No. 16 Clemson (25-11) travels to Foley Field in Athens tonight to take on No. 4 Georgia (29-8) in a televised (SEC Network) 7:00PM contest.
The Series
| Meetings: | 235 (first met in 1900) |
| Series Record: | Georgia leads 125-108-2 |
| Record at Georgia: | Georgia leads 70-48 at Georgia |
| Last Meeting(s): | Georgia won 5-3 at Clemson on April 2 Georgia swept two meetings in 2018 Won 6-3 at SRP Park in North Augusta & 6-1 in Athens |
| vs. Lee: | Series tied 4-4 (CU: 4-3; CofC: 0-1) |
Quick Hits
| Clemson is 40-26-1 all-time on April 16 with a 16-19-1 mark on the road. |
| The Tigers have faced 12 of the 14 current SEC programs (missing LSU and Missouri). Clemson is 405-381-7 in those meetings with a 168-225-5 record on the road. |
| Coach Lee has faced seven of the 14 current SEC programs (Alabama, Auburn, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, South Carolina, and Vanderbilt). Lee is 19-28 against the programs, including a 12-12 record at Clemson. |
The Tigers
| 2018 Recap: | 47-16 (22-8; 1st Atlantic) – Clemson Regional – #18 Final Ranking |
| Preseason: | 3rd (one first-place vote) in ACC Atlantic (7 teams) |
| Road Record: | 7-5 (15-5 in 2018) |
| Last Week: | L, 4-6 @ Florida State (Sun, 4/14) L, 2-16 @ Florida State (Sat, 4/13) L, 2-6 @ Florida State (Fri, 4/12) W, 2-0 vs. Furman (Wed, 4/10) |
| 2019 Stats | |
| Hitting: | 6.4 RPG, .260 BA, 67 2B, 4 3B, 43 HR, 164 BB, 42 HBP, 325 K, 59-77 SB |
| Pitching: | 3.77 ERA, .232 OBA (275 hits), 125 BB, 40 HBP, & 318 K in 322.0 IP |
| Fielding: | .970 (41 errors in 1346 chances) |
The Bulldogs
| Head Coach: | Scott Stricklin (6th season at Georgia) |
| 2018 Recap: | 39-21 (18-12; 2nd SEC East) – Athens Regional – #19 Final Ranking |
| Preseason: | 3rd (1 out of 14 first-place votes) in SEC East Division (7 teams) |
| Home Record: | 18-3 (25-8 in 2018) |
| Last Week: | W, 7-1 @ Tennessee (Sat, 4/13) L, 0-3 @ Tennessee (Fri, 4/12) L, 0-2 @ Tennessee(Thu, 4/11) W, 12-2 vs. #17 Georgia Tech (Tue, 4/9) |
| 2019 Stats | |
| Hitting: | 6.5 RPG, .273 BA, 59 2B, 7 3B, 37 HR, 191 BB, 34 HBP, 273 K, 46-54 SB |
| Pitching: | 2.78 ERA, .187 OBA (214 hits), 131 BB, 32 HBP, & 361 K in 327.1 IP |
| Fielding: | .981 (25 errors in 1341 chances) |
Projected Staring Lineups
| Clemson | ||||
| POS | # | Player | YR | 2019 Stats |
| C | 10 | Kyle Wilkie | JR | .264 BA, 5 2B, 1 HR, & 16 RBI in 33 games |
| 1B | 44 | Bryar Hawkins | FR | .301 BA, 5 2B, 4 HR, & 16 RBI in 30 games |
| 2B | 5 | Sam Hall | SO | .279 BA, 11 2B, 4 HR, & 21 RBI in 36 games |
| SS | 8 | Logan Davidson | JR | .302 BA, 10 2B, 10 HR, & 35 RBI in 36 games |
| 3B | 15 | James Parker | FR | .225 BA, 2 2B, 1 HR, & 5 RBI in 20 games |
| LF | 4 | Grayson Byrd | *SR | .292 BA, 9 2B, 4 HR, & 29 RBI in 36 games |
| CF | 13 | Bryce Teodosio | SO | .252 BA, 7 2B, 8 HR, & 27 RBI in 36 games |
| RF | 16 | Bo Majkowski | SO | .289 BA, 6 2B, 1 3B, & 12 RBI in 31 games |
| DH | 30 | Davis Sharpe | FR | .302 BA, 4 2B, 3 HR, & 15 RBI in 28 games |
| Georgia | ||||
| POS | # | Player | YR | 2019 Stats |
| C | 30 | Mason Meadows | *SO | .206 BA, 3 2B, 1 HR, & 9 RBI in 24 games |
| 1B | 14 | Patrick Sullivan | *JR | .286 BA, 4 2B, 2 HR, & 15 RBI in 24 games |
| 2B | 2 | LJ Talley | JR | .358 BA, 4 2B, 5 HR, & 25 RBI in 37 games |
| SS | 7 | Cam Shepherd | JR | .222 BA, 7 2B, 1 HR, & 16 RBI in 37 games |
| 3B | 22 | Aaron Schunk | JR | .336 BA, 7 2B, 6 HR, & 28 RBI in 37 games |
| LF | 31 | Riley King | *SO | .307 BA, 5 2B, 5 HR, & 33 RBI in 37 games |
| CF | 1 | Tucker Maxwell | JR | .271 BA, 5 2B, 7 HR, & 27 RBI in 34 games |
| RF | 20 | Chaney Rogers | SO | .247 BA, 6 2B, 1 HR, & 6 RBI in 31 games |
| DH | 42 | John Cable | GR | .280 BA, 9 2B, 4 HR, & 24 RBI in 33 games |
Probable Staring Pitchers
| LHP | 32 | Jacob Hennessy | JR | 3-0/7 app (1 GS)/4.00 ERA (18.0 IP)/.203 OBA (13 hits)/7 BB/13 K |
| RHP | 44 | Tim Elliott | JR | 5-1/8 app (7 GS)/1.30 ERA (41.2 IP)/.143 OBA (20 hits)/11 BB/42 K |
Tiger Career Stats vs. Georgia
| Player | AVG | G-S | AB | R | H | RBI | BB-K | Other | ||
| Sharpe | .667 | 1-1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0-1 | HR | ||
| Davidson | .200 | 5-5 | 20 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1-8 | HR, 2B | ||
| Meredith | .200 | 2-2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1-3 | 2 HBP, 1-2 SB | ||
| Greene | .167 | 6-6 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2-3 | HR, 2 SH, SF | ||
| Wilkie | .167 | 3-3 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0-5 | |||
| Byrd | .083 | 5-3 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0-2 | 2B, SF | ||
| Hall | .000 | 1-1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | |||
| B. Hawkins | .000 | 1-1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | |||
| Majkowski | .000 | 1-1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-1 | |||
| Teodosio | .000 | 1-1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-0 | |||
| Pitcher | ERA | G-S | W-L | IP | H | R | ER | BB-K | OBA | |
| Griffith | 0.00 | 4-0 | 0-0 | 6.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1-7 | ..091 | |
| Hennessy | 0.00 | 2-0 | 0-0 Save |
0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-1 | .000 | |
| Spiers | 2.70 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 3.1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1-1 | .100 | |
| Crawford | 2.84 | 2-1 | 0-1 | 6.1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 3-4 | .208 | |
| Weatherly | 4.50 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 2.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1-4 | .000 | |
| Marr | 10.80 | 2-1 | 0-1 | 5.0 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 3-5 | .318 | |
| Reed | N/A | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-0 | .000 | |