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Mar 07, 2022

Tigers Face Buccaneers & Spartans In Midweek Games

By: Brian Hennessy

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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.

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