(28-16), ranked as high as #13, will play host to Charleston Southern

(20-24 entering its game at Wofford Tuesday) Wednesday at Doug

Kingsmore Stadium.  First pitch is scheduled for 7:15 PM. 

The game will be broadcast live on the radio by WCCP, 104.9 FM out of

Clemson.  Live stats will also be available on Clemson's

website at ClemsonTigers.com.

and Charleston Southern have met 13 times on the baseball diamond,

with the Tigers winning all 13 games dating back to the 1976 season. 

The two teams last played in 2003, a 5-0 Tiger win in 71/2 innings at

Clemson in which the Tigers used eight different pitchers.  The

last seven games in the series have been played at Doug Kingsmore

Stadium.  The Tigers lead 10-0 in games played at Clemson, all of

which have been played at Doug Kingsmore Stadium.  Jack Leggett

is 7-0 against the Buccaneers as Clemson's head coach.

Clemson Overview

enters the game against Charleston Southern after falling twice in a

three-game series against #24 Florida State from Saturday to Monday. 

The Tigers have still won 19 of their last 25 games and 15 of their

last 17 at home.  Clemson is 28-16 overall and 12-6 in ACC play,

good for second place in the ACC standings.

     Clemson, who is 19-7 at home

this season, is hitting .297 as a team, led by Brad McCann's .374

batting average.  He also has hit 11 home runs and driven in 45

runs in 44 games.  Lou Santangelo has added 13 home runs and 39

RBIs in 43 starts behind the plate, while Tony Sipp has stolen a

team-high 15 bases in just 33 games in the field.  Perhaps the

team's hottest hitting is freshman first-baseman Andy D'Alessio. 

He is 23-for-58 (.397) in his last 16 starts to raise his average to

.319.  He also leads the team with a .346 batting average in ACC

play.

    The Tiger pitching staff has a 4.18

ERA and .259 opponents' batting average.  Patrick Hogan has a

2.57 ERA and nine saves to lead the bullpen.  Clemson is also

fielding at a .966 mark.

Seminoles Take Two of Three From Tigers

State won the first two games of the series, but Clemson salvaged the

series with an 18-9 win in three games from May 1-3 at Doug Kingsmore

Stadium.  Clemson hit .287 in the series thanks to 18 hits in the

final game.  Tyler Colvin was 4-for-7 with three doubles, while

Andy D'Alessio was 4-for-9 with a double in the series. 

Clemson also stole seven bases thanks to five on Monday.

In game one, Florida State scored 10 unanswered runs

to defeat the Tigers 11-6.  Clemson held a 6-1 lead after three

innings, but a six-run fourth inning and four more runs led the

Seminoles to the win.  The loss was Clemson's first in its last

15 games at home.  Florida State overcame six errors, thanks in

part to the superb pitching by Rhett James.  James relieved an

injured Hunter Jones in the first inning and allowed just one earned

run and four hits in 8.2 innings pitched to record the win. 

Steven Jackson suffered the loss for the Tigers.  Kris Harvey and

Lou Santangelo had two hits apiece, as the Tigers hit eight singles in

the game.

two, Florida State scored 10 unanswered runs against to down the

Tigers 10-1.  After Russell Triplett singled home Santangelo in

the second inning, Florida State scored in six of the final seven

innings.  Stephen Drew and Aaron Cheesman each hit home runs,

while the Seminoles had 15 hits in all.  Freshman lefthander

Brian Schultz, who was making his first start of his career, pitched

6.1 innings, allowing just one run, one walk, and five hits to earn

the win.  Robert Rohrbaugh suffered the loss.  Triplett led

the Tigers with two of the team's five hits.  The Seminole

defense was spectacular, committing no errors and turning three double

plays.  The outfieders, in particular Shane Robinson in

centerfield, took away several Tiger hits with running catches. 

The defeat meant is was Leggett's third series loss in 44 ACC home

series as Clemson's head coach.  The game had a 43-minute delay

at the start and a 92-minute delay in the first inning due to

inclement weather.

three, an 11-run second inning led the Tigers to an 18-9 win Monday. 

The 11-run inning was the most runs ever scored by Clemson in the

second inning.  The Tigers, who did not have an extra base hit in

the first two games, hit six doubles and three homers in game three. 

Eight Tigers scored at least two runs and seven had at least two

RBIs.  Colvin tied a school record held by many with three

doubles in the game and had a career-high four hits and three RBIs in

the contest.  Tony Sipp and D'Alessio also had three hits

apiece to lead the 18-hit attack.  Clemson led 16-1 after three

innings.  Florida State plated seven runs in the fourth inning,

but would only add one more run the rest of the way.  Colvin also

stole two bases, as the team had five in all.  Collin Mahoney

pitched 2.0 scoreless innings in relief to earn the win.  Brad

McCann, Santangelo, and John Ingram all hit homers for the

Tigers.

Tigers #11 in RPI

only rating system the NCAA uses to determine selections and seedings

is the RPI, or the Ratings Percentage Index.  Although the NCAA

does not release its official RPI, Boyd Nation has come up with an RPI

index that is all but the same as the official RPI.  He uses

numbers from previous seasons to verify his formulas.

     In the May 3 release (listed

at BoydsWorld.com), his RPI index has Clemson #11.  The Tigers

play one of the toughest schedules in the nation during the 2004

season.  Clemson can thank a tough non-conference schedule for

its high RPI ranking.  The RPI only counts games against Division

I teams and is for games through May 2.

Boyd Nation's Unofficial RPI By Team

Rk      

Team                

W-L      Rating

    1.      

Miami (FL)      

33-9     .673

    2.      

Texas    42-8    

.668

    3.      

Florida 34-12   

.638

    4.      

Louisiana State 34-12   

.636

    5.      

Arizona State    30-13   

.635

    6.      

Rice     33-7    

.634

    7.      

Stanford        

35-6     .631

    8.      

Arkansas        

32-14    .627

    9.      

Virginia        

36-9     .626

    10.     

South Carolina   32-12   

.626

27-16    .621

Three Tigers to Graduate Friday

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