Clemson was six outs from a win on Friday before Georgia Tech scored three times in the eighth to win 4-2. Saturday, the Tigers pulled even in the series, thanks to an unlikely power threat.
Eli White came into the day with just one home run, but the sophomore shortstop tripled that total against Cole Pitts, taking the slumping right-hander deep twice in Clemson's 11-3 victory. White added a triple and reached base five times out of the lead off spot, while No. 2 hitter Steven Duggar drove in four runs.
Nice day for the top two in the Tigers' lineup, who had combined to go 3-for-14 with two walks (both Duggar's) in the previous two games against Tech and Georgia.
Meanwhile, a difficult senior season continued for Pitts, who hasn't won in five decisions and saw his ERA balloon to 6.17 ERA in nine starts.
Clemson junior Zack Erwin struck out seven in seven strong innings to pick up his fourth win. Tech catcher A.J. Murray belted a long, one-out home run in the sixth - his team-high 10th - that was just the second ball to clear the batter's eye in dead center field at Russ Chandler (Florida State's D.J. Stewart hit the other last April 12) and drove in another run with a double in the first, but the southpaw had little trouble with the rest of the Yellow Jackets.
Erwin delivers a third-inning pitch
Nicknames that aren't really nicknames
Clemson
Tyler Slaton - "Slate"
Georgia Tech
Ryan Peurifoy - "Pure"
Kel Johnson - "Kel-Johns"
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