Collin Priest hit a three-run home run in the eighth inning Sunday night to pad a lead and Clemson baseball beat South Carolina, 8-2, at Founders Park to sweep the three-game series. Priest's towering blast to right field put the Tigers up,

A nine game winning streak has come to a screeching halt as the Clemson Tigers came away with a three game sweep over the South Carolina Gamecocks.

Paul Mainieri stood on the grass of Fluor Field on Saturday — having already lost his first Palmetto series before every even facing Clemson at home — sounded like a man who lost his wallet and was prepared to trek through a sewer if that’s what it took.