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2018-03-26 16:09:40
CLEMSON, S.C. - The Tigers return to Fluor Field for the third and final time in 2018 when they play Furman on Tuesday night. GAME SETUP • Who - Clemson (18-6) vs. Furman (13-11) • Best Rankings - CU - No. 8 CB; FUR - NR • When - Tuesday (6 p.m.) • Where - Greenville, S.C. (Fluor Field) • Listen - TigerCast, Clemson Tigers Network • Live Stats - ClemsonTigers.com • Social Media - ClemsonBaseball SERIES HISTORY • Overall Record - Clemson leads 151-57-4 (1896-2018) • Record at Furman - Clemson leads 61-28-2 (1896-2017) STARTING PITCHERS • LHP Sam Weatherly (CU) vs. RHP Trent Alley (FUR) CLEMSON OVERVIEW • Clemson won two games at No. 11 Louisville. • The Tigers are averaging 5.6 runs per game and hitting .243 with a .363 on-base percentage and 14 steals. • The pitching staff has a 3.26 ERA, .242 opponents’ batting average and 2.36 strikeout-to-walk ratio and Clemson is fielding .977. FURMAN OVERVIEW • Furman is led by second-year head coach Brett Harker. • The Paladins were swept at Wichita State last weekend. They are hitting .269 and have a 6.20 ERA and .967 fielding percentage. • Ben Anderson is hitting .376 with three homers and 21 RBIs, while Jason Costa is batting .333 with three homers and 16 RBIs. QUICK HITS • Chris Williams went 2-for-4 with a homer, double and career-high six RBIs in Clemson's 12-4 home win over Furman on Feb. 20. • Twelve of Clemson's 24 games have been against top-25 ranked teams and nine of the 24 games have been against top-11 ranked teams. • Taylor Harbin, an assistant coach at Furman, played three seasons (2005-07) at Clemson. TIGERS AT FLUOR FIELD • Clemson has a 24-6 all-time record at Fluor Field in Greenville, S.C. • The Tigers have outscored the opposition 244-125 at Fluor Field, an average score of 8.1-4.2. • The only teams to defeat Clemson at Fluor Field are South Carolina (2010,11,14,15), Presbyterian College (2011) and Michigan State (2015). • Clemson is 11-0 against Furman at Fluor Field. The Tigers have outscored Furman 123-50 in their 11 meetings at Fluor Field. MILLER FILLING KEY RELIEF ROLE • Senior righthander Ryan Miller has been one of Clemson's top relievers in 2018 and has filled an important role. • He is 2-1 with two saves, a 2.05 ERA, .211 opponents' batting average and 15 strikeouts in 22.0 innings pitched over nine relief outings. • He is holding opponents to an .043 batting average with two outs. • He has 32 groundball outs compared to 14 flyball outs. • He pitched 4.0 scoreless innings in relief to record the save in Clemson's win over No. 23 South Carolina at Greenville, S.C., on March 3. • In his career, he is 3-1 with three saves, a 2.41 ERA and 26 strikeouts against eight walks in 33.2 innings pitched over 20 relief outings. |
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2018-03-27 17:11:27
Davidson leadoff walk!
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2018-03-27 17:15:52
Greene in the starting lineup for tge 3rd game in a row and singles! 2 on with no outs for Beer.
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2018-03-27 17:18:20
Beer singles! Great to see after he had just one hit at Louisville. Bases juiced with no outs for Williams!
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2018-03-27 17:29:14
Ugh the ump determined that Beer and Greene crossed on the base path, so that gives the Tigers one with 2 on. |
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2018-03-27 17:31:02
Williams flies out, and Davidson is thrown out at home trying to tag. Wasted opportunity there. SCORELESS M1. |
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2018-03-27 17:31:38
Weatherly strikes out his first batter! |
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2018-03-27 17:32:19
Weatherly gives up back to back singles with 2 outs but gets another K to end the inning! SCORELESS AFTER ONE. |
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2018-03-27 17:32:45
Jolly leadoff double! |
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2018-03-27 17:33:29
Cromwell singles with one out, Jolly scores from 2nd! Tigers lead 1-0. |
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2018-03-27 17:34:18
Renwick grounds into a double play to end the inning. First start of the season for Renwick, who played a bunch at 3rd base last season. He is atg 1st today with Williams catching and Wilkie sitting out. TIGERS LEAD 1-0 M2. |
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2018-03-27 17:35:45
Weatherly gives up a leadoff walk. |
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2018-03-27 17:37:11
Williams guns the stealer out at 2nd after picking the pitch from the dirt! One out nobody on. |
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2018-03-27 17:38:33
Weatherly walks another. |
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2018-03-27 17:38:49
Jolly diving catch in left! 2 outs with one on. |
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2018-03-27 17:46:36
Wearherly gives up a 2-out single but gets a fly to strand 2. TIGERS LEAD 1-0 AFTER 2.
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2018-03-27 18:00:33
2-way freshman Weatherly batting tonight, I believe for the first time. He leads off.
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2018-03-27 18:00:47
Wetherly strikes out.
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2018-03-27 18:01:03
Davidson walks for the 2nd time tonight.
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2018-03-27 18:01:28
Greene grounds out, Davidson to 2nd. RISP for Beer with 2 outs.
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2018-03-27 18:02:28
BEER DELIVERS!!! 2-out single scores Davidson from 2nd! Tigers lead 2-0. Beer is 2-2 tonight!
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2018-03-27 18:03:09
Williams flies out to end the inning. TIGERS LEAD 2-0 M3.
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2018-03-27 18:04:03
Weatherly gives up a 2-out walk but gets a K to end the inning. TIGERS LEAD 2-0 AFTER 3.
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2018-03-27 18:42:17
Cromwell 2-out walk. |
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2018-03-27 18:42:33
Cromwell to 2nd on a wild pitch. |
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2018-03-27 18:43:04
Renwick walks on a full count after a great battle! 2 on with 2 outs for the freshman pitcher Weatherly. |
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2018-03-27 18:43:41
WEATHERLY DELIVERS!!! The freshman pitcher helps himself out with a 2-out single for his first hit of the season, putting the Tigers up 3-0. Davidson walks for the 3rd time tonight! Bases juiced with 2 outs for Greene. Pitching change for Furman with Beer on deck. |
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2018-03-27 18:44:14
E5 on a full count! Tigers go up 4-0, bases still juiced for Beer, who is 2-2 tonight! |
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2018-03-27 18:47:01
BEER AND SALAMI!!! Beer's 7th homer of season is a 2-out grand slam to double the lead! Tigers lead 8-0 in the 4th! Beer only had one hit at Louisville over the weekend, and his average was down to .232! Hope this portends a long hot streak. Knock on wood! |
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2018-03-27 18:47:44
Williams grounds out to end the inning after a 5-run 2-out rally with nobody on! TIGERS LEAD 8-0 M4. |
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2018-03-27 18:48:30
Weatherly goes 1-2-3 with 2 K's! TIGERS LEAD 8-0 AFTER 4. |
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2018-03-27 18:49:12
Jolly, Wharton and Cromwell go 1-2-3 in the 5th. |
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2018-03-27 18:50:51
Weatherly strikes out the leadoff man but gives up a couple walks, and Monte brings freshman Holt Jones in from the pen.
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2018-03-27 18:52:13
Jones promptly gives up a single, and a run scores on a fielding error by Jolly. Tigers lead 8-1 with 2nd and 3rd, one out. |
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2018-03-27 18:53:13
Ugh another run scores on a passed ball. Williams is a little rusty back there. It's his first game behind the plate in a couple weeks. Tigers lead 8-2 with man on 2nd. |
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2018-03-27 18:54:12
Double to the gap in right scores another run! Tigers lead 8-3 now with man on 2nd and one out. Jones pitched well last time here against Michigan State, but he sure is struggling now. |
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2018-03-27 18:54:45
Grounder moves the runner to 3rd with 2 outs. |
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2018-03-27 18:56:03
Jones gets a grounder to finally end the 5th and strand the runner at 3rd! TIGERS LEAD 8-3 AFTER 5. |
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2018-03-27 19:05:55
Davidson 2-out double, but Greene grounds out to end the inning. Davidson has 3 walks and a double tonight! TIGERS LEAD 8-3 M6. |
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2018-03-27 19:09:52
Ugh leadoff man reaches on throwing error by Davidson. |
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2018-03-27 19:10:17
Infield single gives Furman 2 on with no outs. |
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2018-03-27 19:11:34
Good grief double scores 2 to make it 8-5. Rough outing for Jones. Monte brings in Huggins from pen with man on 2nd and no outs. |
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2018-03-27 19:17:58
Ugh Huggins walks his first batter. 2 on with no outs. |
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2018-03-27 19:20:54
Good grief, throwing error by Huggins on the sac bunt loads the bases with no outs! Huggins comes out, Marr in from pen. |
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2018-03-27 19:21:33
Monte has seen enough of this defense. He moves Williams to 1st and puts Wilkie in at catcher. |
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2018-03-27 19:22:05
Marr gets a big K! Bases loaded with one out. |
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2018-03-27 19:25:35
WEB GEM BY GREENE!!! He flicks the ball out of his glove to Davidson for the 4-6-3 double play to end the inning and strand em loaded! 2nd time Greene has done that this season. Boy, he is making the most of his opportunities after riding the bench most of the season. TIGERS LEAD 8-5 AFTER 6. |
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2018-03-27 19:29:02
Beer leadoff walk! |
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2018-03-27 19:35:55
WILLIAMS HOMER!!! His 6th of season and 2nd in the last week puts Tigers up 10-5 in the 7th! |
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2018-03-27 19:41:05
Jolly, Wharton and Cromwell go 1-2-3 to end the inning after the Williams homer. TIGERS LEAD 10-5 AT THE STRETCH. |
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2018-03-27 19:41:32
Teo in at center, Wharton moves to left. |
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2018-03-27 19:41:49
Marr gives up a leadoff single. |
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2018-03-27 19:42:11
Grounder moves the runner to 2nd with one out. |
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2018-03-27 19:46:54
Marr gets a couple K's to strand the runner at 2nd! TIGERS LEAD 10-5 AFTER 7. |
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2018-03-27 20:02:40
Wilkie leadoff single in his first at bat of the game!
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2018-03-27 20:03:17
Wilkie out at 2nd on Weatherly grounder. |
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2018-03-27 20:03:39
Weatherly steals 2nd! RISP for Davidson with one out. He is 1-1 with 3 walks!
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2018-03-27 20:04:06
Davidson walks again for the 4th time! Greene up with 2 on and one out.
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2018-03-27 20:04:24
Greene strike out. 2 on with 2 outs for Beer. |
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2018-03-27 20:04:47
Beer grounder up the middle, but he's safe at 1st on catcher's interference! Bases juiced for Williams with 2 outs.
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2018-03-27 20:05:03
Williams fouls out to strand em loaded. TIGERS LEAD 10-5 M8. |
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2018-03-27 20:06:18
Schnell starts the 8th for Tigers.
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2018-03-27 20:07:39
Schnell gives up a one-out walk but gets a double play to end the 8th! TIGERS LEAD 10-5 AFTER HEADED TO THE 9TH. |
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2018-03-27 20:15:50
Teo, Wharton and Cromwell go 1-2-3. Another K for Teo. TIGERS LEAD 10-5 M9.
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2018-03-27 20:16:05
Gilliam starts the 9th.
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2018-03-27 20:17:33
K and a foul out! 2 down, one more to go.
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2018-03-27 20:18:07
Mitchell Miller comes in to try to get the final out with nobody on.
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2018-03-27 21:04:48
Miller gets a fly to close the books! Tigers improve to 19-6 on the season, winning 3 of their last 4. I'll have post-game interviews posted shortly. TIGERS WIN 10-5 |
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2018-03-27 21:04:55
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2018-03-27 21:09:46
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