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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.
Yahoo
20-05-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Pitcher Knaak among Clemson's all-ACC performers
CLEMSON, S.C. – Four Tigers earned All-ACC honors, announced Monday by the ACC. Aidan Knaak and Lucas Mahlstedt were first-team selections, Cam Cannarella was a second-team pick and Collin Priest was a third-team selection. It marked the third time in Clemson history that two Tiger pitchers were named First-Team All-ACC, joining Jeff Gilbert and Jimmy Key in 1982 and Jason Dawsey and Scott Winchester in (SP) is 8-1 with a 4.25 ERA, .208 opponents' batting average and 100 strikeouts against 28 walks in 78.1 innings pitched over 14 starts. He became the first ACC pitcher to reach 100 strikeouts in pitching 7.1 innings of Clemson's combined no-hitter at Pittsburgh on May 15. Clemson has a 12-2 record in the Fort Myers, Fla. native's 14 starts. Knaak became the first Tiger pitcher in history to earn First-Team All-ACC honors in each of his first two seasons and the fourth Tiger pitcher to be a multiple First-Team All-ACC selection, including the first since Steve Reba (2001,02). He was the 14th Tiger pitcher to earn multiple All-ACC selections and first since Pat Krall (2016,17) as well. Mahlstedt (RP) leads the ACC and is among the national leaders in saves with a Tiger-record-tying 15. The Dick Howser Trophy semifinalist and Ormond Beach, Fla. native is 2-0 with a 2.18 ERA and 55 strikeouts against six walks in 41.1 innings pitched over 24 relief appearances. Mahlstedt became the first Tiger reliever to earn All-ACC accolades since 2019 (Carson Spiers) and the first Clemson reliever to earn First-Team All-ACC honors since 2018 (Ryley Gilliam). Cannarella (OF) is hitting .332 with two homers, two triples, 19 doubles, 41 RBIs, 54 runs, a .473 on-base percentage and six steals in 54 games. The Hartsville, S.C. native is riding a 37-game on-base streak and 15-game hitting streak. Cannarella, who was a First-Team All-ACC selection in 2023 and Third-Team All-ACC pick in 2024, became the first Tiger to be a three-time All-ACC selection since Seth Beer (2016-18). Priest (DH/UT) is hitting .253 with 11 homers, 11 doubles, 48 RBIs, 33 runs and 41 walks in 52 games. The Mount Dora, Fla. native also has a .512 slugging percentage and .422 on-base percentage. He hit .276 with nine homers, 33 RBIs, a .602 slugging percentage and .439 on-base percentage in 29 ACC regular-season games as well. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
USA Today
23-04-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Clemson baseball takes down Georgia in potential College World Series preview
Clemson baseball takes down Georgia in potential College World Series preview Tuesday's top five college baseball matchup between the No. 2 Clemson Tigers and No. 5 Georgia Bulldogs didn't disappoint. Not if you're a Clemson fan. The Tigers jumped on Georgia starter Charlie Goldstein early, and Clemson pitching held the nation's leader in home runs scoreless in a 3-0 shutout victory in midweek play Tuesday night at Doug Kingsmore stadium. The Tigers (36-7 overall) took advantage of Goldstein (0-2) hitting Dominic Listi with a pitch to lead off the bottom of the first inning. Clemson scored the game's first run on a two-out RBI double down the right field line by Collin Priest for a 1-0 lead. When Listi batted again in the second inning, he tripled off the glove of Devin Obee in deep center to score Luke Gaffney for a 2-0 lead. The Tigers wouldn't score again until two outs in the seventh inning. Cam Cannarella went the opposite way with his 12th double of the season, finding the gap in left-center and scoring Andrew Ciufo from first to make it 3-0. Clemson's pitching reigned supreme on this night. Five Clemson hurlers -- starter Talan Bell and relievers Jacob McGovern, TP Wentworth, Reed Garris and Lucas Mahlstedt -- combined to hold Georgia (33-10) to three hits on the night. In the ninth, Mahlstedt struck out Tre Phelps, retired Kolby Branch on a groundout, and got pinch hitter Brennan Hudson on strikes for his program-tying 15th save in 18 appearances this season. Mahlstedt tied Nick Glaser's 2000 mark for most saves and lowered his ERA to 1.08 in 33 1/3 innings this season. The right-hander's 15 saves lead NCAA baseball. McGovern (3-0) got the win in relief. The Tigers outhit the Bulldogs, 7-3, and allowed just seven Georgia batters to reach base. Clemson was 4-of-10 at the plate with two outs. The Tigers improved to 12-1 in midweek games. Clemson will head to Raleigh to face No. 25 NC State (27-12 overall, 12-6 ACC) for a three-game series beginning Thursday night. First pitch is scheduled for 7 p.m. ET. The game will be televised on ACC Network. Contact us @Clemson_Wire on X, and like our page on Facebook for ongoing coverage of Clemson Tigers news and notes, plus opinions
