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The Tigers return home to face Winthrop (Tuesday) and Tennessee Tech (Wednesday) in midweek contests at Doug Kingsmore Stadium.
GAMES SETUP• Who – Winthrop (23-16) & Tennessee Tech (17-20) vs. Clemson (25-15)• Best Ranking – WIN – NR; TTU – NR; CU – NR• When – Tuesday (6 p.m.), Wednesday (6 p.m.)• Where – Clemson, S.C. (Doug Kingsmore Stadium)• Watch – ACC Network Extra• Video Announcers – Matthew Crownover, Fred Cunningham (Wednesday), Pete Yanity (Tuesday)• 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 – Fans can purchase a ticket for only $2.
SERIES HISTORY (WINTHROP)• Overall Record – Clemson leads 22-6 (1981-18)• Record at Clemson – Clemson leads 18-5 (1981-18)
SERIES HISTORY (TENNESSEE TECH)• Overall Record – Clemson leads 5-0 (2003-12)• Record at Clemson – Clemson leads 5-0 (2003-12)
STARTING PITCHERS• Tuesday – RHP Tyler Jones (WIN) vs. LHP Keyshawn Askew (CU)• Wednesday – TBA (TTU) vs. TBA (CU)
CLEMSON OVERVIEW• Clemson, who has a 16-9 home record, was swept at home by Duke last weekend by a combined score of 23-19.• The Tigers are averaging 6.3 runs per game and hitting .254 with a .356 on-base percentage and 72 steals.• The pitching staff has a 3.79 ERA, .232 opponents’ batting average and 2.55 strikeout-to-walk ratio and Clemson is fielding .969.
WINTHROP OVERVIEW• Winthrop is led by ninth-year head coach Tom Riginos.• The Eagles won two of three games over Gardner-Webb last weekend. They are hitting .291 and have a 5.17 ERA and .972 fielding percentage.• Spencer Yankle and Hunter Lipscomb are both hitting .347, while Hunter Lipscomb is hitting .336 with five homers and 37 RBIs.
TENNESSEE TECH OVERVIEW• Tennessee Tech is led by first-year head coach Justin Holmes.• The Golden Eagles, who play at NC State on Tuesday, won two games at Southeast Missouri. They are hitting .278 and have a 5.82 ERA.• Kevin Strohschein is hitting .361 with nine homers, Jason Hinchman is batting .307 with 18 homers and Anthony Carrera has 10 homers.
QUICK HITS• Winthrop head coach Tom Riginos was an assistant coach at Clemson for eight seasons (2003-10).• Tiger director of player development Ben Paulsen, who played at Clemson (2007-09) and later played in the majors, is the son of Tom Riginos.• Ten of Clemson’s 15 losses are by one run (6) or two runs (4).
HENNESSY FINDING HIS GROOVE• Junior lefthander Jacob Hennessy was Clemson’s Friday starter on the mound in 2018, but has been a reliever most of 2019.• He made his first start of the 2019 season against Furman on April 10 and made his first ACC start against Duke on April 21.• He is 3-0 with a 4.15 ERA, .227 opponents’ batting average and 19 strikeouts in 26.0 innings pitched over nine appearances (three starts).• He allowed just two hits, no runs and no walks with three strikeouts in 6.1 innings pitched to earn the win against Furman on April 10.• He allowed only two hits, no runs and one walk with four strikeouts in 5.0 innings pitched at No. 4 Georgia on April 16.• In his career, he is 9-4 with three saves, a 3.94 ERA and 110 strikeouts in 128.0 innings pitched over 49 appearances (17 starts).• He has allowed just 33 walks and 126 hits in his career, good for a .256 opponents’ batting average.
