May 05, 2025

Tigers Travel To No. 8 Coastal Carolina

By: Brian Hennessy

The Tigers conclude the home-and-home season series against No. 8 Coastal Carolina at Conway on Tuesday night.

GAME SETUP
• Who – Clemson (37-12) vs. Coastal Carolina (37-11)
• Best Ranking – CU – No. 6 NCBWA; CCU – No. 8 Baseball America
• When – Tuesday (6 p.m.)
• Where – Conway, S.C. (Springs Brooks Stadium)
• Watch – ESPN+
• Video Announcers – Haley Nitsche, Kyle Rush, Sam Weiderhaft
• Listen (Radio) – Clemson Athletic Network (locally on WCCP (105.5 FM))
• Listen (Internet) – ClemsonTigers.com
• Live Stats – ClemsonTigers.com
• Social Media – ClemsonBaseball

SERIES HISTORY
• Overall Record – Clemson leads 51-13 (1986-25)
• Record at Coastal Carolina – Clemson leads 12-5 (1986-23)

STARTING PITCHERS
• RHP Nathan Dvorsky (CU) vs. RHP Luke Jones (CCU)

CLEMSON OVERVIEW
• Clemson, which has a 7-6 road record, won one of three games at No. 5 Florida State last weekend.
• The Tigers are averaging 7.1 runs per game and hitting .272 with a .444 slugging percentage, .409 on-base percentage and 58 steals.
• The pitching staff has a 4.97 ERA, .246 opponents’ batting average and 2.55 strikeout-to-walk ratio, and Clemson is fielding .975.

COASTAL CAROLINA OVERVIEW
• Coastal Carolina, which has a 20-3 home record and is averaging 7.4 runs per game, is led by first-year Head Coach Kevin Schnall.
• The Chanticleers swept App State in three home games last weekend. They are hitting .281 and have a 3.47 ERA and .976 fielding percentage.
• Caden Bodine is hitting .324, Sebastian Alexander has eight homers and 20 steals and Dominick Carbone has a team-high four saves.

QUICK HITS
• Coastal Carolina defeated the Tigers 8-2 at Doug Kingsmore Stadium on March 25, 2025.
• Tuesday’s game at Coastal Carolina marks Clemson’s 11th consecutive game against a top-25 team.
• Clemson’s highest-scoring inning is the first inning, when it has scored 64 runs, 24 more than any other inning.

PAINO PRODUCING RUNS
• Senior infielder Josh Paino has been one of the top run producers on the team in his first and only season in the program in 2025.
• He had made many highlight-reel plays at third base despite playing most of his career at shortstop.
• He is hitting .268 with nine homers, a triple, eight doubles, 44 RBIs, 35 runs and six steals in 49 games (48 starts).
• He is hitting .348 with runners in scoring position.