It was not Clemson’s day as the Tigers traveled to Shelby, N.C. and were defeated by Gardner-Webb 9-6 at Keeter Stadium.
Sunday’s starter Jacob Hennessy who has recently had strong midweek starts suffered his first loss of the season by going 2.2 innings while giving up six runs, three of which were earned, on five hits with one walk and four strikeouts.
Clemson jumped out to an early lead as Sam Hall led off the game with a walk. Logan Davidson followed with a single to put two on with no outs. Later in the inning Kyle Wilkie grounded out to shortstop to bring in Hall and give Clemson a 1-0 lead.