As if freshman right-handed pitcher Davis Sharpe did not show everyone he’s going to be special after his impressive first career start on the mound, the two-way player then proved even more with his bat.
After pitching five complete innings in the first game of Saturday’s doubleheader, where No. 14 Clemson defeated South Alabama 7-2, the freshmen from Dacula, Ga. allowed only two hits, two walks, no runs and had eight strikeouts to earn his first ever career win.
“I just went out there and competed,” Sharpe said after the second game. “Like Coach Lee says, he just wants us to go out there and compete.