OXFORD, Miss. — For a fourth straight season, the Clemson baseball team started an NCAA Tournament with a lot of hope following an impressive first win in a regional. However, those hopes were dashed by a disappointing defeat in the second game.
This time it was Mississippi pitcher Doug Nikhazy that got the best of the Tigers as the true freshman limited the Tigers to a season-low four hits in eight innings of work as the Rebels walked out of Swayze Field with a 6-1 victory in Game 4 of the Oxford (Miss.) Regional.
“He did a really good job of hitting his spots,” Clemson first baseman Grayson Byrd said after the game.