GREENVILLE – Clear the mechanism.
Michael Shaara’s baseball novel about an aging pitcher looking for perfection in For Love of the Game uses that phrase as the pitcher blocks out all distractions with a steely-eyed focus.
Clemson defeated South Carolina 5-0 Saturday in Greenville at Fluor Field behind a young pitcher who showed that same kind of focus.
Senior Clate Schmidt has had a lot of distractions over the last 10 months as he battled cancer and started his comeback, but when took the mound Saturday afternoon there was only one thing on his mind – beating South Carolina.