Tigers look to bounceback hosting Blue Devils |
The Tigers host Duke in a three-game series at Doug Kingsmore Stadium this weekend.
SERIES SETUP • Who – Duke (21-16, 8-10 ACC) vs. Clemson (25-12, 11-7 ACC) • Best Ranking – DUK – NR; CU – No. 16 Collegiate Baseball • When – Friday (6 p.m.), Saturday (3 p.m.), Sunday (1 p.m.) • Where – Clemson, S.C. (Doug Kingsmore Stadium) • Watch – ACC Network Extra • Video Announcers – Jose Alvarez (Saturday, Sunday), Ron Smith, Pete Yanity • Listen (Radio) – WCCP (105.5 FM), ESPN Upstate • Listen (Internet) – ClemsonTigers.com, TuneIn • Live Stats – ClemsonTigers.com • Tickets – ClemsonTigers.com, 1-800-CLEMSON • Promotion (Friday) – Giveaway – Trading cards set (4/5) for the first 1,000 fans • Promotion (Saturday) – Game Highlight – Military Appreciation Day • Promotion (Sunday) – Game Highlight – Kids run the bases SERIES HISTORY • Overall Record – Clemson leads 130-69-2 (1904-2017) • Record at Clemson – Clemson leads 68-25-1 (1905-2015) STARTING PITCHERS • Friday – RHP Ben Gross (DUK - 5-2, 2.14 ERA) vs. RHP Davis Sharpe (CU - 5-2, 2.06) • Saturday – LHP Bill Chillari (DUK - 2-2, 4.29) vs. LHP Mat Clark (CU - 7-1, 2.84) • Sunday – TBA (DUK) vs. LHP Jacob Hennessy (CU - 3-0, 3.13) CLEMSON OVERVIEW • Clemson, who has a 16-6 home record, lost at No. 4 Georgia 3-2 in 20 innings on Tuesday night. It was the longest game in school history. • The Tigers are averaging 6.3 runs per game and hitting .254 with a .358 on-base percentage, .418 slugging percentage and 63 steals. • The pitching staff has a 3.59 ERA, .227 opponents’ batting average and 2.51 strikeout-to-walk ratio. Clemson is also fielding .970. DUKE OVERVIEW • Duke is led by seventh-year head coach Chris Pollard. • The Blue Devils defeated No. 16 Texas Tech 13-6 at home on Tuesday. They are hitting .277 and have a 3.72 ERA and .962 fielding percentage. • Matt Mervis is hitting .341, Kennie Taylor is batting .337 with four homers and 34 RBIs and Thomas Girard has a team-high five saves. QUICK HITS • Duke won two of three games at Jack Coombs Field in the most-recent series against Clemson in 2016. • The Tigers won both games of a rain-shortened series the last time the Blue Devils visited Clemson in 2015. • Clemson is 21-0 when scoring at least five runs and 4-12 when scoring less than five runs. LONGEST GAME IN CLEMSON HISTORY • Georgia defeated Clemson 3-2 in 20 innings in Athens on April 16 in the longest game in both Bulldog and Tiger history. • The previous longest game in Tiger history was 19 innings in an NCAA Tournament game against Fordham at New Britain, Conn. on May 26, 1988. • Clemson scored two runs in the sixth and Georgia scored two runs in the seventh before the Bulldogs scored a walkoff run in the 20th inning. • The game lasted six hours and 33 minutes and ended at 1:35 a.m. • Clemson’s seven pitchers combined for a school-record 24 strikeouts, besting the previous mark of 23 set against Elon on Feb. 24, 2017. • Tiger pitchers combined to allow just nine hits (eight singles, one double) and one earned run in 19.1 innings pitched. • Grayson Byrd and Bryar Hawkins tied the school record with nine at-bats apiece in the game.
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