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No. 8 Clemson hosts Kennesaw State in a three-game series at Doug Kingsmore Stadium this weekend.
SERIES SETUP• Who – Kennesaw State (2-3) vs. Clemson (4-0)• Best Ranking – KSU – NR; CU – No. 8 NCBWA• When – Friday (5 p.m.), Saturday (2 p.m.), Sunday (2 p.m.)• Where – Clemson, S.C. (Doug Kingsmore Stadium)• Watch – ACC Network Extra• Video Announcers – Faxon Childress (Saturday), Bob Mahony (Friday, Sunday), Don Munson (Friday, Sunday), Ron Smith (Saturday)• Listen (Radio) – Clemson Athletic Network (locally on WCCP (105.5 FM))• Listen (Internet) – ClemsonTigers.com• Live Stats – ClemsonTigers.com• Social Media – ClemsonBaseball• Tickets – ClemsonTigers.com, 1-800-CLEMSON
SERIES HISTORY• Overall Record – Clemson leads 4-0 (2018-23)• Record at Clemson – Clemson leads 2-0 (2018-23)
STARTING PITCHERS• Friday – RHP Braden Osbolt (KSU) vs. RHP Billy Barlow (CU)• Saturday – RHP Blake Aita (KSU) vs. LHP Tristan Smith (CU)• Sunday – RHP Smith Pinson (KSU) vs. RHP Aidan Knaak (CU)
CLEMSON OVERVIEW• Clemson, who has a 4-0 home record, defeated Presbyterian 8-2 at home on Tuesday.• The Tigers are averaging 10.3 runs per game and hitting .356 with a .600 slugging percentage, .494 on-base percentage and three steals.• The pitching staff has a 3.00 ERA, .160 opponents’ batting average and 2.18 strikeout-to-walk ratio, and Clemson is fielding .966.
KENNESAW STATE OVERVIEW• Kennesaw State, who has a 2-2 road record and is averaging 4.6 runs per game, is led by third-year Head Coach Ryan Coe.• The Owls split midweek games against Mercer (L) and at Wofford (W). They are hitting .184 and have a 5.86 ERA and .931 fielding percentage.• Spencer Hanson is hitting .333, Donovan Cash is batting .308 and Tanner Franklin has the team’s lone save.
QUICK HITS• Clemson and North Carolina are tied for the eighth-most all-time Division I wins with 2,999 each.• Every Tiger starter in the batting order in each of the four games has reached base via a hit, walk or hit-by-pitch.• No Tiger has pitched more than one game and 12 Tigers have started a game in the batting order.
ATTENDANCE• Clemson is averaging 4,969 fans per home date (4), the ninth-highest figure in the nation and first in the ACC (through games of Feb. 20).• Entering 2024, Clemson had a top-20 national figure in average attendance for 30 straight seasons.
GRAND MOMENTS• Clemson has hit three grand slams in four games in 2024.• Clemson hit six grand slams in 2023.• The Tiger record for grand slams in a season is eight, set in 2010.• In the season opener against Xavier on Feb. 16, Clemson hit two grand slams (Alden Mathes, Nolan Nawrocki) to tie the school record.• It was the third time Clemson hit two grand slams in a game, as it did so on March 3, 1991 (Louisiana) and March 7, 2010 (South Carolina).• Jarren Purify hit a grand slam in Clemson’s 8-3 win against Presbyterian on Feb. 20 for his first career hit.
