Clemson (33-24) closes play in the 2019 ACC Baseball Championship against Louisville (43-14) with first pitch from Durham Bulls Athletic Park set for 11:00AM.
The Series
| Meetings: | 23 (first met in 1970) |
| Series Record: | Clemson leads 13-10 |
| Record at Neutral: | Clemson leads 2-0 (Clemson leads 2-0 at DBAP) |
| Last Meeting(s): | Clemson won 2 of 3 games at Louisville in 2018 (3-1, 4-3, 1-5) Clemson won 2 of 3 games at DKS in 2019 (5-1, 6-3, 4-7 in 11) |
| vs. Lee: | Lee trails 5-8 (CU: 5-8) |
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: | 2-1 (4-2 in 2018) |
| Last Week: | L, 5-7 (12) vs. Boston College (Tue, 5/21) 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) |
| 2019 Stats | |
| Hitting: | 6.6 RPG, .265 BA, 109 2B, 6 3B, 77 HR, 268 BB, 518 K, 91-116 SB |
| Pitching: | 4.45 ERA, .248 OBA (485 hits), 216 BB, 53 HBP, & 498 K in 519.1 IP |
| Fielding: | .971 (64 errors in 2178 chances) |
The Cardinals
| Head Coach: | Dan McDonnell (13th season at Louisville) |
| 2018 Recap: | 45-19 (18-12; 2nd Atlantic) – Lubbock Regional – #23 Final Ranking |
| Preseason: | 1st (seven first-place votes) in ACC Atlantic Division (7 teams) Selected as overall ACC Champion |
| Neutral Record: | 1-3 (7-2 in 2018) |
| Last Week: | L, 1-5 vs. Boston College (Wed, 5/22) W, 11-0 vs. Florida State (Sat, 5/18) L, 3-14 vs. Florida State (Fri, 5/17) W, 14-1 vs. Florida State (Thu, 5/16) |
| 2019 Stats | |
| Hitting: | 7.8 RPG, .296 BA, 122 2B, 17 3B, 47 HR, 297 BB, 373 K, 97-122 SB |
| Pitching: | 3.65 ERA, .216 OBA (408 hits), 219 BB, 41 HBP, & 596 K in 516.0 IP |
| Fielding: | .977 (47 errors in 2059 chances) |
Projected Starting Lineups
| Clemson | ||||
| POS | # | Player | YR | 2019 Stats |
| C | 10 | Kyle Wilkie | JR | .289 BA, 12 2B, 4 HR, & 34 RBI in 54 games |
| 1B | 4 | Grayson Byrd | *SR | .318 BA, 14 2B, 15 HR, & 56 RBI in 57 games |
| 2B | 5 | Sam Hall | SO | .257 BA, 12 2B, 7 HR, & 32 RBI in 57 games |
| SS | 8 | Logan Davidson | JR | .297 BA, 17 2B, 15 HR, & 55 RBI in 57 games |
| 3B | 17 | Justin Hawkins | *SR | .241 BA, 3 2B, 3 HR, & 16 RBI in 29 games |
| LF | 35 | Chad Fairey | FR | .180 BA, 3 HR, 10 RBI, & 16 BB in 29 games |
| CF | 13 | Bryce Teodosio | SO | .218 BA, 8 2B, 9 HR, & 32 RBI in 51 games |
| RF | 11 | Michael Green | *SO | .293 BA, 7 2B, 2 HR, & 13 RBI in 24 games |
| DH | 44 | Bryar Hawkins | FR | .284 BA, 7 2B, 7 HR, & 23 RBI in 48 games |
| Louisville | ||||
| POS | # | Player | YR | 2019 Stats |
| C | 11 | Zeke Pinkham | SR | .319 BA, 8 2B, 1 HR, & 15 RBI in 36 games |
| 1B | 43 | Logan Wyatt | JR | .305 BA, 11 2B, 9 HR, & 51 RBI in 57 games |
| 2B | 16 | Justin Lavey | JR | .282 BA, 6 2B, 3 HR, & 24 RBI in 57 games |
| SS | 2 | Tyler Fitzgerald | JR | .333 BA, 13 2B, 7 HR, & 60 RBI in 54 games |
| 3B | 13 | Alex Binelas | FR | .319 BA, 12 2B, 13 HR, & 52 RBI in 47 games |
| LF | 20 | Jake Snider | JR | .276 BA, 13 2B, 4 3B, & 26 RBI in 57 games |
| CF | 7 | Lucas Dunn | SO | .329 BA, 9 2B, 1 HR, & 20 RBI in 44 games |
| RF | 9 | Danny Oriente | JR | .325 BA, 14 2B, 39 RBI, & 24 R in 51 games |
| DH | 34 | Zach Britton | SO | .280 BA, 7 2B, 4 HR, & 25 RBI in 45 games |
Probable Starting Pitchers
| LHP | 20 | Mat Clark | *SO | 8-2/12 app (9 GS)/3.06 ERA (61.2 IP)/.211 OBA (47 hits)/18 BB/56 K |
| LHP | 42 | Reid Detmers | SO | 11-2/14 app (14 GS)/2.42 ERA (89.1 IP)/.170 OBA (54 hits)/20 BB/138 K |
Tiger Career Stats vs. Louisville
| Player | AVG | G-S | AB | R | H | RBI | BB-K | Other | ||
| Henderson | .500 | 2-1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1-1 | 0-1 SB | ||
| Parker | .364 | 3-3 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0-2 | SH | ||
| Teodosio | .333 | 6-6 | 21 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 1-11 | 2B, 0-2 SB | ||
| Greene | .318 | 8-8 | 22 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 4-2 | 2 2B, 2 SH, 2-3 SB | ||
| Hall | .300 | 3-3 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2-5 | 2 2B, HBP, SF | ||
| Davidson | .226 | 9-9 | 31 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 10-9 | 3 HR, 2B, 1-2 SB | ||
| B. Hawkins | .200 | 3-3 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2-4 | HR | ||
| Majkowski | .182 | 3-3 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0-7 | HBP | ||
| Wilkie | .161 | 9-9 | 31 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2-8 | HR, 2B, HBP, SH | ||
| Byrd | .125 | 8-7 | 24 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0-8 | HR | ||
| Sharpe | .000 | 2-2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-3 | |||
| J. Hawkins | .000 | 1-1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-2 | |||
| Pitcher | ERA | G-S | W-L | IP | H | R | ER | BB-K | OBA | |
| Jones | 0.00 | 2-0 | 0-0 Save |
5.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2-5 | .000 | |
| Clark | 1.23 | 3-1 | 1-0 | 7.1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2-2 | .200 | |
| Hennessy | 1.23 | 1-1 | 1-0 | 7.1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2-6 | .200 | |
| Sharpe | 1.35 | 1-1 | 1-0 | 6.2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1-7 | .167 | |
| Weatherly | 2.45 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 3.2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1-4 | .250 | |
| Crawford | 5.06 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 5.1 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 4-2 | .318 | |
| Spiers | 5.79 | 4-0 | 0-1 Save |
4.2 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 4-2 | .333 | |
| Marr | 9.00 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3-0 | .000 | |
| Askew | 10.13 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 2.2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2-4 | .417 | |
| Griffith | 13.50 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 1.1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1-1 | .625 | |
| Gobin | N/A | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0,0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 1.000 | |