Game 4: Post-Game Notes Clemson vs. College of Charleston
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June 4, 2005

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Game 4 - College of Charleston vs. Clemson
Post Game Notes

College of Charleston:

  • Starting pitcher Danny Gemma also started in College of Charleston's meeting with Clemson earlier this season. He pitched 4.1 innings giving up six runs (all earned) on seven hits in Clemson's 8-5 victory.
  • Gemma (7-4) pitched a solid outing for the Cougars in a losing effort, allowing one unearned run on five hits in 4.0 innings pitched.
  • Phillip Coker's single in the sixth inning was his 97th of the season. He is now 3 hits shy of becoming the fourth College of Charleston player with 100 hits this season.
  • College of Charleston's first three pitchers of tonight's game (Gemma, McLaughlin, and Meszaros) were the three pitchers used in the first meeting between the two teams. The three pitchers made appearances in the same order in each game.
  • Brett Gardner finished the night 0-for-4 ending his 25 game hitting streak. Gardner entered the game as the national leader with 121 hits.
  • Two hits tonight by the Cougars mark their season low. The previous season low was five on two occasions (Friday vs. Oral Roberts and March 11 at Elon). Tonight's game marks the first time this season that College of Charleston has been shut out. The last team to shut out College of Charleston was UNC-Greensboro (1-0) on May 3, 2003, a streak of 135 games.
  • Only 3 of College of Charleston's 27 outs were recorded by Clemson outfielders.
  • College of Charleston's season record drops to 48-14. College of Charleston's record falls to 3-3 all-time in NCAA Regional play.

    Clemson:

  • Josh Cribb's pickoff at first base of Phillip Coker in the first inning was his team-leading sixth of the season
  • Kris Harvey's second-inning double extended his current hitting streak to 10 games.
  • Cribb carried a no-hitter into the fifth inning before Brian Hasting's bunt single down the third-base line with one out.
  • Andy D'Alessio's double in the sixth inning was his third double of the regional. He is now hitting 4-for-6 with three doubles, an RBI, and three runs scored. With four walks, D'Alessio has reached base eight times in 10 plate appearances.
  • Herman Demmink hit a bases-loaded infield single in the eighth inning. The hit extends his current hitting streak to 13 games. He is now 68-178 (.382) in his last 42 games, hitting safely in 37 of the 42. Demmink is now 5-for-7 with 11 RBI this season with the bases loaded.
  • Only two of Clemson's six runs came as the result of a hit (one on Demmink's infield hit).
  • College of Charleston entered tonight's game with 98 stolen bases this season, while Clemson recorded 19 stolen bases this season. In tonight's game, Clemson was 3-for-3 in stolen bases while the Cougars were 0-for-0.
  • Cribb improves his record to 8-4 this season. Cribb has now won his last six decisions. He improves his NCAA regional record to 2-0 overall with one save. He picked up the win against Georgia and picked up a save against Birmingham-Southern last season in the Athens Regional. The complete game was Cribb's third of the season. Tonight's complete game shutout is the seventh in Clemson NCAA Tournament history. The last Tiger pitcher to record a complete game shutout in the NCAA Tournament was Ryan Mottl on May 26, 2000, a 4-0 win over Middle Tennessee.
  • All six of Clemson's runs were scored by the bottom three hitters in its lineup (D'Alessio 2, Widmann 2, Casanova 2).
  • Clemson improves its record to 15-0 all-time against College of Charleston.
  • Clemson's record improves to 41-21 overall. Clemson is now 29-7 in NCAA Regional games played at home, including wins in 15 of its last 16 games.
     

     

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