No. 12 Clemson (13-3, 3-0 ACC) welcomes Notre Dame (6-9, 2-1 ACC) to Doug Kingsmore Stadium for a three-game ACC series. Game times are scheduled for 6:00PM Friday, 3:00PM Saturday, and 1:00PM Sunday.
The Series
| Meetings: | 17 (first met in 1994) |
| Series Record: | Clemson leads 11-6 |
| Record at Clemson: | Clemson leads 4-3 (Clemson leads 4-3 at DKS) |
| Last Meeting(s): | Clemson won 2 of 3 games at ND in 2018 (2-5, 6-3, 5-2) Clemson won 21-4 (7) at the 2018 ACC Tournament |
| vs. Lee: | Lee leads 9-1 (CU: 9-1) |
Quick Hits
| Clemson is 25-12-1 all-time on March 15 with a 14-6 mark at home. |
| The Tigers are 17-15 all-time on March 16 with an 11-3 mark at home. |
| Clemson is 26-15 all-time on March 17 with a 12-4 mark at home. |
| After losing five of the first seven games in the all-time series, the Tigers have won nine of the last 10 meetings over the last three seasons. |
The Fighting Irish
| Head Coach: | Mik Aoki (9th season at ND) |
| 2018 Recap: | 24-30 (12-18; 6th Atlantic) – N/A – NR |
| Preseason: | 6th in ACC Atlantic Division (7 teams) |
| Road Record: | 3-5 (7-13 in 2018) |
| Last Week: | L, 9-16 @ Western Carolina (Wed, 3/15) W, 9-8 (10) @ Wake Forest (Sun, 3/10) L, 4-7 @ Wake Forest (Sun, 3/10) W, 7-4 @ Wake Forest (Sat, 3/9) |
| 2019 Stats | |
| Hitting: | .255 (5.3 RPG) with 22 2B, 2 3B, 11 HR, 66 BB, 8 HBP, 124 K, 15-18 SB |
| Pitching: | 2.59 ERA, .205 OBA (88 hits), 44 BB, & 144 K in 118.0 IP |
| Fielding: | .961 (21 errors in 545 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 Division (7 teams) |
| Home Record: | 11-2 (28-9 in 2018) |
| Last Week: | W, 8-5 vs. #11 Coastal Carolina (Wed, 3/13) 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) |
| 2019 Stats | |
| Hitting: | .279 (7.4 RPG) with 32 2B, 27 HR, 76 BB, 22 HBP, 143 K, 30-38 SB |
| Pitching: | 4.12 ERA, .220 OBA (87 hits), 39 BB, & 141 K in 107.0 IP |
| Fielding: | .975 (14 errors in 569 chances) |
Projected Staring Lineups
| Notre Dame | ||||
| POS | # | Player | YR | 2019 Stats |
| C | 3 | David LaManna | SO | .278 BA with 1 2B, 2 RBI, & 9 BB in 11 games |
| 1B | 31 | Daniel Jung | JR | .288 BA with 2 2B, 1 HR, & 12 RBI in 15 games |
| 2B | 6 | Ethan Copeland | JR | .250 BA with 4 R & 5 BB in 13 games |
| SS | 16 | Jared Miller | SO | .250 BA with 2 2B, 8 RBI, & 5 BB in 15 games |
| 3B | 12 | Niko Kavadas | SO | .193 BA with 1 2B, 5 HR, & 12 RBI in 15 games |
| LF | 1 | Ryan Cole | SO | .209 BA with 1 2B, 1 3B, & 1 RBI in 14 games |
| CF | 2 | Spencer Myers | SO | .315 BA with 2 2B, 4 RBI, & 13 R in 15 games |
| RF | 15 | Eric Gilgenbach | SR | .271 BA with 6 2B, 5 HR, & 19 RBI in 15 games |
| DH | 4 | Carter Putz | FR | .327 BA with 4 2B, 6 RBI, & 9 R 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 | .367 BA with 1 2B, 2 HR, & 8 RBI in 10 games |
| 2B | 9 | Jordan Greene | GR | .240 BA with 3 2B, 2 HR, & 10 RBI in 16 games |
| SS | 8 | Logan Davidson | JR | .321 BA with 5 2B, 6 HR, & 19 RBI in 16 games |
| 3B | 4 | Grayson Byrd | *SR | .333 BA with 4 2B, 2 HR, & 14 RBI in 16 games |
| LF | 1 | Kier Meredith | SO | .350 BA with 2 2B, 1 RBI, & 4 BB in 8 games |
| CF | 13 | Bryce Teodosio | SO | .278 BA with 4 2B, 5 HR, & 14 RBI in 16 games |
| RF | 5 | Sam Hall | SO | .367 BA with 6 2B, 3 HR, & 16 RBI in 16 games |
| DH | 30 | Davis Sharpe | FR | .372 BA with 2 2B, 2 HR, & 8 RBI in 12 games |
Probable Staring Pitchers
| Game One | ||||
| LHP | 40 | Tommy Sheehan | SO | 2-1/4 app/4 GS/3.86 ERA (23.1 IP)/.253 OBA (23 hits)/7 BB/21 K |
| RHP | 30 | Davis Sharpe | FR | 2-0/4 app/4 GS/2.18 ERA (20.2 IP)/.181 OBA (13 hits)/8 BB/30 K |
| Game Two | ||||
| LHP | 26 | Cameron Brown | JR | 0-1/4 app/4 GS/5.95 ERA (19.2 IP)/.310 OBA (26 hits)/11 BB/29 K |
| LHP | 20 | Mat Clark | *SO | 3-0/4 app/1 GS/2.40 ERA (15.0 IP)/.189 OBA (10 hits)/4 BB/18 K |
| Game Three | ||||
| RHP | 32 | Cameron Junker | JR | 1-2/4 app/4 GS/4.82 ERA (18.2 IP)/.301 OBA (22 hits)/7 BB/18 K |
| LHP | 46 | Keyshawn Askew | FR | 2-0/4 app/3 GS/3.44 ERA (18.1 IP)/.190 OBA (12 hits)/4 BB/17 K |
Tiger Career Stats vs. Notre Dame
| Player | AVG | G-S | AB | R | H | RBI | BB-K | Other | ||
| Hall | 1.000 | 2-1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2-0 | 2B, HBP | ||
| Hawkins | .500 | 1-1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1-1 | 2B, SF | ||
| Meredith | .400 | 3-3 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2-3 | 3B, HR, 2 HBP, 3 SB | ||
| Wilkie | .308 | 4-4 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 5-2 | HR | ||
| Greene | .263 | 7-6 | 19 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 6-2 | HR, SF, 2 SB | ||
| Byrd | .250 | 5-4 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4-5 | HR, SH | ||
| Davidson | .231 | 7-7 | 26 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 6-6 | 2B, 2 HR, SH | ||
| Cooper | .000 | 1-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | |||
| Pitcher | ERA | G-S | W-L | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | OBA |
| Marr | 0.00 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .167 |
| Jones | 0.00 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 1.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .200 |
| Huggins | 0.00 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| Spiers | 0.00 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .500 |
| Crawford | 1.80 | 4-1 | 3-0 | 15.0 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | .193 |
| Clark | 3.38 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 2.2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .250 |
| Hennessy | 3.86 | 2-0 | 0-1 Save |
9.1 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 5 | .206 |
| Strider | 13.50 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 2.0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | .500 |