CLEMSON – Clemson baseball players stood along the first base line following Sunday’s blowout loss to Vanderbilt, tears streaming down many faces, and sang the alma mater acapella with the few fans left in the stands. It was a poignant moment, showing that college athletics goes above and beyond simple wins and losses.
Sunday’s loss to Vanderbilt, however, wasn’t a simple loss. It was a blowout loss of record proportions. A shortstop who had homered just four times in his previous three SEASONS hit three homers in seven innings against Clemson’s beleaguered pitching staff.
As head coach Monte Lee said after the game, the Tigers simply ran out of arms.