Tigers Conclude Regular Season at Pittsburgh

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The No. 9 Tigers close the regular season with a three-game series at Pittsburgh from Thursday to Saturday.

SERIES SETUP
• Who – Clemson (38-15, 15-12 ACC) vs. Pittsburgh (27-23, 10-17 ACC)
• Best Ranking – CU – No. 9 NCBWA; PIT – NR
• When – Thursday (6 p.m.), Friday (3 p.m.), Saturday (1 p.m.)
• Where – Pittsburgh, Pa. (Charles L. Cost Field)
• Watch – ACC Network Extra
• Video Announcers – Jason Earle, Mitch Robinson
• 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 9-5 (2014-24)
• Record at Pittsburgh – Clemson leads 5-3 (2014-22)

STARTING PITCHERS
• Thursday – RHP Aidan Knaak (CU) vs. LHP Patrick Gardner (PIT)
• Friday – RHP Drew Titsworth (CU) vs. TBA (PIT)
• Saturday – TBA (CU) vs. TBA (PIT)

CLEMSON OVERVIEW
• Clemson, which has a 7-7 road record, won one of three home games against Duke last weekend.
• The Tigers are averaging 7.0 runs per game and hitting .270 with a .438 slugging percentage, .405 on-base percentage and 60 steals.
• The pitching staff has a 5.02 ERA, .251 opponents’ batting average and 2.51 strikeout-to-walk ratio, and Clemson is fielding .976.

PITTSBURGH OVERVIEW
• Pittsburgh, which has a 12-7 home record and is averaging 7.1 runs per game, is led by seventh-year Head Coach Mike Bell.
• The Panthers defeated Penn State 15-1 on Tuesday. They are hitting .276 and have a 6.32 ERA and .967 fielding percentage.
• Luke Cantwell is hitting .348 with a .504 on-base percentage, Ryan Zuckerman has 12 homers and 46 RBIs and Ethan Firoved has eight saves.

QUICK HITS
• The series at Pittsburgh marks Clemson’s first games playing on a field-turf infield since the opening weekend of the 2025 season.
• Clemson’s highest-scoring inning is the first, when it has scored 70 runs, 28 more than any other inning.
• Clemson has a .976 fielding percentage, just behind the school record of .977, set by the 2023 team.

ALLEN ALL IN THE BULLPEN
• Junior righthander Joe Allen has been a reliable reliever for the Tigers during his career.
• He is 3-0 with a 1.82 ERA, .207 opponents’ batting average and 28 strikeouts in 24.2 innings pitched over 18 relief appearances in 2025.
• He has only allowed three extra-base hits, including only one homer.
• He has only allowed three of 21 inherited baserunners to score.
• He has not allowed an earned run in 8.2 innings pitched over nine relief appearances in ACC games.
• He pitched 3.0 hitless and scoreless innings in relief with six strikeouts to earn the win at South Carolina on March 2.
• In his career, he is 7-0 with one save, a 3.97 ERA, .237 opponents’ batting average and 86 strikeouts in 77.0 innings pitched.
• He has made 47 appearances (four starts) in his career.