Tigers Close Regular Season Against Eagles
CLEMSON, S.C. - The No. 4 Tigers conclude the regular season with a three-game series against Boston College at Doug Kingsmore Stadium.
SERIES SETUP
• Who - Boston College (22-28, 8-19 ACC) vs. Clemson (37-13, 17-10 ACC)
• Best Ranking - BOC - No. NR; CU - No. 4 D1Baseball
• When - Thursday (6 p.m.), Friday (6 p.m.), Saturday (Noon)
• Where - Clemson, S.C. (Doug Kingsmore Stadium)
• Watch - ACC Network Extra (Thursday, Friday), ACC Network (Saturday)
• Video Announcers (Thursday) - William Qualkinbush, Ron Smith
• Video Announcers (Friday) - William Qualkinbush, Ron Smith
• Video Announcers (Saturday) - Devon Travis, Jonathan Yardley
• Listen (Radio) - Clemson Athletic Network (locally on WCCP (105.5 FM))
• Listen (Internet) - ClemsonTigers.com
• Live Stats - ClemsonTigers.com
• Social Media - ClemsonBaseball
• Tickets - ClemsonTigers.com, 1-800-CLEMSON
SERIES HISTORY
• Overall Record - Clemson leads 45-11 (2006-23)
• Record at Clemson - Clemson leads 22-5 (2007-22)
STARTING PITCHERS
• Thursday - RHP John West (BOC) vs. LHP Ethan Darden (CU)
• Friday - LHP A.J. Colarusso (BOC) vs. LHP Tristan Smith (CU)
• Saturday - TBA (BOC) vs. RHP Aidan Knaak (CU)
CLEMSON OVERVIEW
• Clemson, which has a 24-6 home record, lost all three games at No. 12 Wake Forest last weekend.
• The Tigers are averaging 8.0 runs per game and hitting .293 with a .509 slugging percentage, .396 on-base percentage and 52 steals.
• The pitching staff has a 4.51 ERA, .240 opponents’ batting average and 2.29 strikeout-to-walk ratio, and Clemson is fielding .968.
BOSTON COLLEGE OVERVIEW
• Boston College, which has a 12-9 road record and is averaging 6.5 runs per game, is led by first-year Head Coach Todd Interdonato.
• The Eagles lost 4-3 at home to Georgetown on Tuesday. They are hitting .267 and have a 6.45 ERA and .980 fielding percentage.
• Kyle Wolff is hitting .314 with seven homers and 42 RBIs, Cameron Leary has 13 homers and 22 steals and Michael Farinelli has two saves.
QUICK HITS
• On Saturday at 11:30 a.m., Clemson will honor its senior players on Senior Day.
• Clemson has only allowed 24 steals in 37 attempts.
• Ten Tigers have had a double-digit on-base streak in 2024.
20 ACC REGULAR-SEASON WINS
• Clemson has a 17-10 ACC regular-season record in 2024, good for first place in the ACC Atlantic Division standings.
• Clemson had a 20-10 ACC regular-season record in 2023, its sixth season of totaling 20+ ACC regular-season wins, tied for third in the ACC.
• North Carolina (8) has the most ACC regular seasons of 20+ wins, while Florida State (7) is second and Miami (Fla.) (6) is tied for third.
• No ACC team has totaled 20+ ACC regular-season wins in back-to-back seasons during 30-game league schedules since 2017,18 (North Carolina).
• In 2021, ACC teams were scheduled to play 36 ACC regular-season games due to COVID-19, therefore figures above exclude that season.
• A total of 28 times has a head coach had an opportunity to total 20 ACC regular-season wins in his first year at an ACC school since 1992.
• The figures in the note above exclude head coaches who started at an ACC school in 2020 (shortened season).
• Only two have totaled 20+ ACC regular-season wins in his first year as a head coach at a school, Jack Leggett (1994) and Erik Bakich (2023).
• Jack Leggett (1994,95) is the only head coach to total 20+ ACC regular-season wins in each of his first two seasons at a school.
• The ACC regular-season schedule expanded to 24 games starting in the 1992 season.
• The ACC regular-season schedule expanded to 30 games starting in the 2005 season.