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The Tigers play their first five-game week, beginning with midweek games against East Tennessee State and Michigan State.
GAMES SETUP• Who – East Tennessee State (7-3) & Michigan State (5-5) vs. Clemson (11-0)• Best Ranking – ETS – NR; MSU – NR; CU – No. 18 Perfect Game• When – Tuesday (1 p.m.), Wednesday (6 p.m.)• Where – Clemson, S.C. (Doug Kingsmore Stadium) Tuesday; Greenville, S.C. (Fluor Field) Wednesday• Watch – ACC Network Extra (Tuesday), GreenvilleDrive.com (Wednesday)• Video Announcers – Noah Frary (Tuesday), Dan Scott (Wednesday), Ron Smith (Tuesday), Tom Van Hoy (Wednesday)• Listen (Radio) – Clemson Athletic Network (locally on WCCP (105.5 FM))• Listen (Internet) – ClemsonTigers.com• Live Stats – ClemsonTigers.com• Social Media – ClemsonBaseball• Tickets (Tuesday) – ClemsonTigers.com, 1-800-CLEMSON
SERIES HISTORY (EAST TENNESSEE STATE)• Overall Record – Clemson leads 22-7 (1969-21)• Record at Clemson – Clemson leads 20-5 (1969-21)
SERIES HISTORY (MICHIGAN STATE)• Overall Record – Michigan State leads 10-9-1 (1935-18)• Record at Neutral – Clemson leads 5-1 (2009-18)
STARTING PITCHERS• Tuesday – RHP Landon Smiddy (ETS) vs. RHP Billy Barlow (CU)• Wednesday – RHP Ricky Williams (CU) vs. RHP Harrison Cook (MSU)
CLEMSON OVERVIEW• Clemson, who has a 9-0 home record and 1-0 neutral record, swept South Carolina in three games by a combined score of 18-6 last weekend.• The Tigers are averaging 9.8 runs per game and hitting .309 with a .475 slugging percentage, .447 on-base percentage and five steals.• The pitching staff has a 2.34 ERA, .213 opponents’ batting average and 2.98 strikeout-to-walk ratio, and Clemson is fielding .986.
EAST TENNESSEE STATE OVERVIEW• East Tennessee State, who has a 2-2 road record, is led by fifth-year Head Coach Joe Pennucci.• The Buccaneers won two of three games at Winthrop last weekend. They are hitting .303 and have a 3.58 ERA and .965 fielding percentage.• Tommy Barth is hitting .435, Jackson Green is batting .429, Leo Jiminian is hitting .423 and Noah Webb has four homers and 11 RBIs.
MICHIGAN STATE OVERVIEW• Michigan State, who has a 2-1 neutral record, is led by 14th-year Head Coach Jake Boss Jr.• The Spartans won two games in Minneapolis, Minn. last weekend. They are hitting .317 and have a 5.19 ERA and .958 fielding percentage.• Casey Mayes is hitting .439, Mitch Jebb is batting .415 with five steals, Jack Frank is hitting .378 and Kyle Bischoff has two saves.
QUICK HITS• Clemson is the designated visiting team and occupies the third-base dugout at Fluor Field on Wednesday.• Monte Lee is 6-0 against Big Ten Conference teams as head coach at Clemson, including a three-game sweep of Indiana earlier this season.• Clemson is 11-0 despite the opponent scoring first in five games.
TIGERS AT FLUOR FIELD• Clemson has a 27-7 all-time record in 34 games at Fluor Field in Greenville, S.C.• The Tigers have outscored the opposition 270-139 at Fluor Field, an average score of 7.9-4.1.• The only teams to defeat Clemson at Fluor Field are South Carolina (2010,11,14,15,21), Presbyterian (2011) and Michigan State (2015).• Clemson is 10-1 under Head Coach Monte Lee at Fluor Field.
POLLS• Clemson is ranked as high as No. 18 in the nation by Perfect Game this week.• It marked Clemson’s first top-25 ranking since it was No. 22 in the Collegiate Baseball poll on Feb. 22, 2021.
TIGERS SWEEP GAMECOCKS• Clemson swept South Carolina in three games at three different sites from March 4-6 by a combined score of 18-6.• The Tigers rallied late to win 3-2 at Founders Park on March 4, then downed the Gamecocks 10-2 at Segra Park on March 5.• Clemson completed the sweep with a 5-2 victory at Doug Kingsmore Stadium on March 6 in front of a Tiger-record crowd of 6,636.• It marked Clemson’s first sweep of the season series of three or more games against South Carolina since 1996, when Clemson swept 4-0.• Head Coach Monte Lee improved to 13-8 against South Carolina as Clemson’s head coach (2016-22).• Bryar Hawkins won the Bob Bradley Award as Clemson’s series MVP, as he had the go-ahead, run-scoring single in the ninth inning on March 4.
