Notre Dame baseball: Tigers blank Irish

Clemson pitcher Daniel Gossett improved to 7-0 with a complete game, four-hit shutout and an 8-0 victory Saturday over Notre Dame at Eck Stadium.

Gossett struck out 11 and allowed four hits with a walk in 119 pitches to lower his ERA to 1.57.

The Irish had only one extra-base hit and left five runners on. Freshman Cavan Biggio had a single and a double, while fellow freshmen Kyle Fiala and Ryan Lidge each had a single.

Clemson scored three in the third, two in the fifth and three in the eighth to account for the scoring.

CLEMSON 8, NOTRE DAME 0

Daniel Gossett (W, 7-0); Michael Hearne (L, 4-6), Ryan Smoyer (6), Scott Tully (8), Cristian Torres (8), Nick McCarty (9).

2B: (C) Tyler Slaton, Tyler Krieger, Shane Kennedy; (ND) Cavan Biggio.