Clemson baseball matches woeful record in ACC play

Clemson baseball is getting dangerously close to making history in the exact way nobody around the program wants. After dropping Sunday’s rubber match to No. 12 Florida State , 6-3, the Tigers fell to 9-18 in ACC play, matching their most conference losses in a 30-game league schedule.

The only other Clemson team to hit that mark was the 2008 group, which also finished with 18 ACC losses. The Tigers still have one ACC series left at Virginia Tech, which means the record is not just a weird historical footnote; it's in play to become the series that sends the Tigers into an all-time low. One more conference loss would give Clemson its most ACC losses ever in a 30-game league schedule, which is insane to even remotely think about for a side that was projected to finish fifth in the ACC at the beginning of the season.

This season has had plenty of annoying patterns, and the Florida State series did little to hide them. Clemson fell behind early again, failed to cash in chances with runners on base, and did not get enough length from its starting pitching. It is not one single disaster inning or one random bad weekend.

It has been the same issues showing up again and again until the standings started looking ugly. No. 12 Florida State defeats Clemson 6-3.