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CLEMSON, S.C. - The Tigers travel northward to take on Notre Dame in a three-game series this weekend. SERIES SETUP • Who - Clemson (23-6, 8-4 ACC) vs. Notre Dame (12-16, 4-8 ACC) • Best Rankings - CU - No. 6 Collegiate Baseball; UND - NR • Where - Notre Dame, Ind. (Frank Eck Stadium) • Watch - ACC Network Extra • Video Announcers - David Korzeniowski (Friday), Tom Peterson (Saturday, Sunday), Nik Valdiserri • Listen - TigerCast, Clemson Tigers Network • Live Stats - ClemsonTigers.com • Social Media - ClemsonBaseball SERIES HISTORY • Overall Record - Clemson leads 8-5 (1994-17) • Record at Notre Dame - Clemson leads 4-2 (2014-16) STARTING PITCHERS • Friday - LHP Jacob Hennessy (CU) vs. LHP Scott Tully (UND) • Saturday - RHP Brooks Crawford (CU) vs. LHP Tommy Sheehan (UND) • Sunday - LHP Jake Higginbotham (CU) vs. RHP Cameron Junker (UND) CLEMSON OVERVIEW • Clemson hit four home runs in its 6-1 home win over No. 18 Coastal Carolina on Tuesday night. • The Tigers are averaging 6.1 runs per game and hitting .249 with a .371 on-base percentage and 18 steals. • The pitching staff has a 3.11 ERA, .234 opponents’ batting average and 2.35 strikeout-to-walk ratio and Clemson is fielding .974. NOTRE DAME OVERVIEW • Notre Dame is led by eighth-year head coach Mik Aoki. • The Fighting Irish beat Chicago State at home 18-4 on Tuesday. They are hitting .268 and have a 5.44 ERA and .974 fielding percentage. • Nick Podkul is hitting .347 three homers, 22 RBIs and seven steals, while Alex Kerschner is batting .338. QUICK HITS • Clemson hit four homers versus Coastal Carolina on Tuesday, its most in a game since totaling four against the Chanticleers on May 16, 2017. • Ten different Tigers have hit at least one home run and nine different Tigers have hit at least two home runs. • Chris Williams leads the team in multiple-hit games (8) and multiple-RBI games (8). GREENE PROVIDING SPARK AT BOTTOM • Junior infielder Jordan Greene has come on to become the starter at second base and has provided a spark at the bottom of the lineup. • Clemson is 8-1 in his nine starts and 5-0 when Greene is batting in the No. 9 spot in the starting lineup. • He is hitting .300 with a double, two homers, four RBIs, 10 runs, a .432 on-base percentage and a steal in 16 games in 2018. • In ACC regular-season games, he has a .400 batting average with a .571 on-base percentage in seven games (five starts). • In his career, he is hitting .259 with 14 doubles, three homers, 29 RBIs, 53 runs and nine steals in 113 games (87 starts). |
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2018-04-06 13:52:56
Due to weather, Friday's game is canceled and they will play a doubleheader on Sunday beginning at 11:00. |
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2018-04-07 12:48:04
Beer drew a 2-out walk on a full count but nothing else for the Tigers in the 1st. |
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2018-04-07 12:48:54
Ugh Hennessy gives up a leadoff walk and a homer to start the game. Bad start! |
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2018-04-07 12:49:48
Hennessy follows the homer with back to back singles but then gets 3 consecutive outs. It's super cold in South Bend. Must have needed more warm up time! TIGERS TRAIL 2-0 AFTER ONE. |
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2018-04-07 12:50:09
Wilkie, Cromwell and Wharton go 1-2-3 in the 2nd. |
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2018-04-07 12:50:43
Hennessy gives up a one-out single but nothing else in the 2nd. TIGERS TRAIL 2-0 AFTER 2. |
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2018-04-07 12:52:41
Byrd leadoff single! He hit a homer the other night against Coastal. Brings up freshman Kier Meredith for his first career at bat in his first start in center field! Davidson on deck. |
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2018-04-07 12:53:04
Meredith walks! Great start for him. 2 on with no outs for Davidson! |
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2018-04-07 12:54:15
Davidson ground out moves the runners to 2nd and 3rd with one out for Greene, who was moved all the way up to the 2 hole. He's been hot lately, but I wish Beer were batting 2nd right now like usual! |
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2018-04-07 12:54:45
GREENE DELIVERS!!! Sac fly makes it 2-1. RISP with 2 outs for Beer. |
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2018-04-07 12:59:09
Beer fouls out to end the inning. TIGERS TRAIL 2-1 M3. |
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2018-04-07 13:09:32
Hennessy gives up a leadoff single but nothing else in the 3rd. |
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2018-04-07 13:12:29
Wharton one-out single after Williams strikes out. One on for Cromwell. |
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2018-04-07 13:14:37
Cromwell hard hit ground ball right at 1st base. Man on 1st with 2 outs for Wilkie, who struck out his first time up. |
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2018-04-07 13:17:05
Cromwell caught stealing 2nd to end the inning. TIGERS TRAIL 2-1 M4. |
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2018-04-07 13:33:05
Hennessy gives up a leadoff walk in the 4th. He's given up a leadoff runner 3 out of 4 innings. |
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2018-04-07 13:33:42
Runner to 2nd on a passed ball with 2 outs. |
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2018-04-07 13:35:10
Ugh 2-out double puts Irish up 3-1. Those leadoff walks kill you every time! They have cost the Tigers 2 runs today, and that's the difference in the score. |
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2018-04-07 13:35:38
Hennessy gets a K to end the inning. TIGERS TRAIL 3-1 AFTER 4. |
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2018-04-07 13:36:58
BYRD SOLO HOMER!!! His 5th of the season and 2nd in 2 games! Tigers trail 3-2 with one out in 5th. |
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2018-04-07 13:38:22
MEREDITH TRIPLE!!! That might be the Tigers' first triple of the season. What a debut for the freshman! Tying run on 3rd with one out for Davidson. |
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2018-04-07 13:39:19
Ugh Meredith thrown out at the plate tagging. Opportunity to tie lost, TIGERS TRAIL 3-2 M5. |
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2018-04-07 13:41:39
Hennessy goes 1-2-3 for the first time today! |
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2018-04-07 13:47:32
Beer one-out single! Williams up with Wharton on deck. |
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2018-04-07 13:49:07
Williams flies out. He's 0-3 today. |
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2018-04-07 13:52:47
Beer to 2nd on a passed ball. Tying RISP with 2 outs for Wharton.
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2018-04-07 13:53:14
Wharton walks. 2 on with 2 outs for Cromwell. |
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2018-04-07 13:57:14
UGH Cromwell strikes out swinging on a full count to strand the tying and go-ahead runs. He is 0-3 today. TIGERS TRAIL 3-2 M6. |
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2018-04-07 14:09:31
Hennessy goes 1-2-3 for the second straight inning!
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2018-04-07 14:10:05
New pitcher for the Irish. |
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2018-04-07 14:17:32
Byrd one-out walk. |
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2018-04-07 14:18:50
Meredith bunt single! He's 2-2 with a triple and a walk in his Clemson debut! 2 on with one out for Davidson. |
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2018-04-07 14:20:34
Davidson walks the bases loaded with one out! Ugh I wish Monte had left Beer in the 2 hole! Greene up with Beer on deck. Hopefully Greene can draw a game tying walk here. |
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2018-04-07 14:20:53
New pitcher for Irish. |
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2018-04-07 14:22:43
UGH Greene infield fly! Should have been Beer up with one out. 2 outs now for Beer with the tying run on 3rd and go ahead run on 2nd. |
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2018-04-07 14:24:08
Another pitching change to face Beer. Game on the line for both teams! |
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2018-04-07 14:26:39
UGH!!! Beer grounds out to strand em loaded. Huge opportunity blown. Greene needed to put the ball in the outfield and tie the game. TIGERS TRAIL 3-2 AT THE STRETCH. |
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2018-04-07 14:32:38
Hennessy gives up a leadoff single after going 1-2-3 the last 2 innings.
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2018-04-07 14:33:21
Hennessy gets the first 2 outs and Spiers comes in from the pen with a man on 2nd. |
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2018-04-07 14:38:12
Good grief Spiers gives up an RBI single to his first batter to make it 4-2. These pitchers are clearly taking too long to warm up in this cold weather. |
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2018-04-07 14:40:07
Spiers gets an infield fly, but it's one batter too late. TIGERS TRAIL 4-2 AFTER 7. |
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2018-04-07 14:45:47
Williams leadoff single for his first hit of the day! Boy, we could have used that at the end of the last inning. Wharton up with Cromwell on deck. |
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2018-04-07 14:46:51
Wharton strikes out swinging. One on with one out for Cromwell. |
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2018-04-07 14:49:55
Cromwell reaches for the first time with a walk! Interesting to see if Monte will have Wilkie bunt the runners over to put the tying run on 2nd for Byrd, who homered and walked today. You've also got Meredith in the hole, and he's 2-2 with a walk and a triple! |
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2018-04-07 14:52:35
Wilkie walks em loaded! Second straight inning the Tigers have had bases loaded with one out. They've GOT to pay this one off! Red-hot Meredith is on deck. |
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2018-04-07 14:53:46
Good grief Byrd strikes out looking. Unacceptable! 2 outs for Meredith. Talk about a pressure situation for the freshman in his Clemson debut! |
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2018-04-07 14:56:57
UGH Tigers robbed by a terrible strike call on a 3-1 pitch. Pitch was outside for ball 4. Meredith then struck out swinging on the full count. Second straight inning the Tigers squander bases loaded one out, but that one was on the ump. Meredith had reached base all 3 times in his debut, and the ump robbed him of a 4th. TIGERS TRAIL 4-2 M8. |
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2018-04-07 15:11:04
Spiers gives up a leadoff single, but he's thrown out going for 2. |
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2018-04-07 15:11:37
Spiers gets a K for the 2nd out, and Schnell comes in from the pen. |
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2018-04-07 15:14:02
Lol Schnell's first batter hits a homer. All 3 pitchers have had horrible starts in this col weather. They have each given up runs within their first 2 batters--2 of them have been homers. |
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2018-04-07 15:15:06
Schnell gives up a single and then picks off the runner to end the inning. TIGERS TRAIL 5-2 HEADED TO THE 9TH. |
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2018-04-07 15:16:11
Davidson strikes out looking, Greene walks. Where was that walk with the bases loaded?! |
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2018-04-07 15:17:26
Beer singles. 2 on for Williams, who singled last time. Game-tying homer here would be nice! He did it a few weeks ago at Coastal. |
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2018-04-07 15:20:30
Williams flies out. Tigers down to final out with corners for Wharton, who struck out last time.
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2018-04-07 15:24:06
Wharton grounds out to end the game. Ends a 4-game win streak for the Tigers, who won 7 of their last 8. Too many wasted opportunities, and the Irish made the most of theirs. Tigers stranded 12 base runners and failed to score after twice loading the bases with one out. Doubleheader tomorrow begins at 11:00. TIGERS LOSE 5-2. |
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2018-04-08 12:53:17
NOTRE DAME, IND. - Five Fighting Irish pitchers combined to allow just two of 16 baserunners to score in Notre Dame's 5-2 victory over No. 6 Clemson at Frank Eck Stadium on Saturday afternoon. The Fighting Irish, who took a 1-0 lead in the series, improved to 13-16 overall and 5-8 in the ACC. The Tigers, who saw their five-game winning streak end, dropped to 23-7 overall and 8-5 in ACC play. Jake Johnson laced a two-run homer in the first inning to give the Fighting Irish an early lead. Jordan Greene hit a sacrifice fly in the third inning before Notre Dame answered with a run in the fourth inning on a two-out flyball that was lost in the sun. Grayson Byrd hit a towering solo homer, his fifth of the year, in the fifth inning. After Notre Dame escaped a one-out, bases-loaded jam without giving up a run in the top of the seventh inning, Nick Podkul lined a two-out single to score a run in the bottom of the seventh inning. Notre Dame escaped another one-out, bases-loaded jam without surrendering a run in eighth inning as well. Notre Dame starter Scott Tully (4-1) pitched 6.0 effective innings to earn the win. He allowed five hits, two runs and three walks with six strikeouts. Cole Kmet pitched the final 2.1 innings to record his fifth save of the season. Tiger starter Jacob Hennessy (3-2) suffered the loss, as he yielded seven hits, four runs and two walks with two strikeouts in 6.2 innings pitched. The series concludes Sunday with a doubleheader starting at 11 a.m., on ACC Network Extra. |
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