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 t

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.