CHARLOTTESVILLE – Va. – Clemson pitchers combined for a five-hitter as the Tigers defeated Virginia 3-2 to take the opening game of the series Friday night at Davenport Field.
Jacob Hennessy got the start and pitched well going 5.0 innings and only giving up four hits, two runs and two earned runs. Hennessy was hit with a line drive up the middle in the fifth. Spencer Strider pitched a scoreless sixth. Ryan Miller went 1.2 innings and gave up no hits and no runs. Ryley Gilliam finished it off for the Tigers.
Clemson jumped out front in the third inning.