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Third-seeded Coastal Carolina (41-17) enters the Columbia Regional after winning the Big South Conference Tournament with a 4-0 record last weekend.
The Chanticleers, who are 3-0 in neutral-site contests, had an 18-5 conference record during the regular season, as it finished atop the Big South Conference standings. The 2012 season marks the 12th time in school history and the 11th time in the last 12 years that Coastal Carolina has played in an NCAA Tournament.
Coastal Carolina is led by 17th-year Head Coach Gary Gilmore. The Chanticleers have won seven games in a row and 17 of their last 21 games. They are 10-7 in one-run games and 1-7 in extra-inning contests as well.
Coastal Carolina is hitting .285 with a .377 slugging percentage and .386 on-base percentage. Coastal Carolina, who is fielding at a .965 clip, has also totaled 88 doubles, 11 triples, 23 home runs, 70 hit-by-pitches, 73 sacrifice bunts, and is averaging 5.5 runs per game along with 87 stolen bases in 114 attempts.
Daniel Bowman leads the team with a .401 batting average along with 12 doubles, five triples, six homers, 38 RBIs, and 14 steals. Rich Witten is batting .350 with 16 doubles, five home runs, and 62 RBIs. Alex Buccilli has a .320 batting average with three homers and 40 RBIs. Jacob May has added a team-high 25 stolen bases as well.
The pitching staff has a 2.53 ERA (second-best in the nation) and .235 opponents’ batting average. The staff has allowed just 24 homers and 189 walks against 381 strikeouts, good for a 2.02-to-1 strikeout-to-walk ratio.
Sophomore righthander Tyler Herb is 8-2 with a 2.87 ERA in 87.2 innings pitched over 16 starts. Junior lefty Austin Wallace is 5-0 with a 2.05 ERA in 57.0 innings pitched over 14 appearances (10 starts). Junior righties Ryan Connolly (11) and Aaron Burke (7) have combined for 18 saves. Connolly is 5-2 with a 2.11 ERA in 72.2 innings pitched over 34 relief appearances, while Burke is 10-5 with a 1.18 ERA in 76.1 innings pitched over 34 relief outings.
Clemson and Coastal Carolina have met 48 times, with the Tigers holding a 40-8 lead in the series that dates to 1986. On April 24, 2012, Coastal Carolina overcame five errors to defeat Clemson 10-7 at Doug Kingsmore Stadium in their only meeting during the 2012 regular season.
On April 5, 2011, the Tigers defeated Coastal Carolina 5-4 when pinch-hitter Jon McGibbon lined a walkoff single in the 10th inning to score Brad Miller. The Tigers trailed 4-3 entering the ninth inning before pinch-hitter Dominic Attanasio hit a double in the frame to tie the score. Then in the Clemson Regional on June 4, 2011, the Tigers totaled 14 hits in their 12-7 win over the Chanticleers. Richie Shaffer went 3-for-4 with a homer, double, and four RBIs, while Phil Pohl went 3-for-5 with a double and two runs in that game.
The two teams have never faced each other on a neutral field, but the two teams faced off in the 2007 Myrtle Beach (SC) Regional, hosted by the Chanticleers. Clemson won both meetings by scores of 11-8 and 15-3 to advance to the Starkville (MS) Super Regional. The two meetings in the 2007 postseason and the one meeting in 2011 comprise the three all-time matchups between the two teams in the NCAA Tournament.
Jack Leggett has a 27-6 mark against Coastal Carolina as Clemson’s head coach.
Tiger Baseball, and the Road To Omaha,continues Friday as Clemson plays Coastal Carolina in the NCAA Regional at 12:00. The radio broadcastfor the game will be provided by WCCP 104.9 FM in Clemson.
You can listen via the radio or stream theaudio from http://www.wccpfm.com/. If you do not have access to a computer orradio, you can download the Tune In App (it is free) for your Droid,Blackberry, or IPhone/IPad and choose WCCP 104.9 FM. This will allow you tostream the audio from the game on your smart phone.
Roy Philpott will give play by play with Bob Mahoney offering color analysis all throughout the regional.
Broadcast time for Friday is 11:30 with first pitch at 12:00.
Clemson (33-26) is the #2 seed in the Columbia Regional at Carolina Stadium.
Clemson is joined by #1-seeded and host South Carolina (40-17), #3-seeded Coastal Carolina (41-17), and #4-seeded Manhattan (33-25).
South Carolina will then face Manhattan on Friday at 4:00 PM.
The two losers will play on Saturday at 12:00 PM, while the two winners will play on Saturday at 4:00 PM. The winner of the second game on Saturday will play in the championship round on Sunday at 4:00 PM, while the loser of Saturday’s second game will play the winner of Saturday’s first game on Sunday at 12:00 PM. If the unbeaten team loses on Sunday, the same two teams will play a game on Monday at 7:00 PM to determine the champion.
All games of the Columbia Regional will be televised live by ESPNU and will also be available via webcast at ESPN3. All of Clemson’s games in the regional will also be broadcast live on the radio by Clemson Tiger Sports Network. Live stats will be available at ClemsonTigers.com for all Tiger games as well.
The winner of the Columbia Regional will play the winner of the Charlottesville (VA) Regional between June 8-11. The four teams in that regional are #1-seeded Virginia, #2-seeded Oklahoma, #3-seeded Appalachian State, and #4-seeded Army.
Go Tigers!
Scott Rhymer can be reached at scottrhymer.tps@gmail.com
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