Clemson baseball blows a 6-run lead as the recent struggles continue
Clemson baseball can’t get out of their own way as they drop another game they should have won.
A six-run lead disappeared in a hurry for Clemson baseball on Tuesday night. The Tigers looked in control for much of the game, but No. 15 Coastal Carolina flipped everything late, scoring eight unanswered runs to pull off an 11-9 comeback win at Doug Kingsmore Stadium.
Clemson dropped to 18-8 with the loss and has now lost four straight. Coastal struck first in a big way. After a pair of free passes in the opening inning, Rex Watson launched a three-run homer to center to give the Chanticleers an early edge.
Clemson had an immediate chance to respond but left runners stranded, a theme that would come back later. The Tigers gradually worked their way back. Jack Crighton delivered an RBI single in the second to get Clemson on the board, and in the third, Tryston McCladdie scored on a failed pickoff attempt to trim the deficit to one.
Clemson still left the bases loaded in that inning, missing a chance to take control earlier. That breakthrough came in the fourth. Clemson strung together a five-run inning to swing the momentum.