No. 12 Clemson (12-3) welcomes No. 11 Coastal Carolina (13-3-1) to Doug Kingsmore Stadium tonight at 6:00PM for a marquee midweek match-up.
The Series
| Meetings: | 55 (first met in 1986) |
| Series Record: | Clemson leads 45-10 |
| Record at Clemson: | Clemson leads 33-6 (Clemson leads 33-6 at DKS) |
| Last Meeting(s): | Teams split two meetings in 2018 CCU won 9-5 at CCU and Clemson won 6-1 at DKS |
| vs. Lee: | Lee leads 13-7 (CU: 2-1; CofC: 11-6) |
Quick Hits
| Clemson is 24-6 all-time on March 13 with an 18-4 mark at home. |
| The Tigers have faced nine of the 12 programs in the Sun Belt (missing Georgia State, Little Rock, and UL Monroe). Clemson is 136-52-1 all-time against those schools, including an 87-25 mark at home. |
| Coach Lee has faced four of the 12 Sun Belt programs (Appalachian State, Coastal Carolina, Georgia Southern, and South Alabama). Lee is 43-28 against the programs, including a 6-3 record at Clemson (2-1 against Coastal Carolina, Georgia Southern, and South Alabama). |
The Chanticleers
| Head Coach: | Gary Gilmore (24th season at Coastal) |
| 2018 Recap: | 43-19 (23-7; 1st Sun Belt East) – Conway Regional – #24 Final Ranking |
| Preseason: | 1st (12 out of 12 first-place votes) in Sun Belt East Division (6 teams) |
| Road Record: | 1-1 (12-8 in 2018) |
| Last Week: | T, 4-4 (11) vs. #2 Oregon State (Seattle, WA) (Sun, 3/10) W, 5-2 vs. Washington (Seattle, WA) (Sat, 3/9) L, 5-8 (8) vs. San Diego (Seattle, WA) (Fri, 3/8) W, 14-8 vs. Wake Forest (Wed, 3/6) W, 10-9 (12) vs. Wake Forest (Tue, 3/5) |
| 2019 Stats | |
| Hitting: | .309 (8.6 RPG) with 37 2B, 7 3B, 16 HR, 97 BB, 32 HBP, 144 K, 36-39 SB |
| Pitching: | 4.39 ERA, .256 OBA (151 hits), 70 BB, & 161 K in 158.0 IP |
| Fielding: | .967 (22 errors in 666 chances) |
The Tigers
| 2018 Recap: | 47-16 (22-8; 1st Atlantic) – Clemson Regional – #18 Final Ranking |
| Preseason: | 3rd (one first-place vote) in ACC Atlantic (7 teams) |
| Home Record: | 10-2 (28-9 in 2018) |
| Last Week: | W, 5-4 vs. #3 North Carolina (Sun, 3/10) W, 17-3 vs. #3 North Carolina (Sat, 3/9) W, 3-2 vs. #3 North Carolina (Sat, 3/9) W, 3-1 @ Furman (Fluor Field) (Tue, 3/5) |
| 2019 Stats | |
| Hitting: | .275 (7.3 RPG) with 31 2B, 25 HR, 75 BB, 21 HBP, 134 K, 29-36 SB |
| Pitching: | 3.83 ERA, .221 OBA (109 hits), 49 BB, & 163 K in 134.0 IP |
| Fielding: | .976 (13 errors in 536 chances) |
Projected Staring Lineups
| Coastal Carolina | ||||
| POS | # | Player | YR | 2019 Stats |
| C | 36 | Kyle Skeels | *JR | .333 BA with 6 2B, 1 HR, & 19 RBI in 17 games |
| 1B | 29 | Zach Biermann | SR | .343 BA with 4 2B, 2 HR, & 17 RBI in 17 games |
| 2B | 1 | Cory Wood | JR | .328 BA with 6 2B, 1 3B, & 5 RBI in 17 games |
| SS | 10 | Scott McKeon | JR | .377 BA with 5 2B, 1 HR, & 13 RBI in 17 games |
| 3B | 7 | Keaton Weisz | *JR | .206 BA with 1 3B, 3 HR, & 13 RBI in 17 games |
| LF | 6 | Cameron Pearcey | *JR | .323 BA with 3 2B, 1 HR, & 11 RBI in 17 games |
| CF | 3 | Parker Chavers | SO | .389 BA with 1 2B, 5 HR, & 21 RBI in 15 games |
| RF | 5 | Kieton Rivers | SR | .351 BA with 5 2B, 1 HR, & 21 RBI in 17 games |
| DH | 17 | Jared Johnson | *SO | .333 BA with 3 2B, 1 HR, & 8 RBI in 15 games |
| Clemson | ||||
| POS | # | Player | YR | 2019 Stats |
| C | 10 | Kyle Wilkie | JR | .289 BA with 3 2B, 7 RBI, & 7 BB in 13 games |
| 1B | 44 | Bryar Hawkins | FR | .370 BA with 1 2B, 2 HR, & 8 RBI in 9 games |
| 2B | 9 | Jordan Greene | GR | .255 BA with 3 2B, 2 HR, & 9 RBI in 15 games |
| SS | 8 | Logan Davidson | JR | .288 BA with 5 2B, 5 HR, & 17 RBI in 15 games |
| 3B | 4 | Grayson Byrd | *SR | .321 BA with 3 2B, 2 HR, & 14 RBI in 15 games |
| LF | 5 | Sam Hall | SO | .357 BA with 6 2B, 3 HR, & 15 RBI in 15 games |
| CF | 13 | Bryce Teodosio | SO | .275 BA with 4 2B, 5 HR, & 14 RBI in 15 games |
| RF | 11 | Michael Green | *SO | .200 BA with 1 2B, 1 HR, & 4 RBI in 14 games |
| DH | 30 | Davis Sharpe | FR | .375 BA with 2 2B, 2 HR, & 7 RBI in 11 games |
Probable Staring Pitchers
| LHP | 18 | Scott Kobos | *JR | 1-1/5 app/2 GS/5.59 ERA (9.2 IP)/.308 OBA (12 hits)/3 BB/13 K |
| RHP | 25 | Jackson Lindley | FR | 0-0/3 app/1 GS/1.35 ERA (6.2 IP)/.222 OBA (6 hits)/4 BB/6 K |
Tiger Career Stats vs. Coastal Carolina
| Player | AVG | G-S | AB | R | H | RBI | BB-K | Other | ||
| Greene | .375 | 2-2 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0-1 | HR | ||
| Davidson | .333 | 3-3 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3-1 | 2 HR, HBP, SH | ||
| Byrd | .200 | 3-3 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1-1 | HR, SH, 1-1 SB | ||
| Wilkie | .000 | 3-2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2-0 | |||
| Cooper | .000 | 1-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | HBP | ||
| Hawkins | .000 | 1-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | |||
| Weatherly | .000 | 1-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | |||
| Teodosio | N/A | 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | |||
| Pitcher | ERA | G-S | W-L | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | OBA |
| Clark | 0.00 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| Marr | 1.50 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 6.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .238 |
| Hennessy | 10.80 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 1.2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .286 |
| Spiers | 13.50 | 1-0 | 0-1 | 1.1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .333 |
| Jones | 20.25 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1.1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | .429 |