Box Score

THE LEAD
No. 10 DBU dropped its first road contest of the season Friday in a 12-1 loss at No. 11 Clemson. MD Johnson (1-1) only managed one scoreless inning as the heart of the Tiger order did repeated damage.

Clemson (5-0) took an early 2-0 lead after Chris Williams doubled home Patrick Cromwell and later came around to score in the first. A solo home run by Drew Wharton in the second extended the Tiger lead to 3-0. Robert Jolly doubled home Cromwell and Williams in the third.

After a 1-2-3 fourth inning, a two-run blast by Williams chased Johnson in the fifth. He finished with eight runs allowed on 10 hits with three strikeouts and one walk.

Trevor Conn came on in relief of Johnson, allowing two runs on two hits in one inning of work. He walked two batters and struck out one. Jimmy Fouse surrendered two runs on six hits across two and two-thirds innings with four strikeouts and one walk.

DBU scored without recording a hit in the ninth. Tim Millard walked. Garrett Wolforth was hit by a pitch. Evan Sandmann reached on an error to load the bases, and Jimmy Glowenke walked to break up the shutout.

Devlin Granberg had the most productive day at the plate for the Patriots (3-1), collecting two of their three hits and walking once. Granberg's first-inning double and Jameson Hannah's eight-inning two-bagger were DBU's only extra-base hits.

Jacob Hennessy (1-0) pitched six and one-third shutout innings to earn his first victory of the season, giving up three hits and two walks while striking out eight batters.

 
THREE THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW
 - The Patriots managed just four hits Friday.

 - Golden Spikes Award Watch List Member Seth Beer, who came in batting .455, managed only one hit in five tries, striking out twice.

 - Clemson improved to 59-21 at home since the start of 2016.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS
8 – Cromwell and Williams, Clemson's No. 3 and 4 hitters, combined to score eight runs, going 6-for-7 at the plate and reaching base nine times.
15 – Williams and Jolly combined for 15 total bases and seven RBI.
11 – Patriot hitters went 0-11 from the third through seventh innings.

UP NEXT
DBU and Clemson finish the series with a doubleheader Saturday. First pitch is scheduled for 12:00 p.m. with 60 minutes between games. Jordan Martinson (0-0, 0.00 ERA) will take the mound in game one for the Patriots, facing Brooks Crawford (0-0, 0.00 ERA). Luke Eldred (1-0, 0.00 ERA) will toe the rubber against Jake Higginbotham (1-0, 1.69 ERA) in the nightcap.