Bulldogs Strike Early to Top No. 14 Tigers |
CLEMSON, S.C. - Hunter Cole went 3-for-5 with a homer and four RBIs to lead Georgia to a 6-2 win over No. 14 Clemson at Doug Kingsmore Stadium on Tuesday night. The Bulldogs (19-13-1) evened the home-and-home series with the Tigers (20-12), who defeated Georgia 16-4 in Athens on March 25. Each of the last seven meetings in the series from 2011-14 have been won by the visiting team.
Senior lefthander Patrick Boling (3-2) earned the win by tossing a career-long 7.2 innings. He gave up just five hits, two runs (one earned) and three walks with six strikeouts. Tiger starter
Brody KoernerBrody Koerner The Bulldogs scored a run in the first inning on Cole's solo homer and added four runs in the second inning thanks to two, two-out, two-run hits by Cole and Nelson Ward. The Tigers scratched with a run in the third inning on
Steven DuggarSteven Duggar Clemson travels to Charlottesville, Va. to take on No. 2 Virginia in a three-game series starting Friday at 6 p.m.
So. RH Pitcher
#19 6-1, 205
Concord, NC
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(0-1) suffered the loss.
So. Outfielder
#9 6-1, 185
Moore, SC
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's two-out single that scored
Jay BaumJay Baum
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Alpharetta, GA
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and scored their other run in the eighth inning.
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