Clemson baseball opens season against Cincinnati |
The Tigers open their 124th season with a three-game home series against Cincinnati, who they are facing for the first time since 2011.
SERIES SETUP • Who – Cincinnati (0-0) vs. Clemson (0-0) • Best Ranking – CIN – NR; CU – No. 25 Collegiate Baseball • When – Friday (4 p.m.), Saturday (3 p.m.), Sunday (1 p.m.) • Where – Clemson, S.C. (Doug Kingsmore Stadium) • Watch – ACCNX • Video Announcers – Tim Bourret (Friday), Marty Clary (Saturday, Sunday), William Qualkinbush (Friday, Saturday), Pete Yanity (Sunday) • Listen (Radio) – WCCP (105.5 FM), WESC (92.5) • Listen (Internet) – ClemsonTigers.com • Live Stats – ClemsonTigers.com • Social Media – ClemsonBaseball • Tickets – Sold out (potentially available on StubHub.com) SERIES HISTORY • Overall Record – Tied 2-2 (1936-11) • Record at Clemson – Tied 1-1 (1936-11) STARTING PITCHERS • Friday – LHP Evan Shawver (CIN) vs. RHP Davis Sharpe (CU) • Saturday – LHP Dean McCarthy (CIN) vs. RHP Ty Olenchuk (CU) • Sunday – LHP Garrett Schoenle (CIN) vs. LHP Caden Grice (CU) CLEMSON OVERVIEW • Clemson had a 14-3 overall record and 3-0 mark in 2020. • The Tigers are led by sixth-year Head Coach Monte Lee, who has won 68 percent (182-86) of his games in Tigertown. • Clemson has nine of its first 11 games at home. CINCINNATI OVERVIEW • Cincinnati is led by fourth-year Head Coach Scott Googins. • The Bearcats had a 7-8 overall record in 2020. • They hit .288 with a .407 on-base percentage and 23 steals, a 6.84 ERA and .969 fielding percentage in 2020. QUICK HITS • Clemson was picked to finish fourth in the ACC Atlantic Division in a vote by the 14 ACC head coaches in the preseason. • Friday marks 345 days since Clemson’s last game (March 11), the longest stretch between its games since 1945 (Clemson did not play in 1944). • The idea for the terrace in the outfield at Doug Kingsmore Stadium came to former Head Coach Bill Wilhelm from Cincinnati’s Crosley Field. POLLS • Clemson is ranked as high as No. 25 in the nation by Collegiate Baseball in the preseason. SCORING STREAK • Clemson has scored at least one run in 123 consecutive games. • The last time Clemson was shut out was March 16, 2018, when No. 10 NC State blanked the Tigers 4-0 at Doug Kingsmore Stadium. • The 123-game streak is the third-longest active streak in the nation. • Eastern Kentucky (175) and Oklahoma State (153) have the two-longest active streaks. • The Clemson record for longest streak scoring at least one run is 232, set between May 10, 1982 to May 3, 1986. TWO TIGERS NAMED CAPTAINS • Junior and graduate righthander Evan Estridge and sophomore catcher Adam Hackenberg were named team co-captains. • The two were voted co-captains in a vote by the players in the preseason. • Estridge played two years at Newberry, then transferred to Clemson, where he walked on and sat out his first year (2019) due to NCAA rules. • Hackenberg is in his third year at Clemson and won the 2020 Tiger Baseball Award as the team’s best leader. PRESEASON HONORS • A total of 17 Tigers earned preseason recognition. See the list below. #32 MACK ANGLIN, RHP • No. 45 ACC prospect for the 2021 draft by D1Baseball #3 DYLAN BREWER, OF/1B • No. 55 college prospect for the 2022 draft by Baseball America • No. 12 ACC prospect for the 2022 draft by Baseball America • No. 24 ACC prospect for the 2022 draft by D1Baseball #41 ALEX EDMONDSON, RHP • No. 14 freshman in the ACC by Perfect Game #9 JONATHAN FRENCH, C • No. 19 college prospect for the 2022 draft by Baseball America • No. 5 ACC prospect for the 2022 draft by Baseball America • No. 44 ACC prospect for the 2022 draft by D1Baseball #23 GEOFFREY GILBERT, LHP • No. 41 relief pitcher in the nation by D1Baseball • No. 28 ACC prospect for the 2022 draft by D1Baseball #31 CADEN GRICE, LHP/1B • No. 10 freshman in the ACC by D1Baseball • No. 38 freshman in the ACC by Perfect Game #55 BRYSON HAMMER, LHP • No. 96 freshman in the ACC by Perfect Game #12 COOPER INGLE, C/OF/INF • No. 33 freshman in the ACC by D1Baseball • No. 48 freshman in the ACC by Perfect Game #45 LANDON LUCAS, RHP/INF • No. 93 freshman in the ACC by Perfect Game #36 TY OLENCHUK, RHP • No. 23 freshman in the ACC by D1Baseball • No. 39 freshman in the ACC by Perfect Game #15 JAMES PARKER, INF • No. 44 ACC prospect for the 2021 draft by D1Baseball #27 CARTER RAFFIELD, RHP • No. 18 ACC prospect for the 2021 draft by Baseball America • No. 36 ACC prospect for the 2021 draft by D1Baseball #30 DAVIS SHARPE, RHP/1B • First-team All-American by Collegiate Baseball • First-team All-American by D1Baseball • First-team All-American by Perfect Game • No. 13 first baseman in the nation by D1Baseball • No. 97 starting pitcher in the nation by D1Baseball • First-team All-ACC by Perfect Game #46 ALEX URBAN, OF • No. 34 freshman in the ACC by Perfect Game #29 MAX WAGNER, INF • No. 34 freshman in the ACC by D1Baseball • No. 36 freshman in the ACC by Perfect Game #22 RICKY WILLIAMS, RHP • No. 59 freshman in the ACC by Perfect Game #8 BLAKE WRIGHT, INF • No. 26 freshman in the ACC by D1Baseball • No. 84 freshman in the ACC by Perfect Game
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