BASEBALL

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

MAY 3, 2019

 

Clemson Plays Bulldogs Twice in Weekend Series

 

CLEMSON, S.C. – After five days off for final exams, the Tigers play Gardner-Webb in a home-and-home weekend series.

 

SERIES SETUP

• Who – Gardner-Webb (19-22) vs. Clemson (27-18)

• Best Ranking – GWU – NR; CU – NR

• When – Saturday (11 a.m.), Sunday (2 p.m.)

• Where – Clemson, S.C. (Doug Kingsmore Stadium) Saturday; Shelby, N.C. (Keeter Stadium) Sunday

• Watch – ACC Network Extra (Saturday)

• Video Announcers – Marty Clary, Pete Yanity

• Listen (Radio) – WCCP (105.5 FM), ESPN Upstate

• Listen (Internet) – ClemsonTigers.com, TuneIn

• Live Stats – ClemsonTigers.com

• Social Media – ClemsonBaseball

• Tickets – ClemsonTigers.com, 1-800-CLEMSON

 

SERIES HISTORY

• Overall Record – Clemson leads 10-0 (1975-15)

• Record at Clemson – Clemson leads 9-0 (1975-15)

• Record at Gardner-Webb – Clemson leads 1-0 (2011)

 

STARTING PITCHERS

• Saturday – LHP Isaac Campbell (GWU) vs. RHP Davis Sharpe (CU)

• Sunday – LHP Jacob Hennessy (CU) vs. RHP Landon Mitchell (GWU)

 

CLEMSON OVERVIEW

• Clemson, who has a 17-10 home record and 8-8 road record, won one of three games at No. 11 Georgia Tech last weekend.

• The Tigers are averaging 6.5 runs per game and hitting .261 with a .363 on-base percentage and 80 steals.

• The pitching staff has a 4.20 ERA, .239 opponents’ batting average and 2.40 strikeout-to-walk ratio and Clemson is fielding .970.

 

GARDNER-WEBB OVERVIEW

• Gardner-Webb is led by 17th-year head coach Rusty Stroupe.

• Wake Forest defeated the Runnin’ Bulldogs 9-7 on Tuesday. They are hitting .268 and have a 6.14 ERA and .959 fielding percentage.

• Justin Kunz is hitting .335 with nine homers, Chandler Redmond is batting .289 with 15 homers and Jarrett Thompson has seven saves.

 

QUICK HITS

• Sunday’s game marks Clemson’s first-ever game at Shelby, N.C.

• Clemson has scored at least six runs in six straight games

• Clemson totaled 42 hits, including eight homers, one triple and eight homers, in the three-game series at No. 11 Georgia Tech last weekend.

 

TIGERS RECOGNIZED FOR APR SCORE

• Baseball was one of six Tiger programs in the top-10 percent of their sport in the eligibility, graduation and retention metric for 2017-18.

• It was the third year in a row (2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18) the Clemson baseball program was lauded by the NCAA for its APR.

• Clemson is one of only 17 Division I baseball programs recognized in each of the three most-recent reports.

• Clemson is one of only four Power Five Conference baseball programs recognized in each of the three most-recent reports.

• Clemson was one of only two ACC schools (Notre Dame) to earn recognition for baseball for 2017-18.