Tigers, Gamecocks set for annual rivalry series |
The No. 14 Tigers face South Carolina three times at three different sites this weekend in their annual rivalry series.
SERIES SETUP • Who – South Carolina (7-1) vs. Clemson (7-1) • Best Rankings – USC – NR; CU – No. 14 Baseball America • When – Friday (6 p.m.), Saturday (1 p.m.), Sunday (noon) • Where – Clemson, S.C., (Doug Kingsmore Stadium) Friday; Greenville, S.C., (Fluor Field) Saturday; Columbia, S.C., (Founders Park) Sunday • Watch – ACC Network Extra (Friday), SEC Network+ (Saturday, Sunday) • Video Announcers (Friday) – Jose Alvarez, Ron Smith, Pete Yanity • Video Announcers (Saturday) – Drew Meyer, Tommy Moody • Video Announcers (Sunday) – Burch Antley, Kip Bouknight • Listen (Radio) – WCCP (105.5 FM), ESPN Upstate • Listen (Internet) – ClemsonTigers.com, TuneIn • Live Stats – ClemsonTigers.com • Tickets – ClemsonTigers.com, 1-800-CLEMSON SERIES HISTORY • Overall Record – Clemson leads 178-138-2 (1899-2018) • Record at Clemson – Clemson leads 99-45 (1907-2018) • Record at Neutral – Clemson leads 11-10 (1899-2018) • Record at South Carolina – South Carolina leads 83-68-2 (1900-2018) STORIED RIVALRY • South Carolina is Clemson’s most-common opponent, as the two have played 318 times dating to 1899. • The two have met at least one time every year since 1945, with the exception of 1984. • Clemson leads the series 52-28 at Doug Kingsmore Stadium (opened in 1970). • The series is tied 4-4 at Fluor Field (opened 2006). The first game there between the two teams was 2010. • South Carolina leads the series 9-4 at Founders Park (opened in 2009). STARTING PITCHERS • Friday – RHP Carmen Mlodzinski (USC, 0-0, 4.32 ERA) vs. RHP Brooks Crawford (CU, 0-0, 3.60) • Saturday – RHP Davis Sharpe (CU, 2-0, 0.00) vs. LHP Dylan Harley (USC, 0-0, 9.45) • Sunday – LHP Justin Wrobleski (CU, 0-1, 6.75) vs. RHP Reid Morgan (USC, 1-0, 1.29) CLEMSON OVERVIEW • Clemson, who has won five games in a row, totaled 15 hits in its 14-3 win over East Tennessee State at home on Tuesday. • The Tigers are averaging 8.0 runs per game and hitting .262 with a .403 on-base percentage and 22 steals. • The pitching staff has a 3.00 ERA, .182 opponents’ batting average and 4.21 strikeout-to-walk ratio and Clemson is fielding .979. SOUTH CAROLINA OVERVIEW • South Carolina is led by second-year head coach Mark Kingston. • The Gamecocks have won seven games in a row. They are hitting .275 and have a 2.92 ERA and .970 fielding percentage. • Jacob Olson is hitting .379 with four homers and nine RBIs, while Luke Berryhill is batting .357 with two homers and 11 RBIs. TIGERS AT FLUOR FIELD • Clemson has a 25-6 all-time record at Fluor Field in Greenville, S.C., and have won nine games in a row at the facility. • The Tigers have outscored the opposition 254-130 at Fluor Field, an average score of 8.2-4.2. • The only teams to defeat Clemson at Fluor Field are South Carolina (2010,11,14,15), Presbyterian College (2011) and Michigan State (2015). BOB BRADLEY AWARD PRESENTED SUNDAY • Clemson’s MVP of the South Carolina series is presented the Bob Bradley Award. The Gamecocks’ MVP receives the Tom Price Award. • The two late athletic communications directors served as baseball contacts for their schools for decades. QUICK HITS • Clemson has won four straight series against South Carolina from 2015-18, all with records of 2-1. • Clemson has scored 32 of its 64 runs in the fifth (12) and sixth (20) innings. • Clemson pitchers have combined for 101 strikeouts in 72.0 innings pitched, good for 12.6 strikeouts per nine innings pitched. TEODOSIO SHOWING OUT • Sophomore outfielder Bryce Teodosio started just 24 games as a freshman in 2018, but has emerged as an everyday player in 2019. • He has also started all eight games in center field and has saved several runs with his ability to track down balls in the outfield. • He is hitting .393 with three homers, three doubles, 11 RBIs, nine runs, a .419 on-base percentage and four steals in eight games. • He leads or is tied for the team lead in batting average, hits, doubles, homers, RBIs and slugging percentage (.821) • He has hit safely in seven of the eight games in 2019 and has reached base in all eight games. • In his career, he is hitting .224 with seven doubles, seven homers, 20 RBIs, 21 runs and five steals in 45 games (32 starts).
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