No. 6 Tigers travel to Notre Dame |
The Tigers travel northward to take on Notre Dame in a three-game series this weekend.
SERIES SETUP • Who - Clemson (23-6, 8-4 ACC) vs. Notre Dame (12-16, 4-8 ACC) • Best Rankings - CU - No. 6 Collegiate Baseball; UND - NR • When - Friday (5:05 p.m.), Saturday (2:05 p.m.), Sunday (1:05 p.m.) • Where - Notre Dame, Ind. (Frank Eck Stadium) • Watch - ACC Network Extra • Video Announcers - David Korzeniowski (Friday), Tom Peterson (Saturday, Sunday), Nik Valdiserri • Listen - TigerCast, Clemson Tigers Network • Live Stats - ClemsonTigers.com • Social Media - ClemsonBaseball SERIES HISTORY • Overall Record - Clemson leads 8-5 (1994-17) • Record at Notre Dame - Clemson leads 4-2 (2014-16) STARTING PITCHERS • Friday - LHP Jacob Hennessy (CU - 3-1, 1.94 ERA) vs. LHP Scott Tully (UND - 3-1, 3.03) • Saturday - RHP Brooks Crawford (CU - 2-1, 3.16) vs. LHP Tommy Sheehan (UND - 1-2, 5.40) • Sunday - LHP Jake Higginbotham (CU - 3-1, 4.11) vs. RHP Cameron Junker (UND - 0-2, 6.57) CLEMSON OVERVIEW • Clemson hit four home runs in its 6-1 home win over No. 18 Coastal Carolina on Tuesday night. • The Tigers are averaging 6.1 runs per game and hitting .249 with a .371 on-base percentage and 18 steals. • The pitching staff has a 3.11 ERA, .234 opponents’ batting average and 2.35 strikeout-to-walk ratio and Clemson is fielding .974. NOTRE DAME OVERVIEW • Notre Dame is led by eighth-year head coach Mik Aoki. • The Fighting Irish beat Chicago State at home 18-4 on Tuesday. They are hitting .268 and have a 5.44 ERA and .974 fielding percentage. • Nick Podkul is hitting .347 three homers, 22 RBIs and seven steals, while Alex Kerschner is batting .338. QUICK HITS • Clemson hit four homers versus Coastal Carolina on Tuesday, its most in a game since totaling four against the Chanticleers on May 16, 2017. • Ten different Tigers have hit at least one home run and nine different Tigers have hit at least two home runs. • Chris Williams leads the team in multiple-hit games (8) and multiple-RBI games (8). GREENE PROVIDING SPARK • Junior infielder Jordan Greene has come on to become the starter at second base and has provided a spark at the bottom of the lineup. • Clemson is 8-1 in his nine starts and 5-0 when Greene is batting in the No. 9 spot in the starting lineup. • He is hitting .300 with a double, two homers, four RBIs, 10 runs, a .432 on-base percentage and a steal in 16 games in 2018. • In ACC regular-season games, he has a .400 batting average with a .571 on-base percentage in seven games (five starts). • In his career, he is hitting .259 with 14 doubles, three homers, 29 RBIs, 53 runs and nine steals in 113 games (87 starts). HENNESSY LEADING ROTATION • Sophomore lefthander Jacob Hennessy was a reliever as a freshman in 2017, but has become the Friday starter in 2018. • He is 3-1 with a 1.94 ERA, .197 opponents' batting average and 40 strikeouts against 11 walks in 41.2 innings pitched over seven starts. • He is holding opponents to a .149 batting average with two outs. • In the first four innings in 2018, he has allowed 17 hits, three earned runs and seven walks with 28 strikeouts in 28.0 innings pitched. • He earned the win against Boston College by allowing just one hit and no earned runs in 6.0 innings pitched on March 29. • In his career, he is 5-2 with a 2.74 ERA and 77 strikeouts against 22 walks in 72.1 innings pitched over 33 appearances (seven starts).
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