. Clemson's Riley Bertram added another run to the board with an RBI single through the middle.
  • T6: Taking advantage of four walks in the inning, the Spartans scored as Cole Caruso drew a bases-loaded walk.
  • B7: Expanding the Tigers lead, Benjamin Blackwell wrapped a three-run homer around the rightfield foul pole, pushing the advantage to 10-2.
  • B8: Seeing the first four batters of the inning reach base, Clemson walked off Upstate as Tyler Corbitt dropped an RBI single into left-center before a wild pitch produced the game's final run.
 
Notable
  • Picking up a fifth-inning single Tuesday, Grant Sherrod added his 120th total base of the season, becoming the second Spartan in the program's Division I era (2007-pres.) with 120 total bases in a single season. He needs three total bases to collect the D1 era record and surpass Andrew Runion's D1 era record (122 in 2008).
  • Splitting the right-center gap, Easton Cullison picked up his lone hit of the game with a double, doubling for the third straight game (four total doubles) and giving him 12 for the season. Over the past seven games, he's recorded a double in five of the seven games, tallying six of his 12 two-baggers.
 
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