Clemson baseball heads to Virginia in search of second ACC series win
Clemson’s Jackson Moore (26) bats against University of North Carolina during the bottom of the second inning at Doug Kingsmore Stadium in Clemson, S. C. Friday, April 10, 2026.
Moore went 2 for 4 with four RBI's in the Tigers 9-5 win over UNC. | Ken Ruinard / USA Today Network South Carolina / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images With last week’s frustrating series loss against North Carolina and a midweek victory over Charlotte behind them, the baseball Tigers face yet another grueling challenge in ACC play. Knocking off the #9 ranked Virginia Cavaliers in Charlottesville is a tall task for Clemson, but as games 1 and 3 of last weekend’s series with the Tar Heels showed, Clemson isn’t necessarily as far off from beating top tier teams as it once seemed.
UVA is 26-12 on the year with a 10-8 ACC record. Last weekend the Cavs took two of three against Notre Dame in South Bend. UVA also dropped a midweek road game against VCU in Richmond 6-2.
There are a lot of positives for the Tigers coming into this series. The emergence of freshman outfielder Jackson Moore has been much needed. Ariston Veasey continues to look like one of the more reliable bullpen arms for Clemson.
On Tuesday night, he entered with bases loaded and no outs and got out of the jam like Houdini, retiring three straight Charlotte batters. Tristan McCladdie made his return Tuesday night. McCladdie took a pitch to the head in the Stanford series, and after a little over a week off, he was back in Clemson’s lineup in Charlotte, batting with a facemask on his helmet.