Tigers Host Cardinals in Series Beginning Thursday

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No. 2 Clemson hosts No. 17 Louisville in a three-game series at Doug Kingsmore Stadium from Thursday to Saturday.

SERIES SETUP
• Who – Louisville (27-9, 9-6 ACC) vs. Clemson (33-6, 11-4 ACC)
• Best Ranking – LOU – No. 17 Baseball America, D1Baseball; CU – No. 2 NCBWA, Perfect Game
• When – Thursday (7 p.m.), Friday (5 p.m.), Saturday (1 p.m.)
• Where – Clemson, S.C. (Doug Kingsmore Stadium)
• Watch – ACC Network Extra
• Video Announcers – William Qualkinbush, Ron Smith
• 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 23-15 (1970-24)
• Record at Clemson – Clemson leads 15-6 (1970-23)

STARTING PITCHERS
• Thursday – TBA (LOU) vs. TBA (CU)
• Friday – TBA (LOU) vs. TBA (CU)
• Saturday – TBA (LOU) vs. TBA (CU)

CLEMSON OVERVIEW
• Clemson, which has a 22-4 home record, won two of three home games against Stanford last weekend.
• The Tigers are averaging 7.7 runs per game and hitting .284 with a .453 slugging percentage, .426 on-base percentage and 49 steals.
• The pitching staff has a 4.53 ERA, .227 opponents’ batting average and 2.61 strikeout-to-walk ratio, and Clemson is fielding .976.

LOUISVILLE OVERVIEW
• Louisville, which has a 3-5 road record and is averaging 9.1 runs per game, is led by 19th-year Head Coach Dan McDonnell.
• The Cardinals defeated Western Kentucky 5-2 at home on Tuesday. They are hitting .327 and have a 5.27 ERA and .970 fielding percentage.
• Lucas Moore is hitting .374 with 27 steals, Jake Munroe is batting .371, Zion Rose has 44 RBIs and Tague Davis has 14 homers.

QUICK HITS
• Clemson is outscoring its opposition 55-18 in the first inning.
• Clemson’s bullpen has a 23-0 record, 16 saves, a 3.72 ERA, .227 opponents’ batting average and 231 strikeouts in 191.1 innings pitched.
• Righthander Aidan Knaak has made nine start on the mound in 2025. The other 30 starts on the mound have been by lefthanders.

JARRELL POSTING POWER NUMBERS
• Junior catcher Jacob Jarrell has been one of the team’s top power hitters in 2025.
• He leads the team in homers with nine, including seven in the last 11 games.
• He is hitting .263 with nine homers, four doubles, 23 RBIs, 31 runs and a .404 on-base percentage in 36 games (34 starts) in 2025.
• He is hitting .310 with five homers, four doubles, 10 RBIs, 15 runs and a .638 slugging percentage in 15 ACC regular-season games.
• He has the only two two-homer games by a Tiger in 2025, at Georgia Tech on March 28 and against Gardner-Webb on April 9.
• In his career, he is hitting .253 with 14 doubles, 20 homers, 65 RBIs, 67 runs and a steal in 99 games (87 starts).