No. 13 Clemson brought out the brooms against rival South Carolina, completing a three-game sweep of the Gamecocks on Sunday with an 8-2 victory at Founder’s Park in

Clemson Head Coach Erik Bakich, pitcher Ethan Darden and South Carolina Head Coach speak about game two of the Palmetto Series at Fluor Field in Greenville.

Clemson Head Coach Erik Bakich, pitcher Ethan Darden and South Carolina Head Coach speak about game two of the Palmetto Series at Fluor Field in Greenville.

Crews are working to contain the blaze. Clemson Head Coach Erik Bakich, pitcher Ethan Darden and South Carolina Head Coach speak about game two of the Palmetto Series at Fluor Field in Greenville.

Clemson Head Coach Erik Bakich, pitcher Ethan Darden and South Carolina Head Coach speak about game two of the Palmetto Series at Fluor Field in Greenville. The best soundbites from Clemson Football Head Coach Dabo Swinney's press conference before day one of spring practice.

Clemson Head Coach Erik Bakich, pitcher Ethan Darden and South Carolina Head Coach speak about game two of the Palmetto Series at Fluor Field in Greenville. The best soundbites from Clemson Football Head Coach Dabo Swinney's press conference before day one of spring practice. Clemson baseball and South Carolina baseball speak about game one of the Palmetto Series.

Ethan Darden steps up in the biggest rivalry of them all, delivering a career-defining performance that could change Clemson’s season.

The Tigers built a quick 4-0 lead Friday and held on for the win. The series shifts to Fluor Field in Greenville on Saturday.

Clemson head coach Erik Bakich didn’t hesitate when asked about the upcoming rivalry series against South Carolina.“It’s the best rivalry in college baseball, bar-none,” Bakich said Tuesday after the Tigers’ win over Winthrop.

Clemson finished up a three-game baseball sweep of South Carolina with an 8-2 win Sunday night in Columbia.

The idea that tensions would rise to that extreme between himself and current Clemson coach Erik Bakich seems impossible to Mainieri. Though the first-year USC coach admitted he didn’t know Bakich much, they have a great mutual friend in East Carolina coach Cliff Godwin, who has always said great things about Bakich, his former college teammate.