Troy Hamilton Picks Up Mult-Hit Game; Reaches Base Three Times as Baseball Falls to No. 2 Clemson at Fluor Field

Tuesday, April 2

Greenville, S.C.

6:00 p.m.

University of South Carolina Upstate Athletics

18-12

Clemson

25-3

Clemson

USC Upstate

Photo by: Emma Hudson

4/2/2024 10:58:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score

GREENVILLE, S.C. – Facing Clemson for the second time in a three-game midweek series and closing out the team's hosted games at Fluor Field, USC Upstate baseball fell Tuesday to the No. 2 Tigers in a run-rule 11-1 decision at the home of the Greenville Drive.

As a team, the Spartans recorded three hits Tuesday evening with redshirt senior shortstop Troy Hamilton leading the way with a pair of hits as he reached in each of his three plate appearances, also reaching on an error. Senior second baseman Easton Cullison recorded Upstate's other hit, a bunt single, as he scored the team's lone run, coming in on Hamilton's second single.

On the mound, junior right-hander Michael Kilker and senior righty Beau Coffman combined to allow one baserunner of the final 2.0 innings, each pitching a scoreless inning. The pair combined to strike out three batters with Kilker punching out one and Coffman striking out two.

Game Information
Score: No. 2 Clemson 11; USC Upstate 1
Records: USC Upstate (18-12); Clemson (25-3)
Location: Fluor Field | Greenville, S.C.

How It Happened

T2: Starting the game's scoring, Clemson plated five runs in the second using a pair of two-run base hits, a single from Cam Cannarella and a triple from Alden Mathes. Blake Wright drove home the inning's final run with a groundout to third.
T3: Driving home his first RBI of the day, Jacob Jarrell picked up an RBI with a single into center.
T5: For the second time in the game, the Tigers recorded a five-run inning, doing so in the fifth. Jarrell, Cannarella, Mathes, and Wright each recorded RBI in the innings before the final run of the frame scored via a passed ball.
B5: Following up a bunt single from Easton Cullison earlier in the inning, Troy Hamilton put the Spartans on the board with his second base hit of the game.

Notable

Bookending his day with a pair of hits, Troy Hamilton recorded his 11^th multi-hit game of the season. He is one of five Spartans with 10 or more multi-hit games in 2024.
Recording a pair of strikeouts in his second outing of the year, Beau Coffman registered his first outing in an Upstate uniform with multiple strikeouts.

Up Next for the Spartans
Following Tuesday's midweek contest, the Spartans return to Big South Conference play, trekking to Rock Hill, S.C. for a three-game set with Winthrop. Upstate meets the Eagles Friday and Saturday at 6 p.m. ET and Sunday at 1 p.m. ET with Saturday's contest featured as part of a USC Upstate doubleheader on ESPNU.

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