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OFFICIAL GAME THREAD: #3 CLEMSON vs #10 Georgia

CUTrevor 2018-04-10 10:49:38

CLEMSON, S.C. - The Tigers travel to North Augusta, S.C., to take on No. 10 Georgia in a neutral-site contest in the inaugural game at SRP Park.

GAME SETUP

• Who - Georgia (23-9) vs. Clemson (25-7)

• Best Rankings - UGA - No. 10 Collegiate Baseball; CU - No. 3 Collegiate Baseball

• When - Tuesday (6:30 p.m.)

• Where - North Augusta, S.C. (SRP Park)

• Listen - TigerCast, Clemson Tigers Network

• Live Stats - ClemsonTigers.com

• Social Media - ClemsonBaseball

SERIES HISTORY

• Overall Record - Georgia leads 122-108-2 (1900-2017)

• Record at Neutral - Tied 3-3 (1917-46)

STARTING PITCHERS

• RHP Tony Locey (UGA) vs. RHP Spencer Strider (CU)

CLEMSON OVERVIEW

• Clemson won two of three games at Notre Dame last weekend.

• The Tigers are averaging 6.0 runs per game and hitting .248 with a .371 on-base percentage and 23 steals.

• The pitching staff has a 3.14 ERA, .238 opponents’ batting average and 2.33 strikeout-to-walk ratio and Clemson is fielding .976.

GEORGIA OVERVIEW

• Georgia is led by fifth-year head coach Scott Stricklin.

• The Bulldogs won one of three games at Vanderbilt last weekend. They are hitting .287 and have a 3.54 ERA and .978 fielding percentage.

• Keegan McGovern is hitting .364 with 10 homers, 31 RBIs and a .493 on-base percentage, while Michael Curry is batting .339 with six homers.

QUICK HITS

• Clemson and Georgia have played neutral-site games at Anderson, S.C., Gainesville, Ga., Elberton, Ga., and Thomson, Ga.

• Clemson is the designated home team against Georgia.

• Tuesday's game marks Clemson's first game in the Augusta, Ga., area since sweeping Maine in three games at Lake Olmstead Stadium in 2015.

MEREDITH ADDING SPEED TO LINEUP

• Freshman outfielder Kier Meredith made his Clemson debut at Notre Dame on April 7 after missing the first half of the season due to injury.

• He made an instant impact in the Notre Dame series, going 4-for-10 with a homer, triple, .571 on-base percentage and three steals.

• He is hitting .400 with a triple, homer, two RBIs, a run, .571 on-base percentage and three steals in three games in 2018.

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Strider walks the leadoff batter.

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Strike em out throw em out at 2nd! 2 down with nobody on.

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Strider gives up a 2-out single.

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Ugh runner steals 2nd and advances to 3rd on the throw. Still 2 down.

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Strider gets another big K to strand runner at 3rd!

SCORELESS M1.

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Meredith got hit by a pitch to lead off and stole 2nd, but Davidson struck out, Beer flied out and Williams struck out to strand him. 3rd time Meredith has been hit by a pitch in his 4 starts! He also has a couple walks. His on base percentage is through the roof. Love having him in the leadoff spot!

SCORELESS AFTER ONE.

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Strider goes 1-2-3 with 2 K's in the 2nd!

SCORELESS M2.

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Jolly leadoff single!

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WHARTON 2-RUN HOMER!!!

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GREENE 2-OUT HOMER!!! His 4th in 5 games!

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Meredith hit by a pitch AGAIN! Lol his 2nd in 2 at bats tonight and 5th of season in less than 5 games played!

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Meredith picked off to end the inning.

TIGERS LEAD 3-0 AFTER 2.

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Ugh Dogs answered right back in the 3rd. Strider gave up a leadoff single, a walk, another single and walked in a run. He then gave up a sac fly to make it 3-2, and Monte brought Marr in from the pen. Marr proceeded to give up a 3-run bomb to his first batter. Monte might have been a little quick on the hook. Strider was looking good before this inning and had runners at the corners with one out. Not gonna have a pitchers' duel tonight!

TIGERS TRAIL 5-3 M3.

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The press box here sucks, but it's a nice brand new ball park. Better crowd than I was expecting too, although there are way more UGA fans here than there would be at DKS, which is why I question Clemson opting to play its home game here. They must have gotten a pretty penny from the franchise and/or the city.

I'd say it's about 75% Clemson fans here.

CUTrevor 2018-04-10 19:03:43

Beer one-out single after another Davidson strike out.

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Williams also strikes out. 2 down for Jolly.

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Jolly walks on a full count! 2 on with 2 outs for Wharton, who homered last time up.

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Ugh Wharton strikes out looking to strand 2.

TIGERS TRAIL 5-3 AFTER 3.

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Marr gives up a 2-out walk and a single. Runners on 1st and 2nd.

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Marr gets his 2nd K of the inning to end the 4th.

TIGERS TRAIL 5-3 M4.

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Cromwell and Greene strike out, Wilkie grounds out. 1-2-3 in the 4th.

TIGERS TRAIL 5-3 AFTER 4.

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Marr goes 1-2-3 with a K in the 5th! Too bad had that one bad pitch to his first batter, or the Tigers would be up 3-2 right now. That's been a disturbing trend with the relievers coming in cold out of the pen.

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Meredith grounds out to start the 5th. First time he's failed to reach.

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Marr gives up a 2-out walk but gets a K to end the inning!

TIGERS TRAIL 5-3 M6.

CUTrevor 2018-04-10 20:01:41

Attendance just announced at 5,801. Probably a stadium record for the new ball park! Like I said, probably 75% or so Clemson fans.

CUTrevor 2018-04-10 20:02:23

New pitcher for UGA. Hopefully we'll have better luck with this one!

CUTrevor 2018-04-10 20:03:19

Ugh Williams strikes out again. He's been ice cold lately.

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Jolly single! One out for Wharton, who homered earlier tonight.

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Another new pitcher for the Dogs.

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Cromwell grounds out to end the inning.

TIGERS TRAIL 5-3 AFTER 6.

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Ryan Miller in to pitch the 7th.

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Beer makes a nice play in deep right for the first out!

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Miller goes 1-2-3!

TIGERS TRAIL 5-3 AT THE STRETCH.

CUTrevor 2018-04-10 20:16:46

Another new pitcher for Dogs. 5th of the game.

CUTrevor 2018-04-10 20:18:08

Wilkie leadoff single! Greene up with leadoff man Meredith on deck.

CUTrevor 2018-04-10 20:24:55

Ugh UGA strikes out the side after the leadoff hit! Wilkie stranded on 2nd.

TIGERS TRAIL 5-3 AFTER 7.

CUTrevor 2018-04-10 20:31:33

Ugh Miller gives up a one-out walk followed by a passed ball and a wild pitch. Runner on 3rd now with one out. Need a big K here! Tigers have given up 7 walks tonight.

CUTrevor 2018-04-10 20:34:23

Ugh little squibber down the first run scores the runner. Williams might have had a play at the plate, but he took the easy out tagging the runner. 2 down with nobody on.

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Miller gets a K to end the inning.

TIGERS TRAIL 6-3 M8.

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Beer drew a leadoff walk, but Williams flew out to deep center and Jolly grounded into a double play.

TIGERS TRAIL 6-3 HEADED TO THE 9TH.

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Owen Griffith starts the 9th.

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Griffith strikes out the side, all swinging! Nice to see him back. Wharton leads off for Tigers.

TIGERS TRAIL 6-3 M9.

CUTrevor 2018-04-10 21:18:33

Wharton legged out an infield single but Cromwell struck out and Wilkie double play ended the game.

TIGERS LOSE 6-3.

I'll have post-game interviews posted shortly.

CUTrevor 2018-04-10 21:31:26