Clemson baseball opens ACC action hosting Notre Dame |
The Tigers begin ACC play with a three-game home series against Notre Dame this weekend.
SERIES SETUP • Who – Notre Dame (2-1, 2-1 ACC) vs. Clemson (4-2, 0-0 ACC) • Best Ranking – UND – NR; CU – NR • When – Friday (4 p.m.), Saturday (3 p.m.), Sunday (noon) • Where – Clemson, S.C. (Doug Kingsmore Stadium) • Watch – ACCNX • Video Announcers (Friday) – Tim Bourret, Fred Cunningham • Video Announcers (Saturday) – Mark Childress, Marty Clary • Video Announcers (Sunday) – Marty Clary, William Qualkinbush • Listen (Radio) – WCCP (105.5 FM) • Listen (Internet) – ClemsonTigers.com • Live Stats – ClemsonTigers.com • Social Media – ClemsonBaseball • Tickets – Sold out (available on StubHub.com) SERIES HISTORY • Overall Record – Clemson leads 12-8 (1994-19) • Record at Clemson – Tied 5-5 (1994-19) STARTING PITCHERS • Friday – LHP Tommy Sheehan (UND - 0-0, 2.25 ERA) vs. RHP Davis Sharpe (CU - 1-0, 2.00) • Saturday – LHP John Michael Bertrand (UND - 0-0, 9.82) vs. RHP Ty Olenchuk (CU - 1-0, 2.00) • Sunday – RHP Christian Scafidi (UND - 1-0, 0.00) vs. RHP Carter Raffield (CU - 0-0, 2.25) CLEMSON OVERVIEW • Clemson, who has a 4-0 home record, defeated East Tennessee State 7-3 at home on Tuesday behind two home runs by Caden Grice. • The Tigers are averaging 5.7 runs per game and hitting .265 with a .370 on-base percentage, .435 slugging percentage and seven steals. • The pitching staff has a 3.05 ERA, .240 opponents’ batting average and 6.00 strikeout-to-walk ratio and Clemson is fielding .968. NOTRE DAME OVERVIEW • Notre Dame, who has played all three games on the road, is led by second-year Head Coach Link Jarrett. • The Fighting Irish won two of three games at Wake Forest last week. They are hitting .243 and have a 4.85 ERA and 1.000 fielding percentage. • Jared Miller is hitting .538, David LaManna is batting .444 and Niko Kavadas is hitting .333 with two homers and five RBIs. QUICK HITS • Clemson is 4-0 when committing less than two errors and 0-2 when committing two or more errors. • Dylan Brewer and James Parker have reached base in all six games. • Clemson’s Rob Hughes and Notre Dame’s John Michael Bertrand were teammates at Furman in 2019 and 2020. TIGER PITCHERS MISSING BATS • The 2020 Tiger pitching staff set the school record for strikeouts per nine innings pitched (10.85). • The 2021 Clemson pitching staff is ahead of that figure, with 78 strikeouts in 56.0 innings pitched, good for a 12.54 mark. • Tiger pitchers have only allowed 13 walks (6.00 strikeout-to-walk ratio). The school record in that category is 3.93, set by the 2017 team. • Clemson combined for 21 strikeouts against three walks in 10.1 innings pitched against No. 16 South Carolina at Greenville, S.C. on Feb. 27. • The Tigers combined for 17 strikeouts against one walk in 9.0 innings pitched against East Tennessee State on March 2. • Clemson combined for 15 strikeouts against one walk in 9.0 innings pitched against Cincinnati on Feb. 19. • Davis Sharpe has 19 strikeouts in 9.0 innings pitched, while Geoffrey Gilbert has 13 strikeouts in 5.1 innings pitched.
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