It’s Military Appreciation Day at Doug Kingsmore Stadium when the Tigers host No. 18 Coastal Carolina on Tuesday night.
GAME SETUP
• Who – Coastal Carolina (21-9) vs. Clemson (22-6)
• Best Rankings – CCU – No. 18 Baseball America; CU – No. 6 Collegiate Baseball
• When – Tuesday (6:30 p.m.)
• Where – Clemson, S.C. (Doug Kingsmore Stadium)
• Watch – ACC Network Extra
• Video Announcers – William Qualkinbush, Ron Smith
• Listen – TigerCast, Clemson Tigers Network
• Live Stats – ClemsonTigers.com
• Social Media – ClemsonBaseball
• Tickets – ClemsonTigers.com, 1-800-CLEMSON
• Promotion – Military Appreciation Day – Join us as we honor veterans, active military personnel and our ROTC programs.
• Promotion – Fans can purchase a ticket for only $2.
SERIES HISTORY
• Overall Record – Clemson leads 44-10 (1986-18)
• Record at Clemson – Clemson leads 32-6 (1988-17)
STARTING PITCHERS
• RHP Shaddon Peavyhouse (CCU – 1-2, 3.31 ERA) vs. RHP Spencer Strider (CU – 2-0, 5.19)
CLEMSON OVERVIEW
• Clemson swept Boston College at home in three games last weekend.
• The Tigers are averaging 6.1 runs per game and hitting .250 with a .369 on-base percentage and 18 steals.
• The pitching staff has a 3.18 ERA, .238 opponents’ batting average and 2.37 strikeout-to-walk ratio and Clemson is fielding .973.
COASTAL CAROLINA OVERVIEW
• Coastal Carolina is led by 23rd-year head coach Gary Gilmore.
• The Chanticleers won two games at Georgia Southern last weekend. They are hitting .294 and have a 4.03 ERA and .971 fielding percentage.
• Parker Chavers (.327), Cory Wood (.317), Seth Lancaster (.313) and Lee Sponseller (.311) are all hitting at least .300 in 2018.
QUICK HITS
• Lee Sponseller hit a walkoff grand slam to lift Coastal Carolina to a 9-5 win over Clemson at Conway, S.C., on March 20.
• Tuesday’s game marks the first time since 2005 that Clemson and Coastal Carolina play multiple times during the regular season.
• The 2018 season marks the third straight year Clemson has 21+ wins at the midway point of the regular season (21 in 2016, 23 in 2017).
MARR HAVING STRONG FRESHMAN YEAR
• Redshirt freshman righthander Travis Marr has been one of the team’s top long relievers in his second season in the program in 2018.
• He is 3-0 with a 3.04 ERA, .279 opponents’ batting average and 19 strikeouts in 23.2 innings pitched over nine appearances (one start).
• He has registered a win in each of his last three appearances and has not allowed a home run in 2018.
• In his last six appearances, he is 3-0 and has allowed just 12 hits and two runs (1.17 ERA) with 12 strikeouts in 15.1 innings pitched.
• He is holding opponents to 0-for-8 with four strikeouts against no walks with the bases loaded.
• He has allowed just seven hits and one run (0.71 ERA) in 12.2 innings pitched after the fifth inning.
• In his career, he is 3-0 with a 2.92 ERA and 21 strikeouts against eight walks in 24.2 innings pitched over 10 appearances (one start).
THREE TIGERS IN THE MAJORS IN 2018
• Former Tigers Daniel Gossett, Brad Miller and Tony Sipp have all played at least one MLB game in 2018.
• Gossett is in his second season, Miller is in his sixth season and Sipp is in his 10th season.
• Gossett, who had a 23-9 career record at Clemson, made his major league debut with the Oakland Athletics in 2017.
• Miller, the 2011 ACC Player-of-the-Year, hit .339 with 36 doubles, eight triples, 16 homers, 135 RBIs and 46 steals in 191 games as a Tiger.
• Sipp batted .280 and had a 2-2 pitching record for the Tigers in 2004.
• Every Tiger team from 1974 to 2014 has had at least one future major leaguer on its roster.
