Talk about choking.

Clemson was up 8-6 in the top of the 7th. Auburn was at bat with runners on 2nd & 3rd with 2 outs. Leggett brings in senior right hander Tomas Cruz. Let’s just say he had trouble finding the plate. He hit the first batter. Then walked the 2nd and gave up a couple runs.

In the bottom half, a nice double to right by Mike Freeman drove in a run.

Not much happened in the top of the 8th.

In the bottom of the 8th, Parker had a nice single. Unfortunately he got caught stealing on the next pitch. Nothing else happened that inning and the attempt looked pretty stupid.

Cruz began the top of the 9th well. He got 2 out then walked the #8 hitter on 4-straight. The #9 hitter went down 0-2 before blooping one into center just off the 2nd-baseman’s glove. With Auburn down the last out, the hometown announcers were praying for a wild pitch, instead they received a 3-run homer to left.

Clemson couldn’t mount a sufficient come back in the bottom of the 9th. Clemson couldn’t hang on. Talk about throwing away opportunities.

Posted on Sunday, June 6th, 2010 at 8:31 pm by Broken Gnome

Filed under Baseball, Clemson.

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