Clemson, S.C. - Stan Widmann hit a pair of homers and Jeff Schaus added a two-run shot leading Clemson to a 12-6 win over the College of Charleston in college baseball action before 4,308 at Doug Kingsmore Stadium on Tuesday.

With the win, the Tigers improved to 27-25-1, while the Cougars fell to 34-18.  Charleston opens a crucial three-game Southern Conference series at Western Carolina at 7 p.m. on Thursday.

Schaus, a freshman, belted a two-run first inning homer to left center that gave the Tigers a 2-0 lead.  It was his first homer of the season.

After Charleston's Stuart Haywood cut the margin to 2-1 with an RBI single in the second, Clemson scored seven times in the bottom of the inning highlighted by Widmann's three-run homer to left for a 5-1 lead.  The Tigers added four more runs in the inning for a 9-1 advantage.

Mike Hentz's RBI double in the sixth cut the Clemson lead to 9-2.  Widmann's second homer of the game was a two-run blast to left in the seventh that gave Clemson a 12-2 lead.

Charleston's Jeremie Tice added two-run homers in the eighth and ninth innings for the final margin.  Tice has 17 homers and 68 RBIs on the season.

Casey Harman (1-5) picked up the win in relief for Clemson when he blanked the Cougars on just one hit with three strikeouts over two innings.  Clay Caulfield (4-3) suffered the loss.