Clemson (28-20) welcomes The Citadel (10-36) to Doug Kingsmore Stadium today at 6:00PM for the final midweek home game of 2019.
The Series
| Meetings: | 103 (first met in 1900) |
| Series Record: | Clemson leads 85-18 |
| Record at Clemson: | Clemson leads 48-7 (Clemson leads 13-2 at DKS) |
| Last Meeting(s): | Clemson won two games at The Citadel in 2016 (12-1, 5-4) |
| vs. Lee: | Lee leads 18-10 (CU: 2-0; CofC: 16-10) |
Quick Hits
| Clemson is 38-28-1 all-time on May 8 with a 17-6-1 mark at home. |
| The Tigers are currently 6-0 against SoCon competition in 2019 as they swept VMI early in the season, beat East Tennessee State in midweek action, and won both games of the home-and-home series with Furman. |
| The Tigers have faced eight of the nine programs in the currently in the SoCon (missing Samford). Clemson is 433-136-6 all-time against those schools, including a 257-51-1 mark at home. |
| Coach Lee has faced all nine SoCon programs. Lee is 99-35 against the programs, including a 25-0 record at Clemson. |
The Bulldogs
| Head Coach: | Tony Skole (2nd season at The Citadel) |
| 2018 Recap: | 19-34 (8-16; 8th SoCon) – N/A – NR |
| Preseason: | 8th in Coaches Poll & 9th in Media Poll in SoCon (9 teams) |
| Road Record: | 0-21 (7-11 in 2018) |
| Last Week: | L, 3-4 vs. Wofford (Sun, 5/5) L, 1-8 vs. Wofford (Sat, 5/4) L, 7-17 vs. Wofford (Fri, 5/3) |
| 2019 Stats | |
| Hitting: | 3.7 RPG, .238 BA, 67 2B, 7 3B, 16 HR, 125 BB, 21 HBP, 343 K, 56-74 SB |
| Pitching: | 5.85 ERA, .293 OBA (466 hits), 197 BB, 58 HBP, & 282 K in 392.0 IP |
| Fielding: | .946 (93 errors in 1707 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: | 18-11 (28-9 in 2018) |
| Last Week: | L, 7-8 vs. Presbyterian College (Tue, 5/7) L, 7-9 @ Gardner-Webb (Sun, 5/5) W, 10-2 vs. Gardner-Webb (Sat, 5/4) |
| 2019 Stats | |
| Hitting: | 6.6 RPG, .266 BA, 93 2B, 6 3B, 63 HR, 225 BB, 51 HBP, 437 K, 82-105 SB |
| Pitching: | 4.28 ERA, .242 OBA (397 hits), 177 BB, 50 HBP, & 431 K in 437.1 IP |
| Fielding: | .971 (53 errors in 1832 chances) |
Projected Starting Lineups
| The Citadel | ||||
| POS | # | Player | YR | 2019 Stats |
| C | 4 | Will Bastian | FR | .155 BA, 4 2B, 3 RBI, & 12 BB in 32 games |
| 1B | 24 | Ben Peden | SR | .278 BA, 9 2B, 8 HR, & 34 RBI in 46 games |
| 2B | 1 | Tyler Corbitt | FR | .345 BA, 15 2B, 1 3B, & 19 RBI in 45 games |
| SS | 22 | Tilo Skole | *FR | .196 BA, 4 2B, 4 RBI, & 8 R in 44 games |
| 3B | 19 | Dylan Spence | SR | .278 BA, 3 RBI, 2 R, & 2 BB in 5 games |
| LF | 11 | Andrew Judkins | SO | .174 BA, 5 2B, 6 RBI, & 10 BB in 33 games |
| CF | 2 | Wesley Lane | FR | .268 BA, 6 2B, 3 RBI, & 10 BB in 22 games |
| RF | 12 | Ryan McCarthy | SO | .298 BA, 8 2B, 4 HR, & 27 RBI in 43 games |
| DH | 25 | Ches Goodman | FR | .217 BA, 3 2B, 2 HR, & 8 RBI in 21 games |
| Clemson | ||||
| POS | # | Player | YR | 2019 Stats |
| C | 10 | Kyle Wilkie | JR | .289 BA, 9 2B, 3 HR, & 28 RBI in 45 games |
| 1B | 44 | Bryar Hawkins | FR | .289 BA, 7 2B, 6 HR, & 20 RBI in 40 games |
| 2B | 5 | Sam Hall | SO | .273 BA, 12 2B, 7 HR, & 30 RBI in 48 games |
| SS | 8 | Logan Davidson | JR | .310 BA, 15 2B, 13 HR, & 47 RBI in 48 games |
| 3B | 17 | Justin Hawkins | *SR | .250 BA, 3 HR, 12 RBI, & 8 R in 20 games |
| LF | 4 | Grayson Byrd | *SR | .314 BA, 12 2B, 9 HR, & 41 RBI in 48 games |
| CF | 13 | Bryce Teodosio | SO | .231 BA, 7 2B, 9 HR, & 30 RBI in 42 games |
| RF | 11 | Michael Green | *SO | .220 BA, 2 2B, 1 HR, & 4 RBI in 16 games |
| DH | 9 | Jordan Greene | GR | .248 BA, 9 2B, 4 HR, & 21 RBI in 36 games |
Probable Starting Pitchers
| RHP | 27 | Alex Bialakis | SR | 0-5/28 app (1 GS)/3.79 ERA (40.1 IP)/.245 OBA (37 hits)/22 BB/37 K |
| RHP | 25 | Jackson Lindley | FR | 1-0/8 app (4 GS)/4.19 ERA (19.1 IP)/.280 OBA (21 hits)/8 BB/12 K |
Tiger Career Stats vs. The Citadel
| Pitcher | ERA | G-S | W-L | IP | H | R | ER | BB-K | OBA | |
| Crawford | 0.00 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 1.2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0-1 | .143 | |