UNC-Charlotte – Extra Innings
Clemson welcomed UNC Charlotte into Doug Kingsmore Stadium for a 4 p.m first pitch. Keyshawn Askew made his debut on bump as the Tigers starting pitcher. In the bottom of the first inning, Logan Davidson hit a homerun that would put the Tigers up 1-0. Askew would have his first 123 inning with 2 strikeouts at the top of the second inning. Jordan Green would hit the second homerun of the game and extend the Tigers lead 2-0. In the bottom of the fourth inning, Adam Hackenburg hits a homer that would bring Jordan Green and himself across homeplate putting the Tigers up by 4 runs. In the bottom of the fifth inning, Clemson brought in two runs by Michael Green and Logan Davidson. Green would score on a Jordan Greene sac-fly and Davidson would score on a double steal.
Clemson would hold the 49ers scoreless until the top of the 6th inning. Wheeler would score on an RBI by Ober, Ober would score on an RBI by Yett at the top of the 6th inning, Clemson would give up 2 more runs in the sixth inning narrowing the Tigers lead to two runs. The 49ers would score on an error at the top of the sixth. The 49ers would score at the top of the ninth on a double to right center.
Bryce Teodosio would bring in the third homerun of the evening and would extend the Tigers lead 7-6 at the bottom of the eighth inning.
Freshman Keyshawn Askew had an outstanding time on the mound. Askew would pitch for 5.1 innings, two hits, three runs and had 6 strikeouts.
“What a debut by Keyshawn Askew, I could not think of a better debut for him.” Head Coach Monte Lee said in the postgame press conference. “ A real solid effort by our team tonight. But give credit to Charlotte, they came back and put four runs on us in the sixth inning and we made some mistakes defensively, but a great offensive effort by our team tonight.”
Over the past four games, Clemson has put up 10 homers and has stolen 14 bases and you should expect that according to Jordan Greene. “This is the most athletic team by far, these guys are fast. Losing Chris and Seth allowed a lot of players to step up, not to say that those two where in the way, they just had the bases covered for us and I have seen a lot of guys step up in their place.”
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