Clemson to host Winthrop Tuesday |
The Tigers host Winthrop at Doug Kingsmore Stadium on Tuesday at 4 p.m.
GAME SETUP • Who - Winthrop (3-5) vs. Clemson (7-0) • Best Rankings - WIN - NR; CU - No. 7 CB • When - Tuesday (4 p.m.) • Where - Clemson, S.C. (Doug Kingsmore Stadium) • Watch - ACC Network Extra • Video Announcers - Marty Clary, Chuck Hussion • Listen - TigerCast, Clemson Tigers Network • Live Stats - ClemsonTigers.com • Social Media - ClemsonBaseball • Tickets - ClemsonTigers.com, 1-800-CLEMSON • Promotion - Fans can purchase a ticket for only $2. • Promotion - The first 500 fans receive a Brad Miller poster. SERIES HISTORY • Overall Record - Clemson leads 21-6 (1981-17) • Record at Clemson - Clemson leads 17-5 (1981-17) STARTING PITCHERS • LHP Cody Whitten (WIN - 0-0, 0.00 ERA) vs. LHP Sam Weatherly (CU - 0-0, 3.00) CLEMSON OVERVIEW • Clemson swept No. 10 Dallas Baptist in three games at home by a combined score of 24-4 last weekend. • The Tigers are averaging 7.1 runs per game and hitting .286 with a .418 on-base percentage and three steals. • The pitching staff has a 2.39 ERA, .183 opponents’ batting average and 4.47 strikeout-to-walk ratio and Clemson is fielding .988. WINTHROP OVERVIEW • Winthrop is led by eighth-year head coach Tom Riginos. • The Eagles swept Maryland-Eastern Shore in three games last weekend. They are hitting .224 and have a 5.64 ERA and .964 fielding percentage. • Matthew Mulkey has a team-high two homers and six RBIs, while Alex Raines is hitting .357. QUICK HITS • Winthrop head coach Tom Riginos was an assistant coach at Clemson for eight seasons (2003-10). • Tiger student assistant coach Ben Paulsen, who starred at Clemson from 2007-09 and later played in the majors, is the son of Tom Riginos. • Clemson is 7-0 for the first time since 2010, when the Tigers started the season 8-0. SENIOR LEADERS • Clemson has relied on four seniors in the heart of the lineup to achieve its 7-0 record this season. • Patrick Cromwell, Chris Williams, Robert Jolly and Drew Wharton have been Clemson's 3-6 hitters of late. • The four have combined to go 34-for-88 (.386) with eight doubles, five homers and 33 RBIs in seven games. • Cromwell is hitting .400, Jolly is batting a team-high .500, Williams is hitting .385 and Wharton is batting .273. • Wharton, who entered the season with no career homers, hit three long balls in the series against No. 10 Dallas Baptist in February.
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