LIVE Game Thread: Clemson vs UNC Game 2

[Jason Priester]

Clemson and North Carolina will play the second of a three game ACC series on Saturday. First pitch is set for 6 p.m.

The Tigers took the opener last night 14-7 and will be looking to clinch their seventh consecutive ACC series today.

Austin Gordon gets the nod for Clemson while Jake Knapp goes for the Heels.

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And we are underway as Gordon fires a first pitch strike that is fouled off.

Second pitch is flied out to left and there is one out.

 

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Gordon strikes out Jackson Van de Brake for the second out

 

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And UNC goes down in order.

Cannarella lays down a perfect bunt down the third base line to lead off the Clemson first. Ingle follows that up by flying out

 

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Cannarella swipes second

 

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Taylor grounds out to second, Cannarella to third

 

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Grice goes down swinging, Inning over.

Scoreless after one

 

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Gordon runs into trouble in the second. Patrick Alvarez jacks a 3-run homer out to left and the Heels are up early.

UNC 3 Clemson 0 M2

 

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And Clemson goes 1-2-3 in the second

 

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Gordon comes back and gets the Heels in order in the top of the third

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Tigers threatening in the bottom half. Bases are loaded, just one out, Will Taylor up

 

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Taylor strikes out on a questionable strike 3 call, the crowd is hot. Two down

 

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Grice is HBP, a run scores

 

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Billy Amick with a two strike, two out hit back the other way. Two runs score and we are tied at 3-3

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Gordon works around a 2 out walk in the 4th

Clemson 3 UNC 3

 

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Wright laces a leadoff single to left

 

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Blackwell with a single. Back to back hits

 

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Crighton is up and the bunt is on. He fouls off the first pitch, misses another and it is 1-2.

He is now swinging away and lines one to RF but it is caught. Runner to third.

First and third one out for Cannarella

 

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Sac fly brings the run home, Clemson leads.

4-3

 

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Blackwell steals second, two outs