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The No. 8 Tigers continue their homestand by hosting Presbyterian on Tuesday afternoon.
GAME SETUP• Who – Presbyterian (4-0) vs. Clemson (3-0)• Best Ranking – PRE – NR; CU – No. 8 NCBWA• When – Tuesday (4 p.m.)• Where – Clemson, S.C. (Doug Kingsmore Stadium)• Watch – ACC Network Extra• Video Announcers – Tim Bourret, William Qualkinbush• 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 67-23 (1906-2023)• Record at Clemson – Clemson leads 42-10 (1907-2023)
STARTING PITCHERS• RHP Sean Hollister (PRE) vs. RHP Austin Gordon (CU)
CLEMSON OVERVIEW• Clemson, who has a 3-0 home record, swept Xavier in three home games to start the season by a combined score of 33-13.• The Tigers are averaging 11.0 runs per game and hitting .376 with a .604 slugging percentage, .515 on-base percentage and no steals.• The pitching staff has a 3.33 ERA, .179 opponents’ batting average and 2.23 strikeout-to-walk ratio, and Clemson is fielding .963.
PRESBYTERIAN OVERVIEW• Presbyterian, who has an 0-0 road record and is averaging 14.5 runs per game, is led by 20th-year Head Coach Elton Pollock.• The Blue Hose swept St. Peter’s in four home games last weekend. They are hitting .424 and have a 2.40 ERA and .957 fielding percentage.• Brody Fahr is 11-for-15 (.733) with 10 RBIs, Joel Dragoo has four homers and 14 RBIs and Ryan Ouzts has two homers and 11 RBIs.
QUICK HITS• Clemson has swept its three-game opening series each of the last five seasons (2020-24).• Clemson had 69 batters reach base via a hit, walk or hit-by-pitch in 24 innings at the plate against Xavier last weekend.• Feb. 20 marks the earliest date that Clemson and Presbyterian have met. Tuesday’s game is the 91st all-time meeting.
POLLS• Clemson is ranked as high as No. 8 in the nation by NCBWA this week, its second weekly ranking in a row in 2024.• Clemson was ranked in the top 25 of at least one poll in each of the last eight weeks in 2023. It has a current streak of 10 weeks in a row.• The Tigers have been ranked in at least one weekly poll every year since 1987, when Clemson began tracking weekly polls.
CANNARELLA CAN• Sophomore outfielder Cam Cannarella has picked up in 2024 where he left off in 2023, when he was ACC Freshman-of-the-Year.• Cannarella is hitting .538 with a double, five RBIs, four runs and a .625 on-base percentage in three games.• He has hit safely in all three games in 2024 and has an active 12-game hitting streak dating to 2023.• He has an active 20-game on-base streak dating to 2023.• In his career, he is hitting .395 with 17 doubles, three triples, seven homers, 52 RBIs and 76 runs in 62 games.• In his career, he has a .563 slugging percentage, .471 on-base percentage and 24 steals.• He has reached base via a hit or walk in 60 of his 62 games in his career.
