2010 Clemson Tigers baseball team

The 2010 Clemson Tigers baseball team represented Clemson University in the 2010 NCAA Division I baseball season. The team played their home games at Doug Kingsmore Stadium in Clemson, South Carolina.

2010 Clemson Tigers baseball
ACC Atlantic Division Champions Auburn, Alabama Regional Champions Clemson, South Carolina Super Regional Champions
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Division	Atlantic
2010 record	45–25 (18–12 ACC)
Head coach	Jack Leggett
Home stadium	Doug Kingsmore Stadium

2010 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Atlantic
Florida State  ^x‍‍‡‍	18	–	12		.600			48	–	20		.706
Clemson  ^x‍‍‍	18	–	12		.600			45	–	25		.643
NC State  ‍‍‍	15	–	15		.500			38	–	24		.613
Boston College  ‍‍‍	14	–	16		.467			30	–	28		.517
Wake Forest  ‍‍‍	8	–	22		.267			18	–	37		.327
Maryland  ‍‍‍	5	–	25		.167			17	–	39		.304
Coastal
Virginia  ^x‍‍‍	23	–	7		.767			51	–	14		.785
Georgia Tech  ‍‍‍	21	–	9		.700			41	–	15		.732
Miami  ‍‍‍	20	–	10		.667			43	–	20		.683
Virginia Tech  ‍‍‍	16	–	14		.533			40	–	22		.645
North Carolina  ‍‍‍	14	–	16		.467			38	–	22		.633
Duke  ‍‍‍	8	–	22		.267			29	–	27		.518
x – Division champion ‡ – Tournament champion As of June 26, 2010[1]; Rankings from Baseball America

The team was coached by Jack Leggett, who completed his seventeenth season at Clemson.

Preseason

On January 28, 2010, the coaches in the ACC picked Clemson to finish second in the Atlantic Division behind Florida State. Overall, the Tigers were picked third behind defending ACC champion Virginia and Florida State, respectively.[2]

Regular season

Clemson played Wright State and Dayton for the first time ever on the baseball diamond. The Tigers went 4–0 against the Dayton, Ohio schools, sweeping Wright State in a three-game series before winning a mid-week contest against Dayton in 10 innings.

Clemson won its annual series against archrival South Carolina for the first time since 2006 by taking two of three games against the Gamecocks. OF/DH Chris Epps won the Bob Bradley Award as the Tigers' MVP of the series, going 7-for-14 with two home runs, a double, six RBIs, six runs, two walks, and one steal. The March 6 contest at Fluor Field was the first game between both schools at that stadium and the 1st game played in Greenville since the 1990 season.

On April 21, 3B John Hinson tied a school record by hitting three home runs in a game during the Tigers' 22–4 victory over USC-Upstate.

Clemson played its first four-game weekend series since 1996 when they hosted Florida Gulf Coast, the first meeting between the schools. After dropping the first game in the series, the Tigers took the final three games from the Eagles.

On May 22, Clemson completed a three-game sweep of eventual ACC champion Florida State to win their second ACC Atlantic Division title. Both teams finished with an 18–12 conference record, but the Tigers won the tiebreaker due to winning the head-to-head matchup with the Seminoles.

Clemson played nine schools that made it to the 2010 NCAA tournament: (Coastal Carolina, Elon, Florida State, Georgia Tech, North Carolina State, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Virginia Tech). The Tigers compiled a 14–13 record against these 9 schools. Outside of conference play, Clemson played 4 schools that had won a conference regular season or tournament championship (Charlotte, Coastal Carolina, Florida Gulf Coast, Wright State). The Tigers compiled a 6–3 record against these four schools.

Postseason

ACC Tournament

Clemson entered the ACC Tournament as the #2 seed by virtue of winning the ACC Atlantic Division (Virginia claimed the #1 seed by virtue of winning both the Coastal Division and the ACC regular season). The Tigers competed in the Pool B of round robin play, which included #3 seed Georgia Tech, #6 seed Virginia Tech, and #7 seed N.C. State. The Tigers dropped their first two games against the Wolfpack and Hokies (both were teams that the Tigers swept in the regular season) before winning their final game against the Yellow Jackets (who swept the Tigers during the regular season) to finish the tournament with a 1–2 record. Florida State, whom the Tigers swept to win the Atlantic Division crown, defeated N.C. State in the championship game to win the ACC Championship.

With their victory over Georgia Tech, Clemson became the first team to win 100 games in ACC Tournament history.[3]

NCAA Tournament

Clemson was awarded the #2 seed in the Auburn Regional of the 2010 NCAA tournament. On June 4, the Tigers opened regional play with #3 seed and Conference USA champion Southern Miss. The Tigers totaled 12 hits and used 6 runs in the sixth inning to top the Golden Eagles, 10–1. On June 5, Clemson faced #1 seed and host Auburn in a match-up of conference division champions (Clemson having won the ACC Atlantic title, while Auburn won the SEC West title). The ACC Tigers prevailed over the SEC Tigers, 5–2, behind a complete game performance by pitcher Casey Harman. The following night, however, Auburn won 11–10, using a three run home run by Creede Simpson in the 9th inning to rally past Clemson and force a deciding championship game. On June 7, Clemson prevailed, using clutch hitting and timely plays on defense to defeat Auburn, 13–7, and win the Auburn Regional Championship. In the 1st inning of the championship game, two-sport standout Kyle Parker hit his 20th home run of the season, becoming the 1st Division I athlete to throw 20 touchdown passes in football and hit 20 home runs in baseball in the same academic year.[4]

Clemson was named one of the eight schools to host a Super Regional, as the Tigers were paired up against Atlanta Regional champions, Alabama. The Crismon Tide knocked off #8 national seed (and Tiger ACC rival) Georgia Tech, which gave the Tigers the opportunity to receive its 1st super regional bid since 2006. In the 1st game of the super regional, the Crimson Tide used two errors in the 3rd inning to score 4 runs and jump out to a 5–0 lead, then held on to claim a 5–4 victory over the Tigers. In the 2nd super regional game, however, the Tigers jumped out to a 6–0 lead and never looked back, tallying 20 hits and 9 walks against Alabama's pitching staff in a 19–5 victory to force a deciding game 3 for a CWS berth. In game three, Clemson erased an early 1–0 deficit to take an 8–1 lead into the ninth inning and held of an Alabama rally to win 8–6 and earn a College World Series bid, the Tigers' eleventh overall and first since 2006.

College World Series

By virtue of the Super Regional win against Alabama, Clemson joined Arizona State, Florida, Florida State, Oklahoma, South Carolina, TCU, and UCLA in the 2010 College World Series. Clemson was the only team to advance to the CWS that was ranked lower than a #1 seed during regional play. On June 21, the Tigers defeated #1 national seed Arizona State, 6–3, in a game that was delayed to a 10:00 A.M. (CST) start time due to rain and lightning the previous evening. The Tigers used strong pitching performances by Casey Harman and Alex Frederick, along with great play on defense, to hold the Sun Devils to only three runs. Offensively, the Tigers took advantage of a poor outing by ASU starting pitcher Scott Blair and several defensive miscues en route to scoring 6 runs and totaling 14 hits. On June 22, the Tigers played the Oklahoma Sooners. They secured a 6–1 lead after 5 innings against the Sooners before play was stopped at 10:08 P.M. (CST) due to inclement weather. The game was resumed the following afternoon, with Clemson holding off a late Sooner rally to win 6–4. Clemson then went on to face in state rival South Carolina, dropping the next two games to the Gamecocks 5–1 and 6–4 to be eliminated from the tournament. South Carolina ultimately went on to win the tournament by beating UCLA twice in the finals.

Honors and awards

All-ACC 1st Team

• Kyle Parker (OF)

All-ACC 2nd Team

• Mike Freeman (2B)
• Jeff Schaus (OF)

Auburn Regional All-Tournament Team

• Wilson Boyd (OF)
• Mike Freeman (2B)
• Casey Harman (P)
• John Hinson (3B) – MVP
• Jeff Schaus (OF)
• Scott Weisman (P)

Coaching staff

Name	Title	First Season at CU	Alma Mater
Jack Leggett	Head Coach	1994	Maine (1976)
Tom Riginos	Associate Head Coach	2003	Stetson (1990)
Dan Pepicelli	Assistant Head Coach	2010	SUNY Cortland (1990)
Michael Johnson	Volunteer Assistant Coach	2009	Clemson (2008)

Schedule/Results

2010 Clemson Tigers baseball Game Log
Regular Season Date Opponent^# Rank^# Location Win Loss Save Attend Result Record (ACC) February 19* Miami, Ohio #15 Doug Kingsmore Stadium • Clemson, South Carolina Harman (1–0) Melling (0–1) 5,915 W 11–0 1–0 February 20* vs. Michigan State #15 Fluor Field at the West End • Greenville, South Carolina Weismann (1–0) Bucciferro (0–1) 3,563 W 10–2 2–0 February 21* Furman #15 Doug Kingsmore Stadium • Clemson, South Carolina Brady (1–0) Benton (0–1) Meyer (1) 5,539 W 8–5 3–0 February 26* Wright State #15 Doug Kingsmore Stadium • Clemson, South Carolina Harman (2–0) Kaminsky (0–1) Frederick (1) 3,884 W 4–3 4–0 February 27* Wright State #15 Doug Kingsmore Stadium • Clemson, South Carolina Haselden (1–0) Schum (0–1) 4,690 W 8–6 5–0 February 28* Wright State #15 Doug Kingsmore Stadium • Clemson, South Carolina Lamb (1–0) Friedman (0–1) 4,027 W 12–6 6–0 March 3* Dayton #9 Doug Kingsmore Stadium • Clemson, South Carolina Cruz (1–0) Mitchem (0–3) 3,268 W 6–5^10 7–0 March 5* #23 South Carolina #9 Doug Kingsmore Stadium • Clemson, South Carolina (Clemson–South Carolina rivalry) Haselden (2–0) Roth (0–1) 6,346 W 4–3 8–0 March 6* vs. #23 South Carolina #9 Fluor Field at the West End • Greenville, South Carolina (Clemson–South Carolina rivalry) Price (1–0) Cruz (1–1) Roth (1) 7,105 L 5–7 8–1 March 7* @ #23 South Carolina #9 Carolina Stadium • Columbia, South Carolina (Clemson–South Carolina rivalry) Weismann (2–0) Webb (0–1) 8,214 W 19–6 9–1 March 10* Gardner–Webb #7 Doug Kingsmore Stadium • Clemson, South Carolina Sarratt (1–0) Scarborough (0–2) 3,111 W 13–2 10–1 March 13 NC State #7 Doug Kingsmore Stadium • Clemson, South Carolina Harman (3–0) Mazzoni (2–1) 4,895 W 12–7 11–1 (1–0) NC State #7 Doug Kingsmore Stadium • Clemson, South Carolina Leone (1–0) Tzamtzis (1–1) W 12–6 12–1 (2–0) March 14 NC State #7 Doug Kingsmore Stadium • Clemson, South Carolina Meyer (1–0) Sasser (2–1) 3,663 W 7–6 13–1 (3–0) March 16* @ Charlotte #7 Hayes Stadium • Charlotte, North Carolina Lawson (1–0) Cruz (1–2) 1,832 L 10–11 13–2 March 17* Georgia Southern #7 Doug Kingsmore Stadium • Clemson, South Carolina Kent (1–0) Beck (0–3) 3,409 W 22–6 14–2 March 19 Virginia Tech #7 Doug Kingsmore Stadium • Clemson, South Carolina Harman (4–0) Wright (2–3) Haselden (1) 3,862 W 3–0 15–2 (4–0) March 20 Virginia Tech #7 Doug Kingsmore Stadium • Clemson, South Carolina Lamb (2–0) Hahn (4–1) Frederick (2) 5,580 W 5–2 16–2 (5–0) Virginia Tech #7 Doug Kingsmore Stadium • Clemson, South Carolina Weisman (3–0) Mantiply Meyer (2) W 13–8 17–2 (6–0) March 23* Elon #5 Doug Kingsmore Stadium • Clemson, South Carolina Ferrer (2–1) Firth (0–1) 3,496 L 10–15 17–3 March 24* Elon #5 Doug Kingsmore Stadium • Clemson, South Carolina Girdwood (2–0) Meyer (1–1) 3,851 L3–4^10 17–4 March 26 @ #2 Virginia #5 Davenport Field • Charlottesville, Virginia Wilson (3–1) Haselden (2–1) 2,305 L 3–4 17–5 (6–1) March 27 @ #2 Virginia #5 Davenport Field • Charlottesville, Virginia Lamb (3–0) Mayberry (0–1) Haselden (2) 3,540 W 8–5 18–5 (7–1) @ #2 Virginia #5 Davenport Field • Charlottesville, Virginia Winiarski (3–0) Weisman (3–1) Arico (8) 3,012 L 1–3 18–6 (7–2) March 31* #15 Coastal Carolina #10 Doug Kingsmore Stadium • Clemson, South Carolina Fleet (3–1) Haselden (2–2) 5,609 L 3–4^11 18–7 April 2 Boston College #10 Doug Kingsmore Stadium • Clemson, South Carolina Harman (5–0) Dennhardt (1–5) Cruz (1) 6,064 W 15–2 19–7 (8–2) April 3 Boston College #10 Doug Kingsmore Stadium • Clemson, South Carolina Dean (5–0) Lamb (3–1) 5,587 L 5–11 19–8 (8–3) April 4 Boston College #10 Doug Kingsmore Stadium • Clemson, South Carolina Haselden (3–2) Moran (2–4) 3,925 W 14–9 20–8 (9–3) April 6* @ Georgia #11 Foley Field • Athens, Georgia Leone (2–0) Swegman (0–2) 3,783 W 15–5 21–8 April 7* Georgia #11 Doug Kingsmore Stadium • Clemson, South Carolina Meyer (2–1) Hawkins (0–2) 6,346 W 14–6 22–8 April 9 @ Duke #11 Jack Coombs Field • Durham, North Carolina Knott (2–0) Frederick (0–1) Stroman (3) 788 L 9–10 22–9 (9–4) April 10 @ Duke #11 Jack Coombs Field • Durham, North Carolina Cruz (2–2) Knott (2–1) 1,418 W 11–5^11 23–9 (10–4) April 11 @ Duke #11 Jack Coombs Field • Durham, North Carolina Bebout (4–0) Lamb (3–2) 819 L 2–7 23–10 (10–5) April 14* Western Carolina #16 Doug Kingsmore Stadium • Clemson, South Carolina Chilcoat (1–0) Kent (1–1) Ottone (7) 3,990 L 5–7 23–11 April 16 @ #5 Georgia Tech #16 Russ Chandler Stadium • Atlanta Robinson (4–0) Haselden (3–3) 2,448 L 6–8^10 23–12 (10–6) April 17 @ #5 Georgia Tech #16 Russ Chandler Stadium • Atlanta, Georgia Cumpton (6–0) Weisman (3–2) Robinson (3) 2,491 L 3–4 23–13 (10–7) April 18 @ #5 Georgia Tech #16 Russ Chandler Stadium • Atlanta, Georgia Bailey (5–2) Lamb (3–3) 2,687 L 3–11 23–14 (10–8) April 21* USC-Upstate #20 Doug Kingsmore Stadium • Clemson, South Carolina Haselden (4–3) Brannon (2–7) 3,752 W 22–4 24–14 April 23 North Carolina #20 Doug Kingsmore Stadium • Clemson, South Carolina Harvey (5–2) Harman (5–1) 5,391 L 3–5 24–15 (10–9) April 24 North Carolina #20 Doug Kingsmore Stadium • Clemson, South Carolina Frederick (1–1) Morin (5–2) Lamb (1) 5,118 W 10–6 25–15 (11–9) April 25 North Carolina #20 Doug Kingsmore Stadium • Clemson, South Carolina Johnson (4–3) Lamb (3–4) Holt (3) 4,777 L 3–4 25–16 (11–10) May 1* Florida Gulf Coast #25 Doug Kingsmore Stadium • Clemson, South Carolina Sale (7–0) Haselden (4–4) Wagoner (8) 4,017 L 2–4 25–17 May 2* Florida Gulf Coast #25 Doug Kingsmore Stadium • Clemson, South Carolina Weisman (4–2) Erath (5–2) Cruz (2) 4,745 W 9–3 26–17 Florida Gulf Coast #25 Doug Kingsmore Stadium • Clemson, South Carolina Frederick (2–1) Barners (2–2) W 7–6 27–17 May 4* Florida Gulf Coast #24 Doug Kingsmore Stadium • Clemson, South Carolina Frederick (3–1) Nathanson (4–3) 4,056 W 14–2 28–17 May 7 @ Maryland #24 Shipley Field • College Park, Maryland Harman (6–1) B. Harman (4–8) 541 W 18–6 29–17 (12–10) May 8 @ Maryland #24 Shipley Field • College Park, Maryland Frederick (4–1) Dischert (0–1) 908 W 12–8 30–17 (13–10) May 9 @ Maryland #24 Shipley Field • College Park, Maryland Cruz (3–2) Kolarek (1–3) 517 W 7–5 31–17 (14–10) May 11* vs. Furman #22 Fluor Field at the West End • Greenville, South Carolina Firth (1–1) Benton (0–5) 3,417 W 12–1 32–17 May 14 @ Wake Forest #22 Gene Hooks Field • Winston-Salem, North Carolina Stadler (3–3) Harman (6–2) 803 L 5–9 32–18 (14–11) May 15 @ Wake Forest #22 Gene Hooks Field • Winston-Salem, North Carolina Weisman (5–2) Dimock (2–9) 679 W 17–5 33–18 (15–11) May 16 @ Wake Forest #22 Gene Hooks Field • Winston-Salem, North Carolina Cooney (4–6) Leone (2–1) 802 L 2–11 33–19 (15–12) May 18* Presbyterian #22 Doug Kingsmore Stadium • Clemson, South Carolina Firth (2–1) Harmon (2–8) 3,968 W 8–2 34–19 May 20 #8 Florida State #22 Doug Kingsmore Stadium • Clemson, South Carolina Frederick (5–1) Parker (3–1) Cruz (3) 4,181 W 9–8 35–19 (16–12) May 21 #8 Florida State #22 Doug Kingsmore Stadium • Clemson, South Carolina Weisman (6–2) Busch (4–1) 4,495 W 8–4 36–19 (17–12) May 22 #8 Florida State #22 Doug Kingsmore Stadium • Clemson, South Carolina Frederick (6–1) Gast (6–3) 5,108 W 8–3 37–19 (18–12) *Non-Conference Game. ^#Rankings from ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll.[5] ^1Note that rankings above 25 are not official rankings. They are representations of ranking based on the number of points received in the weekly poll.
2010 ACC Baseball Tournament Date Opponent^# Seed Location Win Loss Save Attend Result Record (ACC) May 26 vs. #7 N.C. State #2 NewBridge Bank Park • Greensboro, North Carolina Sogard (2–2) Frederick (6–2) 4,893 L 8–13 37–20 (0–1) May 28 vs. #6 Virginia Tech #2 NewBridge Bank Park • Greensboro, North Carolina Rowen (5–1) Kyle (0–1) 3,419 L 8–9 37–21 (0–2) May 29 vs. #3 Georgia Tech #2 NewBridge Bank Park • Greensboro, North Carolina Lamb (4–4) Bradley (9–4) 3,725 W 9–3 38–21 (1–2) ^#Rankings indicate tournament seeds
2010 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament – Auburn, Alabama Regional Date Opponent^# Seed Location Win Loss Save Attend Result Record (NCAA) June 4 #3 Southern Miss #2 Plainsman Park • Auburn, Alabama Weisman (7–2) Copeland (11–1) 2,875 W 10–1 39–21 (1–0) June 5 #1 Auburn #2 Plainsman Park • Auburn, Alabama Harman (7–2) Dayton (8–3) 4,096 W 5–2 40–21 (2–0) June 6 #1 Auburn #2 Plainsman Park • Auburn, Alabama Hubbard (6–2) Cruz (3–3) 3,326 L 10–11 40–22 (2–1) June 7 #1 Auburn #2 Plainsman Park • Auburn, Alabama Frederick (7–2) Jacobs (0–2) Brady (1) 4,096 W 13–7 41–22 (3–1) ^#Rankings indicate regional seeds
2010 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament – Clemson, South Carolina Super Regional Date Opponent^# Seed Location Win Loss Save Attend Result Record (NCAA) June 12 Alabama Doug Kingsmore Stadium • Clemson, South Carolina Nelson (9–3) Harman (7–3) Smith (6) 6,346 L 4–5 41–23 (3–2) June 13 Alabama Doug Kingsmore Stadium • Clemson, South Carolina Weisman (8–2) Morgan (7–5) 6,024 W 19–5 42–23 (4–2) June 14 Alabama Doug Kingsmore Stadium • Clemson, South Carolina Leone (3–1) Kilcrease (8–3) Lamb (2) 5,250 W 8–6 43–23 (5–2) ^#Rankings indicate national seeds
2010 College World Series Date Opponent^# Seed Location Win Loss Save Attend Result Record (NCAA) June 21 #1 Arizona State Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska Harman (8–3) Blair (12–1) Frederick (3) 14,198 W 6–3 44–23 (6–2) June 22 Oklahoma Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska Weisman (9–2) Shore (10–5) Frederick (4) 21,527 W 6–4 45–23 (7–2) June 25 South Carolina Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska Roth (2–1) Leone (3–2) 22,334 L 1–5 45–24 (7–3) June 26 South Carolina Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 45–25 (7–4) ^#Rankings indicate national seeds

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