Carolina And Clemson Baseball Renew Rivalry

COLUMBIA, S.C. (USC SID) — College baseball’s premier rivalry is this weekend as South Carolina (9-0) meets Clemson (6-1) for three games in three different sites. The series opens on Friday at Founders Park with first pitch at 7 p.m.

Game two of the series shifts to Greenville and the Reedy River Rivalry contest at Fluor Field with first pitch at 2:30 p.m. The series concludes on Sunday in Clemson at Doug Kingsmore Stadium at 2 p.m.

Carolina has had success against Clemson in recent years winning 24 of the last 34 contests between the two schools dating back to the 2007 season. Friday’s game will be broadcast on SEC Network Plus with Saturday streamed on ClemsonTigers.com and Sunday’s game live on ESPN3.

All three games can also be heard on the Gamecock Radio Network from IMG College including flagship station 107.5 FM “The Game.” Andy Demetra, Derek Scott and Tommy Moody will have the call this weekend.

PARKING INFORMATION

We encourage visitors to use public parking lots illustrated on the parking map. The cost is $5/$10 per vehicle. Fans can also park for free at Capital City Baseball Stadium and the Colonial Life arena and ride the shuttles for $3.00 round trip to and from the parking lots. We strongly recommend that fans use the Capital City Shuttle over the CLA shuttle for the convenience, spacious parking and less congestion.

Visitors who need handicap parking should park at the Capital City Baseball Stadium lot and ride the handicapped shuttle to the baseball stadium for $3.00

PARKING SHUTTLE

For the 2016 baseball season, the baseball shuttle will be operational at the Capital City Baseball Stadium and in Lot D of the Colonial Life Area parking lot. We strongly recommend that fans use the baseball shuttle from Capital City to Founders Park over the CLA shuttle for the convenience, spacious parking (800 spaces) and less congestion than at the arena. Please remember that at the arena shuttle, parking will be limited to 50 to 100 spaces because of the student demand for parking in this area. There is a high student demand Monday through Thursday that lasts until 7 p.m. because of classes. For GPS purposes, the address for Capital City Stadium is 300 Assembly St., Columbia, SC 29201.

PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUP

Friday
South Carolina – Clarke Schmidt (So. RHP) 2-0, 0.69 ERA, 13.0 IP, 5 BB, 14 SO
Clemson – Charlie Barnes (So. LHP) 1-0, 2.38 ERA, 11.1 IP, 4 BB, 14 SO

Saturday
South Carolina – Braden Webb (Fr. RHP) 2-0, 1.80 ERA, 10.0 IP, 6 BB, 10 SO
Clemson – Clate Schmidt (Sr. RHP) 2-0, 3.00 ERA, 12.0 IP, 4 BB, 9 SO

Sunday
South Carolina – Taylor Widener (Jr. RHP) 0-0, 1.86 ERA, 9.2 IP, 2 BB, 10 SO
Clemson – TBA

RANKINGS

South Carolina is ranked No. 13 by D1Baseball, No. 15 by the NCBWA, No. 18 by Collegiate Baseball and No. 23 in the USA TODAY coaches poll. Clemson is not ranked heading into the series this weekend.

PRICE AWARD & BRADLEY AWARD

For the 16th consecutive year, the Tom Price Award and Bob Bradley Award will be presented to the MVP for South Carolina and Clemson respectively. The presentation will be made at the end of Sunday’s game.

Both Price and Bradley had a tremendous positive influence on the baseball programs at Clemson and South Carolina as the school’s sports information directors.

Price passed away on Feb. 1, 2008 at the age of 81 after 45 years of service to the Gamecock program. Bradley passed away on Oct. 30, 2000. He served as the Tigers’ baseball athletic communications director for 45 years and still served as Clemson’s official scorer for most of the 2000 season.