Fifth-ranked Clemson welcomes first-time visitor Austin Peay to Tigertown for a three-game non-conference series to close out the regular-season home schedule. Games times at Doug Kingsmore Stadium for the weekend are 6:30 p.m. on Friday, 4 p.m. Saturday, and a 1 p.m. Sunday finale.
The Series
Meetings: 1 (first met in 1973)
Series Record: Clemson leads 1-0
Record at Clemson: N/A
Last Meeting(s): Clemson won 8-4 in Livingston, AL in 1973
vs. Lee: N/A
Worth Noting
The Governors
Head Coach: Travis Janssen (3rd season at Austin Peay)
2017 Record: 28-30 (13-16; 7th OVC) – N/A – NR
2018 Preseason: 7th in Ohio Valley Conference (out of 11 teams)
Road Record: 10-14 (12-16 in 2017)
Last Week: Beat Lipscomb 19-5 at home Tuesday after winning two of three road games at SIU Edwardsville (7-0, 4-0, 7-12) last weekend
2018 Batting Stats: .282 (7.6 RPG) with 109 2B, 8 3B, 57 HR, 267 BB, 50 HBP, 428 K, 57–83 SB
2018 Pitching Stats: 6.48 ERA, .291 OBA (509 hits), 224 BB & 380 K in 428.0 innings
2018 Fielding Stats: .963 (65 errors in 1764 chances)
The Tigers
2017 Record: 42-21 (17-13; 3rd Atlantic) – Clemson Regional – 22 USA, 23 BA, 24 D1, 25 CB
2018 Preseason: 3rd in ACC Atlantic Division (7 teams)
Home Record: 24-6 (29-11 in 2017)
Last Week: Beat Western Carolina 10-8 at home Wednesday after winning two of three home games against #13 Florida State (2-3 in 13, 12-7, 5-4) last weekend
2018 Batting Stats: .255 (6.2 RPG) with 69 2B, 2 3B, 76 HR, 265 BB, 45 HBP, 415 K, 41-56 SB
2018 Pitching Stats: 3.49 ERA, .237 OBA (393 hits), 177 BB & 398 K in 445.2 innings
2018 Fielding Stats: .975 (46 errors in 1864 chances)
Projected Starting Lineups
Austin Peay
C 25 Alex Sala (JR/.217 BA with 6 2B, 4 HR, & 19 RBI in 37 games in 2018)
1B 30 Parker Phillips (*SO/.335 BA with 11 2B, 17 HR, & 56 RBI in 45 games in 2018)
2B 35 Garrett Giovannelli (SR/.357 BA with 21 2B, 5 HR, & 31 RBI in 48 games in 2018)
SS 14 Bobby Head (FR/.183 BA with 3 2B, 14 RBI, & 15 BB in 33 games in 2018)
3B 4 Garrett Kueber (SR/.375 BA with 10 2B, 3 HR, & 35 RBI in 39 games in 2018)
LF 3 Kyle Wilson (SR/.298 BA with 14 2B, 3 HR, & 27 RBI in 40 games in 2018)
CF 8 Imani Willis (SR/.272 BA with 11 2B, 5 HR, & 29 RBI in 45 games in 2018)
RF 15 Nick Walker (SR/.329 BA with 9 2B, 10 HR, & 39 RBI in 43 games in 2018)
DH 10 John McDonald (FR/.213 BA with 2 2B, 2 HR, & 15 RBI in 31 games in 2018)
Clemson
C 10 Kyle Wilkie (SO/.293 BA with 7 2B, 4 HR, & 29 RBI in 48 games in 2018)
1B 27 Chris Williams (SR/.263 BA with 8 2B, 14 HR, & 51 RBI in 49 games in 2018)
2B 9 Jordan Greene (JR/.242 BA with 3 2B, 5 HR, & 16 RBI in 34 games in 2018)
SS 8 Logan Davidson (SO/.283 BA with 12 2B, 10 HR, & 31 RBI in 49 games in 2018)
3B 25 Patrick Cromwell (SR/.248 BA with 5 2B, 5 HR, & 21 RBI in 46 games in 2018)
LF 5 Sam Hall (FR/.345 BA with 2 2B, 1 HR, & 5 RBI in 12games in 2018)
CF 13 Drew Wharton (SR/.235 BA with 11 2B, 6 HR, & 33 RBI in 49 games in 2018)
RF 28 Seth Beer (JR/.282 BA with 7 2B, 15 HR, & 38 RBI in 49games in 2018)
DH 4 Grayson Byrd (*JR/.260 BA with 2 2B, 8 HR, & 23 RBI in 37 games in 2018)
Projected Starting Pitchers
Game One
SR LHP 56 Michael Costanzo (8-1/12 app/12 GS/4.07 ERA (73.0 IP)/.257 OBA (72 hits)/24 BB/86 K)
vs.
SO LHP 32 Jacob Hennessy (4-2/12 app/12 GS/3.15 ERA (65.2 IP)/.241 OBA (60 hits)/14 BB/49 K)
Game Two
JR LHP 19 Jacques Pucheu (7-1/12 app/12 GS/4.03 ERA (73.2 IP)/.249 OBA (72 hits)/24 BB/81 K)
vs.
JR RHP 19 Brooks Crawford (6-2/12 app/12 GS/3.86 ERA (58.1 IP)/.252 OBA (56 hits)/12 BB/37 K)
Game Three
JR RHP 23 Brandon Vial (2-3/17 app/9 GS/6.29 ERA (54.1 IP)/.309 OBA (69 hits)/19 BB/21 K)
vs.
*SO LHP 24 Jake Higginbotham (6-1/12 app/12 GS/3.41 ERA (60.2 IP)/.233 OBA (53 hits)/21 BB/48 K)