Tigers Host Jaguars to Open Season
CLEMSON, S.C. - The Tigers begin their 122nd season with a three-game home series against South Alabama this weekend.
SERIES SETUP
• Who - South Alabama (0-0) vs. Clemson (0-0)
• Best Rankings - USA - NR; CU - No. 14 Baseball America
• When - Friday (3 p.m.), Saturday (3 p.m.), Sunday (1 p.m.)
• Where - Clemson, S.C. (Doug Kingsmore Stadium)
• Watch - ACC Network Extra
• Video Announcers - Jose Alvarez, Fred Cunningham (Saturday), Don Munson (Sunday), Ron Smith, Pete Yanity (Friday)
• Listen (Radio) - WCCP (105.5 FM), ESPN Upstate
• Listen (Internet) - ClemsonTigers.com, TuneIn
• Live Stats - ClemsonTigers.com
• Social Media - ClemsonBaseball
• Tickets - ClemsonTigers.com, 1-800-CLEMSON
• Promotion (Friday) - Giveaway - 2019 magnet schedule
• Promotion (Saturday) - Game Highlight - Seth Beer Day; Giveaway - Commemorative Seth Beer poster
• Promotion (Sunday) - Game Highlight - Kids run the bases postgame
SERIES HISTORY
• Overall Record - Clemson leads 6-5 (1973-02)
• Record at Clemson - Clemson leads 4-3 (1987-02)
STARTING PITCHERS
• Friday - RHP Drake Nightengale (USA) vs. RHP Brooks Crawford (CU)
• Saturday - RHP JoJo Booker (USA) vs. RHP Davis Sharpe (CU)
• Sunday - TBA vs. LHP Justin Wrobleski (CU)
CLEMSON OVERVIEW
• Clemson had a 47-16 overall record and 22-8 ACC mark in 2018.
• The Tigers are led by fourth-year head coach Monte Lee, who has won 70 percent (133-57) of his games in Tigertown.
• Clemson begins the season with a 10-game homestand and 18 of its first 21 games at home.
SOUTH ALABAMA OVERVIEW
• South Alabama is led by eighth-year head coach Mark Calvi.
• The Jaguars had a 32-25 overall record and an 18-11 Sun Belt Conference mark, good for a tie for third place, in 2018.
• South Alabama had an outstanding .978 fielding percentage in 2018.
QUICK HITS
• Clemson won its last 10 road games of 2018. The Tigers enter the 2019 season with the nation's longest active road winning streak.
• The Tigers play 18 of their first 21 games of the season at home, then 20 of their next 32 games away from home.
• Juniors Logan Davidson (SS) and Carson Spiers (RHP) were voted as team co-captains by their teammates in January.
POLLS
• Clemson is ranked as high as No. 14 in the nation by Baseball America in the preseason.
• Clemson has been ranked in the top 25 by at least one poll for 46 straight weeks dating to 2016.
OPENING WEEKEND FRESHMEN
• Davis Sharpe and Justin Wrobleski are slated to start on the mound as first-year freshmen this weekend against South Alabama.
• They will be only the fifth and sixth Tiger first-year freshman pitchers to start within the first three games of a year since 1997.
• Ryan Mottl (1997), Skip Browning (1997), Chris Dwyer (2009) and Jake Higginbotham (2016) started within the first three games from 1997-18.
• This weekend marks the first time since 1997 that two Tiger freshmen start on the mound within the first three games of a season.
• Graham Stoneburner (2008) and Kevin Brady (2010) started within the first three games of their redshirt freshman seasons.
PRESEASON HONORS
• Nineteen Tigers earned preseason recognition. See the list below.
#46 KEYSHAWN ASKEW, LHP
• No. 140 freshman in the nation by Perfect Game
• No. 35 freshman in the ACC by Perfect Game
#4 GRAYSON BYRD, INF
• No. 26 senior in the nation by Perfect Game
#8 LOGAN DAVIDSON, SS
• Golden Spikes Award Watch List
• First-team All-American by Baseball America
• Second-team All-American by D1Baseball
• Third-team All-American by Collegiate Baseball
• Third-team All-American by Perfect Game
• No. 3 shortstop in the nation by D1Baseball
• No. 30 prospect for the 2019 draft by Baseball America
• No. 20 college prospect for the 2019 draft by D1Baseball
• No. 20 college prospect for the 2019 draft by Perfect Game
• No. 18 junior in the nation by Perfect Game
• ACC player-of-the-year by D1Baseball
• First-team All-ACC by Perfect Game
• No. 3 ACC prospect for the 2019 draft by Baseball America
• No. 4 ACC prospect for the 2019 draft by D1Baseball
#35 CHAD FAIREY, INF/OF
• No. 123 freshman in the ACC by Perfect Game
#31 ADAM HACKENBERG, C
• No. 40 freshman in the nation by Perfect Game
• No. 11 freshman in the ACC by Perfect Game
• No. 34 freshman in the ACC by D1Baseball
#5 SAM HALL, INF/OF
• No. 30 ACC prospect for the 2020 draft by D1Baseball
#44 BRYAR HAWKINS, INF/RHP
• No. 143 freshman in the ACC by Perfect Game
#25 JACKSON LINDLEY, RHP
• No. 122 freshman in the ACC by Perfect Game
#47 MATTHEW LUMSDEN, OF/1B
• No. 125 freshman in the ACC by Perfect Game
#1 KIER MEREDITH, OF
• No. 80 sophomore in the nation by Perfect Game
• No. 33 ACC prospect for the 2020 draft by D1Baseball
#15 JAMES PARKER, INF
• No. 268 freshman in the nation by Perfect Game
• No. 55 freshman in the ACC by Perfect Game
#27 CARTER RAFFIELD, RHP
• No. 49 freshman in the nation by Perfect Game
• No. 13 freshman in the ACC by Perfect Game
• No. 33 freshman in the ACC by D1Baseball
#30 DAVIS SHARPE, RHP/1B
• No. 27 freshman in the nation by D1Baseball
• No. 41 freshman in the nation by Perfect Game
• No. 7 freshman in the ACC by D1Baseball
#23 CARSON SPIERS, RHP
• NCBWA Stopper-of-the-Year Watch List
• No. 34 reliever in the nation by D1Baseball
#29 SPENCER STRIDER, RHP
• No. 97 college prospect for the 2020 draft by D1Baseball
• No. 26 sophomore in the nation by Perfect Game
• No. 21 ACC prospect for the 2020 draft by D1Baseball
#13 BRYCE TEODOSIO, OF
• No. 99 outfielder in the nation by D1Baseball
• No. 106 college prospect for the 2020 draft by D1Baseball
• No. 23 ACC prospect for the 2020 draft by D1Baseball
#22 SAM WEATHERLY, LHP
• No. 52 sophomore in the nation by Perfect Game
#10 KYLE WILKIE, C
• No. 8 catcher in the nation by D1Baseball
• No. 164 college prospect for the 2019 draft by D1Baseball
• No. 30 ACC prospect for the 2019 draft by D1Baseball
#12 JUSTIN WROBLESKI, LHP/OF
• No. 38 freshman in the nation by D1Baseball
• No. 38 freshman in the nation by Perfect Game
• No. 10 freshman in the ACC by Baseball America
• No. 10 freshman in the ACC by Perfect Game
• No. 11 freshman in the ACC by D1Baseball