Clemson (28-19) welcomes Presbyterian College (22-25) to Doug Kingsmore Stadium today at 6:00PM in a game that was added to the schedule after a rainout earlier in the season.
The Series
| Meetings: | 86 (first met in 1906) |
| Series Record: | Clemson leads 64-22 |
| Record at Clemson: | Clemson leads 39-9 (Clemson leads 7-2 at DKS) |
| Last Meeting(s): | Clemson won 14-4 at DKS in 2018 |
| vs. Lee: | Lee leads 3-0 (CU: 2-0; CofC: 1-0) |
Quick Hits
| Clemson is 36-18 all-time on May 7 with a 20-8 mark at home. |
| Clemson has faced eight of the 10 current Big South programs (missing Longwood and Radford). The Tigers are 137-33 in those meetings including a 103-17 record at home. |
| Coach Lee has faced nine of the 10 current Big South programs (missing Longwood). Lee is 46-15 against the programs, including a 9-2 record at Clemson (3-0 vs. Charleston Southern, 1-1 vs. Gardner-Webb, 2-0 vs. Presbyterian, 3-1 vs. Winthrop). |
The Blue Hose
| Head Coach: | Elton Pollock (15th season at Presbyterian College) |
| 2018 Recap: | 15-39 (8-19; T-9th Big South) – N/A – NR |
| Preseason: | 7th in Big South (10 teams) |
| Road Record: | 12-13 (12-13 in 2018) |
| Last Week: | W, 4-1 vs. Winthrop (Sat, 5/4) L, 4-6 vs. Winthrop (Sat, 5/4) L, 3-5 vs. Winthrop (Fri, 5/3) |
| 2019 Stats | |
| Hitting: | 4.9 RPG, .256 BA, 79 2B, 10 3B, 23 HR, 162 BB, 43 HBP, 375 K, 59-77 SB |
| Pitching: | 4.92 ERA, .278 OBA (453 hits), 179 BB, 43 HBP, & 310 K in 412.0 IP |
| Fielding: | .968 (55 errors in 1718 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: | 18-10 (28-9 in 2018) |
| Last Week: | L, 7-9 @ Gardner-Webb (Sun, 5/5) W, 10-2 vs. Gardner-Webb (Sat, 5/4) |
| 2019 Stats | |
| Hitting: | 6.6 RPG, .265 BA, 91 2B, 6 3B, 59 HR, 221 BB, 51 HBP, 431 K, 82-105 SB |
| Pitching: | 4.20 ERA, .241 OBA (386 hits), 173 BB, 50 HBP, & 426 K in 428.1 IP |
| Fielding: | .970 (53 errors in 1795 chances) |
Projected Starting Lineups
| Presbyterian College | ||||
| POS | # | Player | YR | 2019 Stats |
| C | 27 | Michael Varga | SR | .161 BA, 4 2B, 2 RBI, & 5 R in 27 games |
| 1B | 7 | Ashby Smith | FR | .280 BA, 11 2B, 3 HR, & 18 RBI in 40 games |
| 2B | 22 | Jimmy Marcelli | JR | .316 BA, 11 2B, 2 HR, & 35 RBI in 46 games |
| SS | 6 | Garrett Jones | JR | .176 BA, 5 RBI, 11 R, & 13 BB in 34 games |
| 3B | 23 | Jonathan White | SR | .299 BA, 6 2B, 1 HR, & 16 RBI in 47 games |
| LF | 34 | Andrew Livingston | *SO | .180 BA, 6 2B, 2 HR, & 17 RBI in 37 games |
| CF | 4 | Zacchaeus Rasberry | JR | .330 BA, 5 2B, 5 HR, & 25 RBI in 46 games |
| RF | 15 | Nick Guimbarda | SR | .288 BA, 14 2B, 6 HR, & 32 RBI in 47 games |
| DH | 10 | Johnny Cook | FR | .298 BA, 5 2B, 2 HR, & 18 RBI in 36 games |
| Clemson | ||||
| POS | # | Player | YR | 2019 Stats |
| C | 10 | Kyle Wilkie | JR | .280 BA, 9 2B, 3 HR, & 28 RBI in 44 games |
| 1B | 44 | Bryar Hawkins | FR | .293 BA, 6 2B, 6 HR, & 20 RBI in 39 games |
| 2B | 9 | Jordan Greene | GR | .250 BA, 9 2B, 3 HR, & 20 RBI in 35 games |
| SS | 8 | Logan Davidson | JR | .315 BA, 15 2B, 13 HR, & 46 RBI in 47 games |
| 3B | 17 | Justin Hawkins | *SR | .244 BA, 2 HR, 11 RBI, & 7 R in 19 games |
| LF | 4 | Grayson Byrd | *SR | .307 BA, 12 2B, 8 HR, & 40 RBI in 47 games |
| CF | 13 | Bryce Teodosio | SO | .229 BA, 7 2B, 8 HR, & 28 RBI in 41 games |
| RF | 5 | Sam Hall | SO | .273 BA, 11 2B, 7 HR, & 29 RBI in 47 games |
| DH | 30 | Davis Sharpe | FR | .272 BA, 4 2B, 3 HR, & 18 RBI in 35 games |
Probable Starting Pitchers
| LHP | 39 | Alex Paradis | SO | 1-1/15 app (0 GS)/5.50 ERA (18.0 IP)/.270 OBA (20 hits)/9 BB/23 K |
| RHP | 19 | Brooks Crawford | SR | 1-4/11 app (8 GS)/5.55 ERA (35.2 IP)/.290 OBA (45 hits)/8 BB/28 K |
Tiger Career Stats vs. Presbyterian College
| Player | AVG | G-S | AB | R | H | RBI | BB-K | Other | ||
| Wilkie | 1.000 | 1-1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2-0 | HR, HBP | ||
| Davidson | .500 | 1-1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2-1 | 2-2 SB | ||
| Hall | .500 | 1-1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1-0 | 1-1 SB | ||
| Byrd | .333 | 1-1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2-0 | HR | ||
| Greene | .333 | 2-1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2-0 | 1-1 SB | ||
| Majkowski | .000 | 1-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-1 | |||
| Cooper | N/A | 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | |||
| J. Hawkins | N/A | 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-0 | |||
| Teodosio | N/A | 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | HBP | ||
| Pitcher | ERA | G-S | W-L | IP | H | R | ER | BB-K | OBA | |
| Clark | 0.00 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-3 | .000 | |
| Crawford | 0.00 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 1.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0-1 | .333 | |
| Huggins | 0.00 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | .000 | |
| Marr | 2.70 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 3.1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2-1 | .231 | |
| Jones | 6.00 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 3.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0-2 | .400 | |
| Griffith | 9.00 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2-2 | .250 | |