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 baseball continued its hot start and clinched a series win over South Carolina and Mainieri with a 5-1 victory at Fluor Field in Greenville on Saturday. The No. 13 Tigers, who won 5-3 in Clemson a day earlier, went up two games to none in the rivalry series heading into Sunday’s finale at Founders Park in Columbia.

Clemson's pitching staff shines in a dominant sweep of South Carolina, with stellar performances across the mound leading to a series victory that sets the tone for the Tigers' season.

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.

The Clemson Tigers defeated the South Carolina Gamecocks, 5-3, in the first game of their annual three-game Palmetto Series on Friday night.

The Clemson Tigers won their second straight game over their in-state rivals to clinch a victory in their annual baseball series.

Jacob McGovern and Lucas Mahlstedt combined for zero runs allowed, five strikeouts, one walk and one hit in 4⅓ innings vs. South Carolina (9-1). Clemson scored its fourth run in the fourth inning thanks to an RBI walk, then second baseman Jarren Purify belted a solo home run in the seventh to extend its lead.

Clemson takes down South Carolina to clinch the Palmetto Series, proving once again why this is the greatest rivalry in college baseball.

Clemson's three-game sweep of rival South Carolina moved the Tigers into Baseball America's top five teams on Monday.

The Tigers topped the Gamecocks in Greenville's Flour Field thanks to some heroics from Can Cannarella and an excellent outing from lefty pitcher Ethan Darden.

The University of South Carolina baseball team fell to Clemson, 5-3, in the first game ... and North Carolina within the past 48 hours. The Tigers hope to remain in the national picture for ...

The 67-year-old South Carolina head coach learned of one of the more tense moments in the Carolina-Clemson rivalry, when in 2011 — a year after the Gamecocks and Tigers met in the College World Series — Clemson coach Jack Leggett accused USC star ...