The best baseball series in the nation begins Friday night when No. 4 South Carolina visits No. 12 Clemson. TCI previews the Palmetto showdown.
#12 Clemson (6-2) vs. #4 South Carolina (6-3)
Friday, 6:30PM v Doug Kingsmore Stadium v Clemson, SC
Saturday, 1:00PM v Flour Field v Greenville, SC
Sunday, 1:30PM v Founders Park v Columbia, SC
Rankings: CU – #12 USA, #15 BA, #20 D1, #22 CB SC – #4 USA, #5 BA/D1, #13 CB
The Series
Meetings: 312 (first met in 1899)
Series Record: Clemson leads 174-136-2
Record at Clemson: Clemson leads 98-44 (CU leads 51-27 at DKS)
Record at neutral: South Carolina leads 10-9 (SC leads 4-3 in Greenville; 4-2 at Fluor Field)
Record at SC: South Carolina leads 82-67-2 (SC leads 8-3 at Founders Park)
Last Meeting(s): Clemson won 2 of 3 games in 2016 (1-8 at SC, 5-0 at Fluor, 4-1 at CU)
- Lee: Lee trails 4-12 (2-1 at CU; 2-11 at CofC)
The Gamecocks
Head Coach: Chad Holbrook (5th season at SC)
2016 Record: 46-18 (20-9; 1st East) – Columbia Super Regional – #12 CB, #13 D1, #14 BA/USA
Preseason: 2nd in SEC East (out of 7 teams)
Road Record: 0-0 (12-7 in 2016)
Neutral Record: 0-0 (0-4 in 2016)
Home Record: 6-3 (34-7 in 2016)
Last Week: Beat Appalachian State 8-4 on Tuesday after taking two of three home games from #25 Wright State (4-3, 10-5, 1-5) last weekend
2017 Batting Stats: .