DURHAM, N.C. \u2014 Jack Leggett just flipped his hat in the air and shrugged his shoulders. He knew at that point his Tigers blew a great opportunity to score some runs in a game they still needed to help their case for a berth in next week\u2019s NCAA Tournament.
\nThat\u2019s the kind of morning it was for Clemson in its 4-1 loss to fourth seeded Florida State in its first ACC Tournament game on Wednesday at Durham Bulls Park in Durham, N.C.
\nDown three runs with one out in the top of the seventh inning, the Tigers loaded the bases on FSU starter Boomer Biegalski, who to that point had owned them through six innings. But Robert Jolly got a one-out single to left field and then Weston Wilson drew a walk.
\nTyler Slaton followed with a fielder\u2019s choice that forced FSU second baseman John Sansone to have to make a difficult play. He instead threw the ball off Wilson\u2019s back on his way to second and the ball rolled into the outfield. But for some reason Jolly stopped at third and before he realized what happened it was too late to go home.
\nThe Seminoles (38-19) then brought in Dylan Silva for Biegalski, who induced pitch-hitter Glenn Baton into a double play ball to first base which Quincy Nieporte turned into a 3-6-3 double play to end threat.
\nIt wasn\u2019t a good day for Jolly. After Chris Okey hit into a groundout with one out in the top of the eighth inning which allowed Clemson\u2019s lone run to come home, the Tigers designated hitter struck out looking to leave runners at second and third to end the inning.
\nDuggar, who singled to centerfield with one out in the eighth inning, scored on Okey\u2019s RBI-grounder to first.
\nFlorida State took a 3-0 lead in the bottom of third inning when D.J. Stewart took Matthew Crownover\u2019s 3-2 pitch off the left field wall which Reed Rohlman missed played and could not get from hitting the wall. Stewart\u2019s two-out triple allowed Taylor Walls to score from third and John Sansone from first.
\nQuincy Nieporte followed Steward\u2019s triple with a single to right field to plate Steward for a 3-0 advantage.
\nCrownover (10-2) gave up nothing after that, despite suffering his second loss of the season. The ACC\u2019s Pitcher of the Year gave up just three hits but two of them were crucial in FSU\u2019s victory, it\u2019s first on the Tigers in four tries this year.
\nClemson (31-26) swept the Seminoles on Tallahassee, Fla., last weekend.
\nCrownover went seven innings and struck eight batters. FSU\u2019s Biegalski earned the victory, his sixth of the season, after pitching 6.1 scoreless innings. He gave up just four hits, had seven strikeouts and issued one walk.
\nThe Tigers left seven runners on base in the last three innings and four of those were in scoring position. Billy Stode picked up his 13th save of the season by striking out Duggar with two outs in the ninth and runners on first and second base.
\nClemson will play third-ranked Louisville at 3 p.m. on Thursday.<\/p>\n