Clemson was left for dead in the sixth inning after St. John’s pitcher Jeff Belge struck out Seth Beer for the Tigers’ second out and still trailing by two runs.
The strikeout was the lefty’s ninth of the afternoon, tying a career high. Through the first 5 2/3 innings he allowed just two hits. Even though Logan Davidson and Chris Williams had drawn walks earlier in the inning, it seemed like all was lost when catcher Kyle Wilkie stepped into the batter’s box with two outs.
Wilkie, who was 0-for-2 against Belge to that point, worked his way to a full count when he finally got a hold of one of the lefty’s pitches and drove it to deep left field.