GREENVILLE — The only thing pressing about Wednesday’s game against Michigan State was where Clemson leftfielder Seth Beer was going to hit the baseball when he came up to bat with the bases loaded in the top of the fifth inning at Greenville’s Fluor Field.
Everyone in the stadium knew if Spartans’ pitcher Keegan Baar made a mistake it was not a question of if Beer would hit a home run, but rather where it might go and what zip code it would land in. With the count full, Baar made that mistake with a fastball inside which the Clemson hitter turned on and sent out of the ballpark for a grand slam.