No. 13 Clemson (24-8) welcomes Charleston Southern (12-24) to Doug Kingsmore Stadium tonight at 6:00PM for an in-state midweek contest.
The Series
| Meetings: | 21 (first met in 1976) |
| Series Record: | Clemson leads 20-1 |
| Record at Clemson: | Clemson leads 17-1 (Clemson leads 17-1 at DKS) |
| Last Meeting(s): | Clemson won 5-0 at DKS in 2018 |
| vs. Lee: | Lee leads 17-1 (CU: 3-0; CofC: 14-1) |
Quick Hits
| Clemson is 39-19 all-time on April 9 with a 27-7 mark at home. |
| This is the first of four games against Big South opponents for the Tigers in 2019. Clemson will host Winthrop on April 23 before a home-and-home series with Gardner-Webb on May 4-5. |
| The Tigers have faced eight of the 10 current Big South programs (missing Longwood and Radford). Clemson is 136-31 in those meetings with a 102-16 record at home. |
| Coach Lee has faced eight of the 10 current Big South programs (missing Gardner-Webb and Longwood). Lee is 45-13 against the programs, including an 8-0 record at Clemson (3-0 vs. Charleston Southern, 2-0 vs. Presbyterian, 3-0 vs. Winthrop). |
The Buccaneers
| Head Coach: | Adam Ward (3rd season at Charleston Southern) |
| 2018 Recap: | 19-35 (10-17; 7th Big South) – N/A – NR |
| Preseason: | 6th in Big South (10 teams) |
| Road Record: | 3-13 (9-15 in 2018) |
| Last Week: | W, 16-3 @ Longwood (Sun, 4/7) L, 6-7 @ Longwood (Sat, 4/6) L, 2-3 @ Longwood (Sat, 4/6) W, 10-5 vs. The Citadel (Wed, 4/3) L, 7-11 @ USC Upstate (Tue, 4/2) |
| 2019 Stats | |
| Hitting: | 5.2 RPG, .248 BA, 49 2B, 4 3B, 21 HR, 151 BB, 30 HBP, 309 K, 31-41 SB |
| Pitching: | 4.97 ERA, .261 OBA (328 hits), 121 BB, 36 HBP, & 286 K in 317.0 IP |
| Fielding: | .952 (65 errors in 1354 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: | 15-6 (28-9 in 2018) |
| Last Week: | L, 4-7 (11) vs. #10 Louisville (Sun, 4/7) W, 6-3 vs. #10 Louisville (Sat, 4/6) W, 5-1 vs. #10 Louisville (Fri, 4/5) L, 3-5 vs. #4 Georgia (Tue, 4/2) |
| 2019 Stats | |
| Hitting: | 6.9 RPG, .269 BA, 62 2B, 4 3B, 40 HR, 153 BB, 38 HBP, 282 K, 53-70 SB |
| Pitching: | 3.33 ERA, .231 OBA (245 hits), 102 BB, 34 HBP, & 295 K in 289.0 IP |
| Fielding: | .968 (39 errors in 1215 chances) |
Projected Staring Lineups
| Charleston Southern | ||||
| POS | # | Player | YR | 2019 Stats |
| C | 16 | Brooks Bryan | FR | .194 BA, 4 2B, 4 RBI, & 11 BB in 21 games |
| 1B | 19 | Ryan Stoudemire | JR | .275 BA, 5 2B, 6 HR, & 22 RBI in 34 games |
| 2B | 5 | Jason Miller | SR | .278 BA, 1 2B, 1 HR, & 11 RBI in 36 games |
| SS | 7 | Ryan Rizk | SO | .155 BA, 2 2B, 1 HR, & 3 RBI in 26 games |
| 3B | 4 | Reid Hardwick | JR | .278 BA, 5 2B, 1 HR, & 18 RBI in 35 games |
| LF | 6 | Dante Blakeney | JR | .250 BA, 3 2B, 3 HR, & 13 RBI in 18 games |
| CF | 24 | Josh Litchfield | SR | .265 BA, 3 2B, 1 HR, & 16 RBI in 34 games |
| RF | 3 | Kyle Horton | FR | .300 BA, 7 2B, 1 HR, & 12 RBI in 30 games |
| DH | 20 | Max Ryerson | FR | .323 BA, 2 2B, 5 HR, & 23 RBI in 24 games |
| Clemson | ||||
| POS | # | Player | YR | 2019 Stats |
| C | 10 | Kyle Wilkie | JR | .276 BA, 5 2B, 1 HR, & 15 RBI in 29 games |
| 1B | 44 | Bryar Hawkins | FR | .307 BA, 4 2B, 3 HR, & 15 RBI in 26 games |
| 2B | 5 | Sam Hall | SO | .296 BA, 11 2B, 3 HR, & 20 RBI in 32 games |
| SS | 8 | Logan Davidson | JR | .309 BA, 8 2B, 9 HR, & 32 RBI in 32 games |
| 3B | 15 | James Parker | FR | .296 BA, 2 2B, 1 HR, & 5 RBI in 16 games |
| LF | 4 | Grayson Byrd | *SR | .301 BA, 9 2B, 4 HR, & 28 RBI in 32 games |
| CF | 13 | Bryce Teodosio | SO | .277 BA, 7 2B, 8 HR, & 27 RBI in 32 games |
| RF | 16 | Bo Majkowski | SO | .290 BA, 5 2B, 1 3B, & 10 RBI in 27 games |
| DH | 30 | Davis Sharpe | FR | .299 BA, 3 2B, 3 HR, & 15 RBI in 25 games |
Probable Staring Pitchers
| RHP | 40 | Logan Adams | FR | 0-1/8 app (3 GS)/11.02 ERA (16.1 IP)/.319 OBA (23 hits)/9 BB/11 K |
| LHP | 32 | Jacob Hennessy | JR | 2-0/6 app (0 GS)/6.17 ERA (11.2 IP)/.250 OBA (11 hits)/7 BB/10 K |
Tiger Career Stats vs. Charleston Southern
| Player | AVG | G-S | AB | R | H | RBI | BB-K | Other | ||
| Cooper | .667 | 1-1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-1 SB | ||
| Byrd | .500 | 2-2 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 0-1 | 3 HR | ||
| Greene | .333 | 3-2 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3-1 | 2B | ||
| Davidson | .125 | 2-2 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2-2 | HR, 1-1 SB | ||
| Teodosio | .000 | 1-1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-2 | |||
| J. Hawkins | .000 | 1-1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-2 | |||
| Wilkie | N/A | 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | |||
| Pitcher | ERA | G-S | W-L | IP | H | R | ER | BB-K | OBA | |
| Jones | 0.00 | 1-1 | 1-0 | 5.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2-8 | .111 | |
| Hennessy | 0.00 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 3.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0-2 | .100 | |
| Clark | 0.00 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-1 | .000 | |
| Gobin | 0.00 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1-0 | .333 | |
| Marr | 0.00 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0-2 | .250 | |
| Crawford | 0.00 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2-1 | .250 | |