DURHAM, N.C. — Number eight seed Clemson (33-23) opens play today in the 2019 ACC Baseball Championship against No. 12 seed Boston College (29-26). First pitch from Durham Bulls Athletic Park is scheduled for 11:00AM.
The Series
| Meetings: | 42 (first met in 2006) |
| Series Record: | Clemson leads 33-9 |
| Record at Neutral: | N/A |
| ACC Tournament: | N/A |
| Last Meeting(s): | Clemson won 2 of 3 games at BC in 2019 (8-1, 9-5, 2-3) Clemson swept 3 games at DKS in 2018 (10-2, 9-4, 8-3) |
| vs. Lee: | Lee leads 11-1 (CU: 11-1) |
The Eagles
| Head Coach: | Mike Gambino (9th season at BC) |
| 2018 Recap: | 17-32 (7-22; 7th Atlantic) – N/A – NR |
| Preseason: | 7th in ACC Atlantic Division (7 teams) |
| Road Record: | 1-2 (2-5 in 2018) |
| Last Week: | L, 5-11 vs. Notre Dame (Sat, 5/18) W, 9-8 vs. Notre Dame (Fri, 5/17) W, 10-1 vs. Notre Dame (Thu, 5/16) W, 19-16 vs. Maine (Tue, 5/14) |
| 2019 Stats | |
| Hitting: | 5.8 RPG, .289 BA, 103 2B, 19 3B, 28 HR, 223 BB, 385 K, 91-126 SB |
| Pitching: | 5.31 ERA, .265 OBA (490 hits), 277 BB, 59 HBP, & 422 K in 486.2 IP |
| Fielding: | .970 (62 errors in 2075 chances) |
The Tigers
| 2018 Recap: | 47-16 (22-8; 1st Atlantic) – Clemson Regional – #18 Final Ranking |
| Preseason: | 3rd (one first-place vote) in ACC Atlantic Division (7 teams) |
| Neutral Record: | 2-0 (4-2 in 2018) |
| Last Week: | L, 5-14 vs. Wake Forest (Sat, 5/18) W, 10-9 vs. Wake Forest (Fri, 5/17) W, 4-3 vs. Wake Forest (Thu, 5/16) W, 14-3 @ Coastal Carolina (Tue, 5/14) |
| 2019 Stats | |
| Hitting: | 6.7 RPG, .267 BA, 108 2B, 6 3B, 77 HR, 261 BB, 510 K, 91-116 SB |
| Pitching: | 4.44 ERA, .248 OBA (474 hits), 212 BB, 53 HBP, & 487 K in 508.1 IP |
| Fielding: | .970 (63 errors in 2134 chances) |
Projected Starting Lineups
| Boston College | ||||
| POS | # | Player | YR | 2019 Stats |
| C | 18 | Peter Burns | FR | .212 BA, 2 2B, 4 RBI, & 14 R in 35 games |
| 1B | 9 | Jack Cunningham | JR | .278 BA, 12 2B, 8 HR, & 34 RBI in 54 games |
| 2B | 7 | Cody Morrisette | FR | .321 BA, 20 2B, 2 HR, & 38 RBI in 55 games |
| SS | 6 | Brian Dempsey | JR | .298 BA, 8 2B, 2 HR, & 36 RBI in 55 games |
| 3B | 1 | Jake Alu | SR | .351 BA, 17 2B, 4 HR, & 36 RBI in 55 games |
| LF | 17 | Chris Galland | SO | .274 BA, 6 2B, 3 3B, & 21 RBI in 54 games |
| CF | 26 | Dante Baldelli | JR | .216 BA, 4 2B, 2 HR, & 21 RBI in 45 games |
| RF | 8 | Joe Suozzi | JR | ,255 BA, 7 2B, 2 HR, & 16 RBI in 45 games |
| DH | 2 | Gian Martellini | SR | .301 BA, 11 2B, 3 HR, & 25 RBI in 53 games |
| Clemson | ||||
| POS | # | Player | YR | 2019 Stats |
| C | 10 | Kyle Wilkie | JR | .294 BA, 12 2B, 4 HR, & 33 RBI in 53 games |
| 1B | 44 | Bryar Hawkins | FR | .289 BA, 7 2B, 7 HR, & 23 RBI in 47 games |
| 2B | 5 | Sam Hall | SO | ..259 BA, 12 2B, 7 HR, & 31 RBI in 56 games |
| SS | 8 | Logan Davidson | JR | .294 BA, 16 2B, 15 HR, & 55 RBI in 56 games |
| 3B | 17 | Justin Hawkins | *SR | .247 BA, 3 2B, 3 HR, & 16 RBI in 28 games |
| LF | 4 | Grayson Byrd | *SR | .326 BA, 14 2B, 15 HR, & 56 RBI in 56 games |
| CF | 13 | Bryce Teodosio | SO | .221 BA, 8 2B, 9 HR, & 32 RBI in 50 games |
| RF | 11 | Michael Green | *SO | .295 BA, 7 2B, 2 HR, & 11 RBI in 23 games |
| DH | 35 | Chad Fairey | FR | .175 BA, 3 HR, 10 RBI, & 15 BB in 28 games |
Probable Starting Pitchers
| RHP | 27 | Mason Pelio | FR | 4-3/12 app (12 GS)/3.82 ERA (66.0 IP)/.197 OBA (45 hits)/33 BB/59 K |
| RHP | 39 | Travis Marr | *SO | 2-0/16 app (0 GS)/6.48 ERA (25.0 IP)/.314 OBA (32 hits)/6 BB/23 K |
Tiger Career Stats vs. Boston College
| Player | AVG | G-S | AB | R | H | RBI | BB-K | Other | ||
| Majkowski | .714 | 3-3 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2-0 | 2 2B, 3B, 4 HBP | ||
| B. Hawkins | .333 | 3-3 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2-4 | 2B | ||
| Wilkie | .318 | 6-6 | 22 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 4-5 | 2B, SH, 1 SB | ||
| Teodosio | .308 | 6-3 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 0-5 | HR, 2B, 2 HBP | ||
| Byrd | .286 | 7-6 | 21 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 5-6 | 3 2B, HBP, SF | ||
| Davidson | .265 | 9-9 | 34 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 8-9 | 2B, 3B, 3 SB | ||
| Parker | .250 | 1-1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0-2 | 2B | ||
| Hall | .231 | 3-3 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2-4 | 2B, HBP, 2 SB | ||
| Greene | .226 | 10-9 | 31 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 6-7 | HR, 2 SB | ||
| Sharpe | .000 | 2-1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-1 | |||
| Weatherly | .000 | 3-1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-3 | |||
| Hackenberg | .000 | 2-1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-2 | |||
| Henderson | .000 | 2-1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3-0 | |||
| J. Hawkins | N/A | 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | |||
| Pitcher | ERA | G-S | W-L | IP | H | R | ER | BB-K | OBA | |
| Sharpe | 0.00 | 1-1 | 1-0 | 7.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2-6 | .136 | |
| Hennessy | 0.00 | 1-1 | 1-0 | 6.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2-4 | .053 | |
| Spiers | 0.00 | 2-0 | 0-0 Save |
2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-0 | .000 | |
| Griffith | 0.00 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 1.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0-1 | .250 | |
| Askew | 1.80 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 5.0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1-0 | .467 | |
| Marr | 1.93 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 4.2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1-2 | .125 | |
| Crawford | 2.57 | 3-1 | 1-0 Save |
7.0 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 1-5 | ,300 | |
| Clark | 4.05 | 2-1 | 1-0 | 6.2 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0-1 | .304 | |
| Sommerfeld | 4.50 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 2.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0-3 | .375 | |
| Jones | 6.75 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 1.1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1-1 | .200 | |
| Gobin | 9.00 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 1.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0-1 | .571 | |
| Weatherly | N/A | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 1.000 | |