Clemson pitchers stymied South Carolina's offense for the third straight day and the Tigers' offense again added insurance in the late innings in Columbia Sunday night to complete a series sweep.
Tigers starter Justin LeGuernic and reliever Joe Allen struck out six batters apiece in shutting out the Gamecocks (9-3) on two hits through seven innings.
Clemson (10-1) cobbled its first three hits of the game into a run against USC starter Dylan Eskew in the fifth inning.
Collin Priest smacked a three-run homer in the eighth inning to give the Tigers a four-run lead.
Carolina scored twice in the bottom of the inning, but an interference call at second base on an apparent throwing error resulted in an inning-ending double play.
The Tigers iced the game with four runs in the ninth.
Clemson pitchers struck out 15 USC hitters.
Jarren Purify had two of Clemson's eight hits. Ethan Petry and Nathan Hall had two of USC's five hits.
"I'm proud of our team," said Clemson coach Erik Bakich. "It's not easy to come in here and and play as well as we did, especially when you have an opportunity to get the sweep and to be able to put an exclamation mark on on the weekend.
"It was just incredible effort all the way around, and there were so many positives today," Bakich said. "We had six two-out RBI. Joe Allen came in and just pitched unbelievable in relief."
"It was three really tough, hard-fought games," said Gamecocks coach Paul Mainieri. "We came up short and all three of them. I know how much it means to South Carolina fans, and feel bad that we didn't come through for them.
"But, there's nothing we can do about it at this point except for keep improving and working on the things we need to work on."
"We're going to need to hit more than we did this weekend to give some support to the pitchers," Mainieri said. "You don't want them thinking any, one little mistake is going to cost them." (quotes via Clemson and USC YouTube accounts)
Elsewhere: Riley Eikhoff allowed one over seven innings as Coastal Carolina (10-2) completed a series sweep of Rutgers ... James Layman singled, tripled and drove in five runs for Wofford (11-1), which pushed its winning streak to eight games by rallying past Le Moyne ... Braeden Harrison and Brayden Owens had three hits apiece as Anderson (12-5) completed a sweep of Davis & Elkins to extend its winning streak to eight games ... Florence-Darlington Tech (15-7, 4-2) scored the game's final 15 runs to claim a Region 10 series win over USC Lancaster (6-11, 3-3) ... A sacrifice fly and a wild pitch in the ninth gave Presbyterian (6-6) a walk-off win over Eastern Michigan and a series split ... Noah Stout had a homer among his three hits as Francis Marion (13-6, 4-5) took the deciding game of a Conference Carolinas series with Young Harris ... Creighton scored seven runs over the final five innings to take the series finale over College of Charleston (7-4) ... Garrett Dill singled twice and drove in two runs for The Citadel (7-4) as it beat Yale and pushed its winning streak to five ... Jaylen Hernandez and Koby Kropf homered for Winthrop (7-4) in the finale of its sweep of Wagner ... Leo Lopez singled, tripled, walked twice, stole a base and drove in three runs as Spartanburg Methodist (5-13, 3-0) completed a Continental Athletic Conference series sweep of Morris (0-16, 0-7) ... Markus Kirksey doubled and homered to drive in five runs as USC Union (15-1, 5-1) run-ruled USC Salkehatchie (1-17, 1-5) ... Preston Lucas doubled twice and drove in four runs as USC Upstate (6-4) beat UMass Lowell ... Jordyn Hill drove in six runs and Emory Guilford added five as Voorhees (6-8) pounded Tougaloo ... Bellarmine scored six runs in the first inning and snapped Charleston Southern's (8-2) six-game winning streak ... Flagler pushed across a run in the 10th to end Lander's (12-6, 2-1) 10-game winning streak in a Peach Belt Conference series finale ... Gaston College scored in the eighth and ninth innings to overtake USC Sumter (6-11, 2-4) in a Region 10 game ... Georgia Southwestern wrapped up a PBC sweep of USC Beaufort (3-15, 1-5) ... Saul Gonzalez had four hits and drove in five runs as Lane doubled up Benedict (6-4, 4-4) ...
Anderson 13, Davis & Elkins 3 - And: Walker Case W, 5 IP, 0 ER, BB, 9 K
Bellarmine 10, Charleston Southern 5 - Cha: Anthony Sanguedolce 2-4, 2B, BB, 2 SB, R, 2 RBI
Clemson 8, South Carolina 2 - Cle: Cam Cannarella 1-3, 2 BB, 2 R, 2 RBI
Coastal Carolina 6, Rutgers 1 - Coa: Walker Mitchell 3-3, SB, BB, R, RBI
Coastal Carolina 6, Rutgers 1 - Coa: Walker Mitchell 3-3, SB, BB, R, RBI
Creighton 8, College of Charleston 4 - Cha: Brent Gibbs 1-2, BB, SB, 2 RBI
Flagler 6, Lander 5, 10 innings - Lan: Taichi Nakao 3-5, BB, R, RBI
Florence-Darlington Tech 15, USC Lancaster 5 - Flo: Zach Hunt 3-5, SB, 2 R, 5 RBI
Francis Marion 11, Young Harris 7 - Fra: Taylor Owen 1B, 2B, 3B, 2 R, 2 RBI
Gaston College 2, USC Sumter 1 - Sum: Jeb Britt 6 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 7 K
Georgia Southwestern 4, USC Beaufort 0 - Bea: Joe Turner 1-1
Lane 12, Benedict 6 - Ben: Juan Guardado 3-run HR, BB
Presbyterian 10, Eastern Michigan 9 - PC: Ryan Ouzts 3-4, HR, 2 RBI
Spartanburg Methodist 9, Morris 5 - Spa: Justin Dawkins 2-4, 3 R, 2 RBI
The Citadel 6, Yale 2 - Cit: Thomas Rollauer 2-3, SB, R
USC Union 11, USC Salkehatchie 1, 5 innings - Uni: Mason Elrod 2 2B, SB, 2 R, RBI
USC Upstate 12, UMass Lowell 4 - Up: Chris Torres W, 6 IP, 2 ER, 8 K ppl
Voorhees 23, Tougaloo 5 - Voo: Eric Green 1B, 3B, R, 4 RBI
Winthrop 10, Wagner 2 - Win: Jaylen Hernandez 3-4, BB, 3B, HR, 3 R, 2 RBI
Wofford 11, Le Moyne 8 - Wof: Hunter Herndon 2-3, 2 R, RBI
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