There's a lot of confidence surrounding this Clemson Tigers baseball team. Since Erik Bakich left Michigan to take the head coaching job with Clemson ahead of the 2023 season, they have taken major steps forward as a program,

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

Clemson continued its dominance over South Carolina with a commanding three-game sweep, capping it off with an 8-2 win on Sunday at Founder’s Park in Columbia. The Tigers have now beaten the Gamecocks five straight times and claimed the series in three of the past four seasons.