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USA Today
23-05-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
How Clemson baseball won an instant classic over rival NC State at the 2025 ACC Tournament
How Clemson baseball won an instant classic over rival NC State at the 2025 ACC Tournament Clemson will take on No. 1 seed Georgia Tech in the tournament semifinals Saturday afternoon. There are times when you're watching a college baseball game and know that, regardless of who wins, the contest will come down the final pitch. That's what happened on Thursday night in the quarterfinal round of the 2025 ACC Baseball Tournament at Durham Bulls Athletic Park, when the Clemson Tigers and rival NC State Wolfpack went back and forth. When it was over, the No. 12 Tigers rallied past the 20th-ranked Wolfpack for a thrilling 7-6 victory. Cam Cannarella had four hits atop the lineup, Jacob Jarrell hit his team-leading 14th home run, and the Tigers advanced to the semifinal round of the tournament where they'll take on No. 1 seed Georgia Tech on Saturday. The eighth inning was when Clemson's bats had one of its best innings all season. The Tigers (43-15 overall), who trailed 5-4 entering the inning, totaled five hits in the eighth. They got run-scoring singles from Jarrell, TP Wentworth and Andrew Ciufo to take a 7-5 lead they would not relinquish. Lucas Mahlstedt, the Tigers' All-ACC reliever who is second in the nation with 24 saves, tossed four innings of relief to pick up the win. He struck out NC State (33-19 overall) first baseman Chris McHugh for the game's final out, capping a 1-2-3 ninth inning. Mahlstedt (3-0) got the win in relief of starter Drew Titsworth, who yielded three runs on five hits in five innings. Long reliever B.J. Bailey took over from Titsworth in the sixth but quickly left after allowing hits to all three batters he faced. Mahlstedt allowed a game-tying single to Alex Sosa but recovered to get a 6-4-3 double play, followed by a strikeout of Matt Ossenfort to end the sixth. Clemson threatened in the seventh but didn't score. With their eighth-inning explosion, the Tigers finished the night with 16 hits and outhit the Wolfpack, 16-12. Earlier in the evening, Clemson scored two runs on a pair of perfectly executed squeeze bunts by Ciufo and Jarren Purify to take a 3-2 lead in the fifth inning. Jarrell's home run came with one out in the sixth inning and put the Tigers back on top at 4-3. Clemson and NC State changed leads seven times. Jack Crighton had three hits including a triple in a 3-for-5 night, while Jarrell, Ciufo and Dominic Listi all had two hits. The Tigers won their five straight game. Clemson baseball schedule 2025: when will Tigers play next in ACC Tournament? Clemson will face Georgia Tech (40-16 overall), the ACC's regular season champion, Saturday at 1 p.m. ET in the tournament semifinals. The game will be televised on ACC Network. The Yellow Jackets defeated California, 10-3, on Thursday to notch their 40th win of the season. Contact us @Clemson_Wire on X, and like our page on Facebook for ongoing coverage of Clemson Tigers news and notes, plus opinions.
USA Today
18-05-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Clemson Tigers' seed, opponent for 2025 ACC Baseball Tournament revealed
Clemson Tigers' seed, opponent for 2025 ACC Baseball Tournament revealed Clemson baseball closed the 2025 regular season with a 13-6 victory over the Pitt Panthers on Saturday at Charles L. Cost Field in Pittsburgh. The Tigers will head to Durham, North Carolina, for the 2025 ACC Baseball Tournament, which begins Tuesday. Clemson's opponent in the ACC Tournament at Durham Bulls Athletic Park will be one of two teams: the Stanford Cardinal or Virginia Tech Hokies. The winner of Stanford vs. Virginia Tech will face the Tigers on Wednesday at 1 p.m. ET. The game will be televised on ACC Network. Georgia Tech (39-16 overall, 19-11) is the No. 1 seed in the tournament after winning the regular season championship and finishing ahead of Florida State (37-13, 17-10) and North Carolina (39-12, 18-11) in the final conference standings. Clemson (41-15, 18-12) is the No. 5 seed after closing the regular season with a three-game sweep of Pitt. The Tigers outscored their opponents, 30-9, in the series. Sophomore right-hander Ethan Knaak threw 7 1/3 innings of no-hit ball in Thursday's series opener, and relievers Joe Allen and Lucas Mahlstedt finished off the game for the 15th no-hitter in Clemson history and first since 2009. In Saturday's finale, Jack Crighton had four hits in a 4-for-5 day at the plate that included a triple and three doubles to raise his batting average to .302 in 41 games. Clemson totaled 16 hits and got home runs from Collin Priest (his 11th), Jacob Jarrell (13th) and Dominic Listi (fourth). Priest (3-for-6) and Cam Cannarella (3-4) had three hits for the Tigers, and Jarrell (2-4), Listi (2-5) and Josh Paino (2-6) collected two hits. Cannarella closed the regular season with a team-best .332 average in 54 games. Talan Bell started and tossed four scoreless innings for the Tigers, holding Pitt to three hits and one walk while striking out three. Here is the full 2025 ACC Baseball Championship Schedule. 2025 ACC Baseball Tournament bracket: full schedule, dates, times, seeding All times Eastern. All games will be televised on ACC Network, with the exception of Sunday's championship game on ESPN2. Tuesday, May 20 Game 1 – No. 16 California vs. No. 9 Miami, 9 a.m. Game 2 – No. 13 Stanford vs. No. 12 Virginia Tech, 1 p.m. Game 3 – No. 15 Pitt vs. No. 10 Louisville, 5 p.m. Game 4 – No. 14 Boston College vs. No. 11 Notre Dame, 9 p.m. Wednesday, May 21 Game 5 – California/Miami winner vs. No. 8 Wake Forest, 9 a.m. Game 6 – Stanford/Virginia Tech winner vs. No. 5 Clemson, 1 p.m. Game 7 – Pitt/Louisville winner vs. No. 7 Duke, 5 p.m. Game 8 – Boston College/Notre Dame winner vs. No. 6 Virginia, 9 p.m. Thursday, May 22 Game 9 – Game 5 Winner vs. No. 1 seed Georgia Tech, 3 p.m. Game 10 – Game 6 Winner vs. No. 4 seed NC State, 7 p.m. Friday, May 23 Game 11 – Game 7 Winner vs. No. 2 seed Florida State, 3 p.m. Game 12 – Game 8 Winner vs. No. 3 seed North Carolina, 7 p.m. Saturday, May 24 Game 13 – Game 9 vs. Game 10 Winners, 1 p.m. Game 14 – Game 11 vs. Game 12 Winners, 5 p.m. Sunday, May 25 – Championship Game Game 15 – Saturday Winners, Noon (ESPN2) Contact us @Clemson_Wire on X, and like our page on Facebook for ongoing coverage of Clemson Tigers news and notes, plus opinions.
