03-06-2025
Fourth Clemson baseball player enters NCAA transfer portal
Fourth Clemson baseball player enters NCAA transfer portal
A fourth member of the Clemson Tigers' 2025 baseball team entered the transfer portal Tuesday following the team's NCAA Tournament exit on Sunday.
Freshman pitcher Chayce Kieck joined left-handers Ethan Darden and Jackson Cole and right-hander Luke Brown to enter the portal since the Tigers' season ended with back-to-back losses to West Virginia and Kentucky in the Clemson Regional at Doug Kingsmore Stadium over the weekend.
Kieck made nine appearances for the Tigers this past season, posting a 9.75 ERA while logging 12 innings. He allowed 19 hits in that span, walking five batters and striking out 11. The right-hander from The Bolles School in Jacksonville, Fla., committed to Clemson in July 2022. He last pitched for the Tigers in their May 4 loss at Florida State, allowing five runs on four hits and a walk while recording one out.
Clemson finished the 2025 season at 45-18 overall and 18-12 in ACC play. The Tigers reached the ACC Tournament championship game but fell 14-4 to North Carolina. The No. 11 overall seed in the NCAA Tournament, the Tigers gave up four runs in the ninth inning of a 9-6 loss to West Virginia on Saturday and committed seven errors while allowing 13 hits in their season-ending 16-4 loss to Kentucky the following day.
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