Baseball Drops Finale at Clemson 11-2

Sunday, February 28

Clemson, S.C.

1 p.m.

James Madison University

2-5

Clemson

5-1

James Madison

Clemson

2/28/2016 6:00:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score

CLEMSON, S.C. – Designated hitter Reed Rohlman and right fielder Seth Beer each drove in three runs on three hits as Clemson finished a three-game sweep of James Madison in a non-conference baseball game on Sunday afternoon at Doug Kingsmore Stadium.

Clemson improved to 5-1 with the victory while JMU dropped to 2-5 after its fourth straight setback.

The Dukes struck for single runs in the second and fourth, but, like Saturday, the Tigers put crooked numbers on the board with five in the second, three in the fourth and three in the sixth as part of a 15-hit attack.

Brooks Crawford earned the victory with 2 2/3 innings of scoreless relief as the teams combined to use 11 pitchers in the contest. Starter Brandon Withers suffered the loss for JMU after being unable to escape the five-run second inning, though just two of the five were earned.

Redshirt seniors Chad Carroll and Kyle Weston each had two of JMU's eight hits with Carroll driving in a run and Weston scoring a run. Sophomore right fielder Adam Sisk hit his first career home run to briefly put JMU on top in the second.

Beer homered to put the Tigers on top for good in the bottom of the second. He finished 3-for-3 with three RBIs and two runs scored. Rohlman was 3-for-4 with three RBIs. Shortstop Eli White was 2-for-4 with two runs and two RBIs.

Quoting Coach Ikenberry
"I thought our guys played hard all day. We were a play or two away from keeping it a closer game. You learn a lot about yourself when you play in this type of environment."

Career Firsts
In addition to Sisk's home run being the first of his career, freshman catcher Zach Tondi collected his first career hit.

On Deck
JMU will look to snap its skid when it returns to the road on Tuesday with a 3 p.m. game at George Washington in Arlington, Va.