Following a 5-3 loss to No. 13 Clemson on Friday, South Carolina head coach Paul Mainieri spoke to the media. Here’s everything he had to say. What did you like out of Brandon Stone tonight, giving you guys so much-needed relief there to save the bullpen?

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.

South Carolina and Clemson reengage in their annual rivalry baseball series beginning at 7 p.m. on Friday. Three games in three days in three ballparks.