Seventh-ranked Clemson welcomes Winthrop to Doug Kingsmore Stadium today.
First pitch is set for 4 p.m.
The Tigers coming into the game with a 7-0 record, while Winthrop is 3-5. However, the Eagles have won three straight games.
The Series
Meetings: 27 (first met in 1981)
Series Record: Clemson leads 21-6
Record at Clemson: Clemson leads 17-5 (Clemson leads 17-5 at DKS)
Last Meeting(s): Clemson won 6-5 in 11 innings at DKS in 2017
- Lee: Lee leads 4-0 (2-0 at CU; 2-0 at CofC)
Worth Noting
- Clemson is 15-5 all-time on February 27 with an 8-2 mark at home.
- This is the first of three games against Big South opponents for Clemson in 2018. The Tigers host Charleston Southern on March 13 and Presbyterian visits Clemson on April 25.
- Tom Riginos spent eight seasons (2003-10) as an assistant coach at Clemson and is the father of current Tiger student assistant Ben Paulsen.
- Clemson has faced eight of the 10 programs currently in the Big South (missing Longwood and Radford). The Tigers are 132-37 all-time against those schools, including a 98-19 mark at home.
- Monte Lee is 36-11 all-time against current SoCon members (has not faced Gardner-Webb, Liberty, or Longwood), including a 5-0 mark as Clemson’s head coach.
The Eagles
Head Coach: Tom Riginos (8th season at Winthrop)
2017 Record: 34-24 (17-7, 1st Big South) – N/A – NR
Preseason: 1st in Big South (out of 10 teams; received 6 of 10 first place votes)
Road Record: 0-5 (15-12 in 2017)
Last Week: Swept three homes games from UM-Eastern Shore (8-3, 5-1, 5-4) last weekend after dropping two midweek road games to USC Upstate (5-9) and South Carolina (2-15)
2018 Batting Stats: .224 (3.8 RPG) with 9 2B, 2 3B, 3 HR, 24 BB, 7 HBP, 72 K, 9-13 SB
2018 Pitching Stats: 5.64 ERA, .268 OBA (71 hits), 25 BB & 71 K in 67.0 innings
2018 Fielding Stats: .964 (10 errors in 279 chances)
The Tigers
2017 Record: 42-21 (17-13; 3rd Atlantic) – Clemson Regional – 22 USA, 23 BA, 24 D1, 25 CB
2018 Preseason: 3rd in ACC Atlantic Division (7 teams)
Home Record: 7-0 (29-11 in 2017)
Last Week: Swept three home games from tenth-ranked Dallas Baptist (12-1, 9-1, 3-2) after beating Furman 12-4 at home last Tuesday
2018 Batting Stats: .286 (7.1 RPG) with 13 2B, 9 HR, 44 BB, 9 HBP, 46 K, 3-6 SB
2018 Pitching Stats: 2.39 ERA, .183 OBA (42 hits), 17 BB & 76 K in 64.0 innings
2018 Fielding Stats: .988 (3 errors in 251 chances)
Projected Starting Lineups
Winthrop
C 14 Alex Raines (*SO/.357 BA with 1 2B in 7 games in 2018)
1B 31 Tyler Halstead (*SR/.118 BA with 5 RBI & 2 R in 8 games in 2018)
2B 23 Brandon Fite (JR/.222 BA with 1 3B, 1 RBI, & 1 R in 8 games in 2018)
SS 5 Mitch Spires (SR/.194 BA with 2 2B & 3 R in 8 games in 2018)
3B 3 Jake Sullivan (*JR/.207 BA with 1 RBI, 4 R, & 4 BB in 8 games in 2018)
LF 4 Matthew Mulkey (JR/.292 BA with 2 2B, 2 HR, & 6 RBI in 8 games in 2018)
CF 2 Scout McFalls (SO/.259 BA with 1 2B, 1 RBI, & 1 R in 7 games in 2018)
RF 6 Hunter Lipscomb (JR/.280 BA with 2 2B, 1 HR, & 5 RBI in 8 games in 2018)
DH 7 Dillon Morton (FR/.300 BA with 1 3B, 3 RBI, & 5 R in 8 games in 2018)
Clemson
C 10 Kyle Wilkie (SO/.091 BA with 1 2B, 3 R, & 6 BB in 7 games in 2018)
1B 27 Chris Williams (SR/.385 BA with 4 2B, 2 HR, & 12 RBI in 7 games in 2018)
2B 4 Grayson Byrd (*JR/.200 BA with 2 RBI, 1 R, & 1 BB in 7 games in 2018)
SS 8 Logan Davidson (SO/.241 BA with 2 RBI, 5 R, & 4 BB in 7 games in 2018)
3B 25 Patrick Cromwell (SR/.400 BA with 1 2B, 3 RBI, & 7 R in 7 games in 2018)
LF 13 Drew Wharton (SR/.273 BA with 3 RBI 11 RBI, & 3 R in 7 games in 2018)
CF 31 Bryce Teodosio (FR/.316 BA with 2 2B, 1 HR, & 2 RBI in 7 games in 2018)
RF 28 Seth Beer (JR/.304 BA with 2 2B, 2 HR, & 4 RBI in 7 games in 2018)
DH 12 Robert Jolly (SR/.500 BA with 3 2B, 7 RBI & 6 R in 7 games in 2018)
Projected Starting Pitchers
FR LHP 24 Cody Whitten (0-0/1 app/0 GS/0.00 ERA (1.0 IP)/.000 OBA (0 hits)/1 BB/1 K)
FR LHP 22 Sam Weatherly (0-0/1 app/1 GS/3.00 ERA (3.0 IP)/.273 OBA (3 hits)/1 BB/3 K)
Tiger Career Stats vs. Winthrop
Player AVG G-S AB R H RBI BB K HR Other
Robert Jolly 1.000 1-0 2 0 2 1 0 0 0
Grayson Byrd .600 1-1 5 0 3 1 0 2 0
Logan Davidson .400 1-1 5 1 2 0 1 1 0
Seth Beer .375 2-2 8 1 3 3 2 2 0 2B, SF
Chris Williams .286 2-2 7 1 2 2 1 0 1
Jordan Greene .000 2-1 5 1 0 0 1 1 0
Adam Renwick .000 2-1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 HBP, 1-1 SB
Drew Wharton .000 2-1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 SF
Player ERA G-S W-L IP H R ER BB SO OBA
Jacob Hennessy 0.00 1-0 0-0 2.2 2 0 0 2 2 .222
Ryan Miller 0.00 1-0 1-0 1.2 0 0 0 0 1 .000
Brooks Crawford 0.00 2-0 0-0 1.1 3 0 0 0 0 .375
Ryley Gilliam 0.00 2-0 0-0 1.0 1 1 0 1 1 .250
Jake Higginbotham 6.23 1-1 0-0 4.1 3 3 3 1 2 .214
Alex Schnell 16.20 1-0 0-0 1.2 2 3 3 1 2 .250
