Clemson (31-22, 13-14 ACC) welcomes Wake Forest (29-23, 13-14 ACC) to Doug Kingsmore Stadium for the final weekend series of the season and a crucial ACC set for both teams. Game times are scheduled for 6:00PM Thursday and Friday with a 12:30PM Saturday finale.
The Series
| Meetings: | 194 (first met in 1901) |
| Series Record: | Clemson leads 135-58-1 |
| Record at Clemson: | Clemson leads 67-22-1 (Clemson leads 55-11 at DKS) |
| Last Meeting(s): | Clemson swept three games at Wake Forest in 2018 (7-5, 4-3, 9-4) |
| vs. Lee: | Lee leads 8-2 (CU: 8-2) |
Quick Hits
| Clemson is 22-17 all-time on May 16 with a 4-3 mark at home. |
| The Tigers are 19-11 all-time on May 17 with a 5-1 mark at home. |
| Clemson is 17-10 all-time on May 18 with a 6-1 mark at home. |
| The Tigers have won 13 of the last 14 three-game series at Clemson and have won 33 of 42 games at DKS against Wake Forest since 1990. |
The Demon Deacons
| Head Coach: | Tom Walter (10th season at Wake Forest) |
| 2018 Recap: | 25-32 (13-17; 5th Atlantic Coastal) – N/A – NR |
| Preseason: | 5th in ACC Atlantic Division (7 teams) |
| Road Record: | 8-13 (8-16 in 2018) |
| Last Week: | L, 6-8 @ Radford (Tue, 5/14) W, 9-7 vs. #12 Miami (FL) (Mon, 5/13) L, 4-8 vs. #18 Miami (FL) (Sat, 5/11) L, 3-7 vs. #18 Miami (FL) (Sat, 5/10) |
| 2019 Stats | |
| Hitting: | 7.9 RPG, .289 BA, 97 2B, 7 3B, 74 HR, 289 BB, 470 K, 33-44 SB |
| Pitching: | 5.95 ERA, .281 OBA (516 hits), 249 BB, 46 HBP, & 452 K in 464.0 IP |
| Fielding: | .969 (61 errors in 1947 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: | 19-11 (28-9 in 2018) |
| Last Week: | W, 14-3 @ Coastal Carolina (Tue, 5/14) L, 3-8 @ #16 NC State (Sun, 5/12) W, 4-3 (10) @ #16 NC State (Sat, 5/11) L, 1-6 @ #16 NC State (Fri, 5/10) |
| 2019 Stats | |
| Hitting: | 6.7 RPG, .267 BA, 104 2B, 6 3B, 71 HR, 248 BB, 481 K, 87-112 SB |
| Pitching: | 4.26 ERA, .244 OBA (439 hits), 197 BB, 53 HBP, & 460 K in 481.1 IP |
| Fielding: | .971 (58 errors in 2023 chances) |
Projected Staring Lineups
| Duke | ||||
| POS | # | Player | YR | 2019 Stats |
| C | 9 | Brandon Tinsman | FR | .278 BA, 9 2B, 10 HR, & 39 RBI in 41 games |
| 1B | 3 | Bobby Seymour | SO | .377 BA, 18 2B, 8 HR, & 82 RBI in 52 games |
| 2B | 6 | Michael Turconi | FR | .280 BA, 3 2B, 2 HR, & 22 RBI in 45 games |
| SS | 5 | Patrick Frick | JR | .356 BA, 14 2B, 4 HR, & 36 RBI in 50 games |
| 3B | 17 | Bruce Steel | *SR | .252 BA, 6 2B, 9 HR, & 21 RBI in 39 games |
| LF | 24 | Chris Lanzilli | SO | .341 BA, 17 2B, 15 HR, & 61 RBI in 52 games |
| CF | 4 | DJ Poteet | SO | .202 BA, 4 2B, 5 HR, & 21 RBI in 49 games |
| RF | 22 | Michael Ludowig | SO | .309 BA, 8 2B, 3 HR, & 29 RBI in 50 games |
| DH | 11 | Shane Muntz | SO | .325 BA, 5 2B, 14 HR, & 37 RBI in 40 games |
| Clemson | ||||
| POS | # | Player | YR | 2019 Stats |
| C | 10 | Kyle Wilkie | JR | .294 BA, 12 2B, 4 HR, & 31 RBI in 50 games |
| 1B | 44 | Bryar Hawkins | FR | .288 BA, 7 2B, 6 HR, & 22 RBI in 44 games |
| 2B | 5 | Sam Hall | SO | .265 BA, 12 2B, 7 HR, & 31 RBI in 53 games |
| SS | 8 | Logan Davidson | JR | .300 BA, 16 2B, 14 HR, & 52 RBI in 53 games |
| 3B | 17 | Justin Hawkins | *SR | .239 BA, 2 2B, 3 HR, & 15 RBI in 25 games |
| LF | 4 | Grayson Byrd | *SR | .326 BA, 14 2B, 12 HR, & 52 RBI in 53 games |
| CF | 13 | Bryce Teodosio | SO | .222 BA, 7 2B, 9 HR, & 31 RBI in 47 games |
| RF | 11 | Michael Green | *SO | .261 BA, 5 2B, 2 HR, & 8 RBI in 21 games |
| DH | 35 | Chad Fairey | FR | ,167 BA, 2 HR, 7 RBI, & 13 BB in 25 games |
Probable Staring Pitchers
| Game One | ||||
| RHP | 8 | Colin Peluse | JR | 3-7/13 app (13 GS)5.60 ERA (70.2 IP)/.301 OBA (87 hits)/28 BB/58 K |
| LHP | 20 | Mat Clark | *SO | 7-2/11 app (8 GS)/3.44 ERA (55.0 IP)/.217 OBA (43 hits)/14 BB/47 K |
| Game Two | ||||
| LHP | 41 | Jared Shuster | SO | 4-3/13 app (10 GS)/6.27 ERA (60.1 IP)/.272 OBA (67 hits)/33 BB/84 K |
| RHP | 30 | Davis Sharpe | FR | 6-3/13 app (13 GS)/2.85 ERA (72.2 IP)/.200 OBA (51 hits)/28 BB/77 K |
| Game Three | ||||
| RHP | 33 | Ryan Cusick | FR | 6-3/18 app (11 GS)/6.49 ERA (59.2 IP)/.324 OBA (81 hits)/26 BB/50 K |
| Clemson has not announced a starter for Game Three. | ||||
Tiger Career Stats vs. Wake Forest
| Player | AVG | G-S | AB | R | H | RBI | BB-K | Other | ||
| Wilkie | .429 | 4-3 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 0-2 | HR, 2 2B | ||
| Byrd | .333 | 6-6 | 21 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2-6 | HR, HBP, 1-1 SB | ||
| Greene | .286 | 7-6 | 21 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 5-2 | SH, 1-1 SB | ||
| Davidson | .261 | 6-6 | 23 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 2-3 | 2 HR, 3 2B, 2 SF | ||
| Meredith | .250 | 3-3 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2-2 | 2B | ||
| Teodosio | .000 | 3-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-1 | |||
| Pitcher | ERA | G-S | W-L | IP | H | R | ER | BB-K | OBA | |
| Crawford | 3.86 | 4-1 | 2-0 | 11.2 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 2-7 | .227 | |
| Spiers | 5.40 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 1.2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1-2 | .286 | |
| Hennessy | 16.20 | 3-1 | 1-0 | 3.1 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 1-2 | .500 | |
| Matt | 40.50 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0.2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1-0 | .500 | |
| Griffith | N/A | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 1.000 | |