DURHAM, N.C. — When fourth-ranked Clemson began the fourth inning Wednesday in its first game of the 2018 ACC Baseball Championship, it was hoping to just tie the game.
Through the first three innings, 11th-seed Notre Dame outplayed the second seed Tigers. The Irish scored the game’s first three runs and had four hits to Clemson’s three. They had already run off starter Spencer Strider.
Notre Dame had all the mojo.
But baseball is a funny game and at some point something is going to happen that no one has seen before. The Clemson fourth turned out to be one of those moments.