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OFFICIAL GAME THREAD: #2 CLEMSON vs Charleston Southern

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CLEMSON, S.C. - The Tigers host former Tiger head coach Adam Ward and Charleston Southern on Tuesday at 6:30 p.m.

GAME SETUP

• Who - Charleston Southern (6-11) vs. Clemson (15-1)

• Best Rankings - CSU - NR; CU - No. 2 CB

• When - Tuesday (6:30 p.m.)

• Where - Clemson, S.C. (Doug Kingsmore Stadium)

• Watch - ACC Network Extra

• Video Announcers - Bob Mihalic, Ron Smith

• Listen - TigerCast, Clemson Tigers Network

• Live Stats - ClemsonTigers.com

• Social Media - ClemsonBaseball

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

• Promotion - Fans can purchase a ticket for only $2.

SERIES HISTORY

• Overall Record - Clemson leads 19-1 (1976-17)

• Record at Clemson - Clemson leads 16-1 (1976-17)

STARTING PITCHERS

• LHP Jaret Bennett (CSU) vs. RHP Holt Jones (CU)

CLEMSON OVERVIEW

• Clemson swept Georgia Tech in a three-game home series by a combined score of 23-7 last weekend.

• The Tigers are averaging 7.0 runs per game and hitting .268 with a .395 on-base percentage and 11 steals.

• The pitching staff has a 2.84 ERA, .236 opponents’ batting average and 2.80 strikeout-to-walk ratio and Clemson is fielding .979.

CHARLESTON SOUTHERN OVERVIEW

• Charleston Southern is led by second-year head coach Adam Ward, who lettered as a catcher at Clemson from 2007-09.

• The Buccaneers were swept at home by Holy Cross last weekend. They are hitting .231 and have a 5.12 ERA and .962 fielding percentage.

• Christian Maggio is hitting .368 and Kyle Vesnesky is batting .333. Righthander Cody Smith has all three of the team's saves as well.

QUICK HITS

• Clemson's 15-1 start is its best since 2002, when it started 26-1.

• Tiger relievers have combined for a 2.66 ERA and 77 strikeouts in 71.0 innings pitched this season.

• Seth Beer (RF) and Logan Davidson (SS) are the only Tigers to start every game at the same position this year.

ACC STANDINGS

• Clemson is in first place in the ACC Atlantic Division standings with a 3-0 league mark.

• Overall in the ACC standings, Clemson is in first place.

HENNESSY LEADING ROTATION

• Sophomore lefthander Jacob Hennessy was a reliever as a freshman in 2017, but has become the Friday starter in 2018.

• He is 1-0 with a 1.96 ERA, .205 opponents' batting average and 23 strikeouts against four walks in 23.0 innings pitched over four starts.

• He is holding opponents to a .148 batting average with two outs.

• In the first three innings of games in 2018, he has allowed four hits, no runs and two walks with 15 strikeouts in 12.0 innings pitched.

• In his career, he is 3-1 with a 3.02 ERA and 60 strikeouts against 15 walks in 53.2 innings pitched over 30 appearances (four starts).

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Holt Jones strikes out the side his first 2 innings! The freshman righty from California got his first start tonight after 2.1 innings of good work against MSU last week, earning his first win.

SCORELESS M2.

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BYRD GOES YARD!!! His first homer of season puts Tigers up 1-0 with 2 outs in the 2nd! The ball barely got out over the left field fence, just inside the foul pole. The strong wind definitely helped! Byrd thought it was foul and almost ran back to the plate when he got to 2nd base. Lol

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Hawkins strikes out to end the 2nd.

TIGERS LEAD 1-0 AFTER 2.

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Jones starts the 3rd with another K! That's 7 straight to start the game!

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Jones gets a ground out to end the K streak. 2 down.

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Jones gives up a 2-out walk.

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Fly out ends the inning!

TIGERS LEAD 1-0 M3.

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Tigers go 1-2-3 in the 3rd.

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Jones goes 1-2-3 with another K! He's only allowed one base runner, a 2-out walk.

TIGERS LEAD 1-0 M4.

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BYRD HOMERS AGAIN!!! Both with 2 outs and to complete opposite corners of the field! What in the world did he have to eat this morning?? He had no homers this season, one in his career, and he now has 2 in his first 2 at bats tonight! This one is a 3-run shot to put the Tigers up 4-0.

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Hawkins strikes out to end the inning. He has struck out to end the inning after both Byrd homers.

TIGERS LEAD 4-0 AFTER 4.

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Jones goes 1-2-3 again in the 5th! His only base runner is a 2-out walk in the 3rd.

TIGERS LEAD 4-0 M5.

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Matt Cooper, the DH tonight, gets a leadoff single.

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Teo strikes out, Cooper out at 2nd stealing. 2 down for Davidson.

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Davidson flies out to end the inning.

TIGERS LEAD 4-0 AFTER 5.

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Jones has thrown 23 balls and 47 strikes! One out in the 6th.

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Ugh base hit through the box blows the no-hitter for Jones with one out in the 6th.

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Jones gives up another single and a walk to load the bases with one out. Marr comes in from the pen. Good first start for Jones, though! He had only allowed one base runner before this inning, a 2-out walk in the 3rd.

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Marr gets 2 K's to strand em loaded!

TIGERS LEAD 4-0 M6.

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Beer just crushed one to right, but it was right into the wind and died in a hurry for an out. On a calm night, that would have been Beer's 4th homer in the last 4 games! 2 down for Williams.

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Williams reaches on a dropped infield fly! Figured we'd see one of those on this windy night. 2 down for Wharton.

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Wharton strikes out to end the inning.

TIGERS LEAD 4-0 AFTER 6.

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Mat Clark comes in from the pen after Marr gives up a one-out single.

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Clark gets a K for the second out.

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Runner steals 2nd. RISP for CSU with 2 outs.

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Fly to end the inning!

TIGERS LEAD 4-0 AT THE STRETCH.

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BYRD DOES IT AGAIN!!! HOMER TO CENTER! Lol he covered all parts of the field! Before the at bat, I said he has to go to center next. Lol Tigers lead 5-0, and Byrd has driven in all 5. It's the 14th 3-homer game in Clemson history. Not sure if any of his predecessors had only one career HR before the feat!

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Greene pinch hit for Hawkins and drew a walk. Cooper singled. 2 on with no outs for Teo.

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Teo and Davidson strike out, Cromwell grounds out to strand 2.

TIGERS LEAD 5-0 AFTER 7.

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Gilliam in from pen with one out and nobody on. Might mean Spiers is our new closer. We'll see...

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Gilliam gets a fly and a grounder to go 1-2-3 in the 8th! Nice to see from him.

TIGERS LEAD 5-0 M8.

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Beer leadoff walk, his 2nd of the game. He has not hit tonight. I think he would have had his 4th straight game with a homer if not for the wind. Monte moved Beer down to 3rd in the lineup, by the way. He had been batting 2nd ahead of Cromwell most of the season, but the two swapped tonight.

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Wiliams flies out. One on with one out for Wharton.

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Dying quail single for Wharton! Possibly an error. 2 on with one out for guess who! 3-homer Byrd!

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Lol Byrd missed a double down the left field line by an inch.

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Byrd breaks his bat! Lol HE IS ROY HOBBS!!! We need a lightning strike now.

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"Pick me out a winner, Billy."

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Awww Byrd chases one high and outside for a strike out. 2 on with 2 out for Greene, who pinch hit and walked earlier.

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Wharton picked off at 1st by the catcher to end the inning.

TIGERS LEAD 5-0 HEADED TO THE 9TH.

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Gobin to start the 9th.

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Nice backhand in the hole by Davidson for the 1st out.

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Double play to end the game! FIRST SHUTOUT WIN FOR TIGERS!!! They've won 8 straight and improve to 16-1 on the season, losing only by one run at SCAR due to a dropped infield fly by Byrd. He made up for it tonight!

Tigers will host #23 NC State this weekend.

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