AgSouth Homegrown Athlete of the Week ? Daniel Gossett

Daniel Gossett, Baseball, Sophomore, Lyman, SC

Gossett pitched a five-hit shutout in Clemson’s 7-0 win over Duke on Friday.  In 9.0 innings pitched, he did not issue a walk and had three strikeouts in facing just five batters over the minimum to earn the victory.  He also retired the first 13 batters of the game.  It was the first shutout by a Tiger since 2008 and first complete game by a Tiger since 2011. On the season, Gossett is 3-1 with a 1.33 ERA and .192 opponents’ batting average along with 34 strikeouts against 11 walks in 40.2 innings pitched over six starts.