No. 15 Clemson (18-6) travels to BB&T Ballpark in Charlotte, NC to face Charlotte (11-12) at 7:00PM tonight.
The Series
| Meetings: | 15 (first met in 1985) |
| Series Record: | Clemson leads 12-3 |
| Record at Charlotte: | Clemson leads 3-1 (first meeting at BB&T Ballpark) |
| Last Meeting(s): | Clemson won 7-6 at Clemson on Feb 18 Clemson won 11-10 at Charlotte in 2010 |
| vs. Lee: | Lee leads 2-0 (CU: 1-0; CofC: 1-0) |
Quick Hits
| Clemson is 32-17-1 all-time on March 26 with a 5-8 mark on the road. |
| This is the fourth game at a minor league park for the Tigers in 2019. Clemson defeated South Carolina 11-5 at Fluor Field on March 2, beat Furman 3-1 at Fluor Field on March 5, and took down College of Charleston 4-1 at Segra Park last Wednesday. |
| The Tigers have faced nine of the 12 current C-USA programs (missing Louisiana Tech, UT-San Antonio, and Western Kentucky). Clemson is 68-18 all-time in those meetings, including an 8-4 mark on the road. |
| Coach Monte Lee has faced five current C-USA programs (Charlotte, Marshall, Middle Tennessee, Southern Miss, and Western Kentucky). Lee is 4-2 against the programs with all meetings being single games during his time at College of Charleston besides the earlier meeting with Charlotte this season. |
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) |
| Road Record: | 3-2 (15-5 in 2018) |
| Last Week: | L, 2-3 @ Boston College (Sun, 3/24) W, 9-5 @ Boston College (Sat, 3/23) W, 8-1 @ Boston College (Fri, 3/22) W, 4-1 vs. College of Charleston (Columbia, SC) (Wed, 3/20) W, 13-1 vs. College of Charleston (Tue, 3/19) |
| 2019 Stats | |
| Hitting: | .269 (6.8 RPG) with 47 2B, 2 3B, 30 HR, 114 BB, 32 HBP, 207 K, 40-50 SB |
| Pitching: | 3.27 ERA, .232 OBA (183 hits), 71 BB, & 223 K in 215.0 IP |
| Fielding: | .969 (28 errors in 903 chances) |
The 49ers
| Head Coach: | Loren Hibbs (27th season at Charlotte) |
| 2018 Recap: | 34-24 (17-13; 4th C-USA) – N/A – NR |
| Preseason: | 6th in Conference USA (12 teams) |
| Home Record: | 9-8 (22-9 in 2018) |
| Last Week: | W, 8-5 vs. Marshall (Sun, 3/24) L, 4-5 vs. Marshall (Sat, 3/23) L, 6-12 vs. Marshall (Charlotte, NC) (Fri, 3/22) L, 6-14 @ Wake Forest (Tue, 3/19) |
| 2019 Stats | |
| Hitting: | .277 (5.4 RPG) with 38 2B, 5 3B, 13 HR, 81 BB, 33 HBP, 158 K, 15-20 SB |
| Pitching: | 4.65 ERA, .269 OBA (215 hits), 94 BB, & 178 K in 203.1 IP |
| Fielding: | .973 (22 errors in 829 chances) |
Projected Staring Lineups
| Clemson | ||||
| POS | # | Player | YR | 2019 Stats |
| C | 10 | Kyle Wilkie | JR | .294 BA with 3 2B, 10 RBI, & 11 R in 21 games |
| 1B | 44 | Bryar Hawkins | FR | .288 BA with 2 2B, 2 HR, & 9 RBI in 18 games |
| 2B | 9 | Jordan Greene | GR | .229 BA with 3 2B, 3 HR, & 15 RBI in 22 games |
| SS | 8 | Logan Davidson | JR | .333 BA with 6 2B, 7 HR, & 27 RBI in 24 games |
| 3B | 4 | Grayson Byrd | *SR | .283 BA with 7 2B, 2 HR, & 17 RBI in 24 games |
| LF | 5 | Sam Hall | SO | .319 BA with 9 2B, 3 HR, & 17 RBI in 24 games |
| CF | 13 | Bryce Teodosio | SO | .265 BA with 6 2B, 6 HR, & 20 RBI in 24 games |
| RF | 16 | Bo Majkowski | SO | .344 BA with 3 2B, 1 3B, & 5 RBI in 19 games |
| DH | 30 | Davis Sharpe | FR | .303 BA with 2 2B, 2 HR, & 10 RBI in 19 games |
| Charlotte | ||||
| POS | # | Player | YR | 2019 Stats |
| C | 8 | Harris Yett | *SR | .395 BA with 13 2B, 4 HR, & 21 RBI in 23 games |
| 1B | 24 | Dominick Cammarata | *SR | .311 BA with 3 2B, 4 HR, & 14 RBI in 21 games |
| 2B | 2 | Carson Johnson | JR | .311 BA with 5 2B, 10 RBI, & 16 R in 23 games |
| SS | 9 | Tommy Bullock | SR | .233 BA with 3 2B, 1 3B, & 12 RBI in 23 games |
| 3B | 6 | Josh Haney | FR | .278 BA with 1 3B, 10 RBI, & 6 R in 22 games |
| LF | 18 | Drew Ober | *JR | .299 BA with 3 2B, 1 HR, & 11 RBI in 23 games |
| CF | 17 | Todd Elwood | JR | .340 BA with 2 2B, 3 RBI, & 12 R in 17 games |
| RF | 45 | Austin Lynch | JR | .333 BA with 2 2B, 2 RBI, & 3 R in 11 games |
| DH | 36 | Rafi Vazquez | JR | .265 BA with 5 2B, 3 HR, & 15 RBI in 23 games |
Probable Staring Pitchers
| RHP | 19 | Brooks Crawford | SR | 1-1/5 app/4 GS/4.86 ERA (16.2 IP)/.310 OBA (22 hits)/1 BB/13 K |
| RHP | 34 | Ryan Czanstkowski | JR | 1-01/7 app/1 GS/3.24 ERA (16.2 IP)/.196 OBA (11 hits)/9 BB/13 K |
Tiger Career Stats vs. Charlotte
| Player | AVG | G-S | AB | R | H | RBI | BB-K | Other | ||
| Greene | .667 | 1-1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0-0 | HR, SF, 1-1 SB | ||
| Meredith | .500 | 1-1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0-0 | |||
| Davidson | .333 | 1-1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1-1 | HR, 2-2 SB | ||
| Hackenberg | .333 | 1-1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1-2 | HR | ||
| Sharpe | .333 | 1-1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1-2 | |||
| Teodosio | .250 | 1-1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0-1 | HR | ||
| Hall | .200 | 1-1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0-0 | |||
| Byrd | .000 | 1-1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-0 | 1-1 SB | ||
| Green | .000 | 1-1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1-0 | 1-1 SB | ||
| Majkowski | N/A | 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | |||
| Pitcher | ERA | G-S | W-L | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | OBA |
| Spiers | 0.00 | 1-0 Save |
0-0 | 2.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .143 |
| Jones | 0.00 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 |
| Huggins | 0.00 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 |
| Askew | 5.06 | 1-1 | 1-0 | 5.1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 | .118 |
| Marr | 27.00 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0.1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .500 |