Clemson set to host No. 15 Florida State |
After five days off for final exams, the Tigers return to the diamond to host No. 15 Florida State in a Saturday-Monday series.
SERIES SETUP • Who - Florida State (31-14, 13-10 ACC) vs. Clemson (34-11, 17-7 ACC) • Best Rankings - FSU - No. 15 NCBWA, USA Today; CU - No. 6 Perfect Game • When - Saturday (6:30 p.m.), Sunday (4 p.m.), Monday (7 p.m.) • Where - Clemson, S.C. (Doug Kingsmore Stadium) • Watch - ACC Network Extra (Saturday, Sunday), ESPN2 (Monday) • Video Announcers - Dari Nowkhah (Monday), Kyle Parker (Saturday, Sunday), Kyle Peterson (Monday), Pete Yanity (Saturday, Sunday) • Listen (Radio) - WCCP (105.5 FM), ESPN Upstate • Listen (Internet) - ClemsonTigers.com, TuneIn • Live Stats - ClemsonTigers.com • Social Media - ClemsonBaseball • Tickets - ClemsonTigers.com, 1-800-CLEMSON • Promotion (Saturday) - Young fans can run the bases after the game SERIES HISTORY • Overall Record - Florida State leads 74-67-1 (1958-17) • Record at Clemson - Clemson leads 33-22 (1962-16) STARTING PITCHERS • Saturday - LHP Drew Parrish (FSU - 3-0, 2.63 ERA) vs. LHP Jacob Hennessy (CU - 4-2, 3.28) • Sunday - RHP Andrew Karp (FSU - 7-3, 2.83) vs. RHP Brooks Crawford (CU - 5-2, 3.54) • Monday - RHP Cole Sands (FSU - 6-2, 4.80) vs. LHP Jake Higginbotham (CU - 6-1, 3.70) CLEMSON OVERVIEW • Clemson, who has won eight games in a row, swept Virginia on the road in three one-run games. • The Tigers are averaging 6.1 runs per game and hitting .253 with a .373 on-base percentage and 38 steals. • The pitching staff has a 3.46 ERA, .235 opponents’ batting average and 2.27 strikeout-to-walk ratio and Clemson is fielding .976. FLORIDA STATE OVERVIEW • Florida State is led by 39th-year head coach Mike Martin. • The Seminoles won two home games against Miami (Fla.) last weekend. They are hitting .259 and have a 4.14 ERA and .968 fielding percentage. • Drew Mendoza is hitting .317 with 31 RBIs, Cal Raleigh has seven homers and 36 RBIs and Jackson Lueck has 10 homers and 35 RBIs. QUICK HITS • Clemson is hitting .301 with 60 runs, 17 doubles, 18 homers, a .416 on-base percentage and 14 steals during its eight-game winning streak. • Tiger starters have pitched 209.2 innings in 2018, while Clemson relievers have pitched 196.0 innings in 2018 (196.1 in 2017). • Thirteen different Tigers have hit at least one home run in 2018. DAVIDSON A COMPLETE PLAYER • Sophomore shortstop Logan Davidson has been steady both at the plate and in the field in 2018. • He was named to the Brooks Wallace Award Watch List in April. • He is hitting .280 with 12 doubles, seven homers, 33 RBIs, 41 runs, 34 walks, a .418 on-base percentage and eight steals in 45 games. • He has hit four of his eight home runs during the first inning. • He has committed only five errors in 200 chances at shortstop, good for a .975 fielding percentage. • He won the Bob Bradley Award as MVP of the South Carolina series. He was 3-for-6 with a homer and .786 on-base percentage in three games. • He was named ACC Player-of-the-Week on April 30, as he was 11-for-22 with four doubles, two homers, seven RBIs and nine runs in five games. • In his career, he is hitting .284 with 21 doubles, 20 homers, 66 RBIs, 97 runs, a .401 on-base percentage and 18 steals in 108 games.
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