2024 Clemson Tigers baseball team

2024 Clemson Tigers baseball
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 4
Record	34–9 (15–6 ACC)
Head coach	Erik Bakich (2nd season)
Assistant coaches	Nick Schnabel (2nd season) Jimmy Belanger (2nd season) Griffin Mazur (2nd season)
Home stadium	Doug Kingsmore Stadium

2024 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Atlantic
No. 5 Clemson  ‍‍‍	13	–	5		.722			32	–	7		.821
No. 10 Florida State  ‍‍‍	11	–	7		.611			31	–	8		.795
No. 21 NC State  ‍‍‍	12	–	9		.571			22	–	15		.595
No. 8 Wake Forest  ‍‍‍	11	–	10		.524			26	–	13		.667
Louisville  ‍‍‍	9	–	9		.500			23	–	16		.590
Boston College  ‍‍‍	7	–	14		.333			20	–	19		.513
Notre Dame  ‍‍‍	5	–	16		.238			20	–	18		.526
Coastal
No. 15 North Carolina  ‍‍‍	15	–	6		.714			30	–	10		.750
No. 6 Duke  ‍‍‍	13	–	8		.619			29	–	11		.725
No. 14 Virginia  ‍‍‍	12	–	9		.571			30	–	11		.732
Virginia Tech  ‍‍‍	12	–	9		.571			25	–	12		.676
Georgia Tech  ‍‍‍	9	–	9		.500			24	–	14		.632
Miami (FL)  ‍‍‍	7	–	14		.333			17	–	22		.436
Pittsburgh  ‍‍‍	5	–	16		.238			16	–	20		.444
x – Division champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of April 21, 2024 Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2024 Clemson Tigers baseball team will be the varsity intercollegiate baseball team that represents Clemson University during the 2024 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Tigers will compete in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) and will be led by second-year head coach Erik Bakich. Clemson plays its home games at Doug Kingsmore Stadium in Clemson, South Carolina.

Previous season

The Tigers started the season sluggishly going 4–4 in February and losing their first three ACC Series. They were 17–14 overall and 2–8 in the ACC as of April 6, after the first game of their series against Florida State. The Tigers won their next two games in the series and their season turned around. The Tigers only lost three more games during the regular season, and finished 39–17 overall and 20–10 in ACC play to finish in second place in the Atlantic Division. They went into the ACC tournament on a twelve-game winning streak and were the third seed. The Tigers were placed in a pool with sixth seed Boston College and tenth seed Virginia Tech. After going 2–0 in pool play, the Tigers defeated North Carolina in the Semifinals and Miami (FL) in the Final to win their eleventh ACC tournament title. The Tigers earned the ACC's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament and were selected as the fourth overall seed. They won the opening game of the regional against Lipscomb to extend their winning streak to seventeen games. Their streak ended there as they lost to Tennessee in fourteen innings. The Tigers could not overcome Charlotte in the elimination game of the regional and their season ended.

Personnel

Roster

2024 Clemson Tigers roster
	Pitchers 00 - Drew Titsworth - Freshman 13 - B.J. Bailey - Senior 15 - Reed Garris - Junior 18 - Tristan Smith - Sophomore 19 - Aidan Knaak - Freshman 20 - Nick Clayton - Graduate Student 25 - Luke Brown - Freshman 26 - Casey Tallent - Junior 29 - Joe Allen - Sophomore 30 - Billy Barlow - Sophomore 31 - Jacob McGovern - Freshman 33 - Justin LeGuernic - Freshman 35 - Noah Samol - Sophomore 36 - Matthew Marchal - Graduate Student 37 - Jackson Cole - Freshman 39 - Ethan Darden - Sophomore 41 - Nathan Dvorsky - Sophomore 47 - Lucas Mahlstedt - Junior 48 - Rob Hughes - Graduate Student 49 - Chance Fitzgerald - Freshman 51 - Rocco Reid - Junior 53 - Josh Davis - Sophomore 56 - Austin Gordon - Junior		Catchers 9 - Jacob Jarrell - Sophomore 12 - Hideki Prather - Freshman 44 - Ty Marshall - Freshman Infielders 2 - Nolan Nawrocki - Freshman 4 - Cooper Blauser - Freshman 5 - Andrew Ciufo - Graduate Student 6 - Jacob Hinderleider - Senior 8 - Blake Wright - Senior 21 - Jay Dillard - Freshman 23 - Jarren Purify - Freshman		Outfielders 1 - Lleyton Lackey - Sophomore 3 - Jack Crighton - Sophomore 10 - Cam Cannarella - Sophomore 16 - Will Taylor - Junior 17 - Alden Mathes - Graduate Student 22 - Nathan Hall - Sophomore 27 - Tristan Bissetta - Sophomore 42 – Devin Parks – Freshman Utility 11 - Jimmy Obertop - Graduate Student 24 - Ty Olenchuk - Senior 32 - Nick Couch - Junior 40 - Brodey Conn - Freshman 55 – Tryston McCladdie – Freshman

Coaching Staff

2024 Clemson Tigers coaching staff
Name	Position	Seasons at Clemson
Erik Bakich	Head Coach	2
Nick Schnabel	Assistant Coach	2
Jimmy Belanger	Assistant Coach	2
Griffin Mazur	Assistant Coach	2

Schedule

Legend
	Clemson win
	Clemson loss
	Cancellation
Bold	Clemson team member
*	Non-Conference game
†	Make-Up Game

2024 Clemson Tigers baseball game log
Regular season
February (7–1) Date Time (ET) Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record ACC record Feb 16 4:00 p.m. Xavier* No. 10 Doug Kingsmore Stadium Clemson, SC W 14–3 Barlow (1–0) Hoskins (0–1) None 5,631 1–0 – Feb 17 2:00 p.m. Xavier* No. 10 Doug Kingsmore Stadium W 8–3 Clayton (1–0) Hughes (0–1) None 5,265 2–0 – Feb 18 1:00 p.m. Xavier* No. 10 Doug Kingsmore Stadium W 11–7 Marchal (1–0) Hooker (0–1) None 4,674 3–0 – Feb 20 4:00 p.m. Presbyterian* No. 10 Doug Kingsmore Stadium W 8–2 Allen (1–0) Mueller (0–1) None 4,307 4–0 – Feb 23 5:00 p.m. Kennesaw State* No. 10 Doug Kingsmore Stadium L 1–18 Osbolt (1–0) Barlow (1–1) None 4,869 4–1 – Feb 24 2:00 p.m. Kennesaw State No. 10 Doug Kingsmore Stadium W 8–6 Darden (1–0) Eidson (0–1) Hughes (1) 5,123 5–1 – Feb 25 2:00 p.m. Kennesaw State No. 10 Doug Kingsmore Stadium W 7–2 Knaak (1–0) Pinson (0–2) None 4,548 6–1 – Feb 27 4:00 p.m. USC Upstate* No. 10 Doug Kingsmore Stadium W 12–6 Darden (2–0) Hodgdon (0–1) None 4,035 7–1 – March (17–2) Date Time (ET) Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record ACC record Mar 1 7:00 p.m. at No. 19 South Carolina* Rivalry No. 10 Founders Park Columbia, SC Cancelled Mar 2 4:00 p.m. vs No. 19 South Carolina* Rivalry No. 10 Segra Park Columbia, SC W 5–4 (12) Marchal (2–0) Gainey (0–1) None 9,284 8–1 – Mar 3 2:00 p.m. No. 19 South Carolina* Rivalry No. 10 Doug Kingsmore Stadium W 5–4 Titsworth (1–0) Kimball (1–1) Gordon (1) 6,124 9–1 – Mar 6 6:00 p.m. Kansas State* No. 10 Doug Kingsmore Stadium W 8–4 Barlow (2–1) Evans (1–1) None 3,855 10–1 – Mar 8 4:00 p.m. UNC Greensboro* No. 10 Doug Kingsmore Stadium W 12–5 Reid (1–0) Chapman (1–1) None 4,123 11–1 – Mar 9 2:00 p.m. UNC Greensboro* No. 10 Doug Kingsmore Stadium W 9–5 Smith (1–0) Miller (0–1) None 5,045 12–1 – Mar 10 2:00 p.m. UNC Greensboro* No. 10 Doug Kingsmore Stadium W 6–3 Marchal (3–0) Thomas (1–1) Mahlstedt (1) 5,156 13–1 – Mar 12 4:00 p.m. Manhattan* No. 10 Doug Kingsmore Stadium W 13–1 (7) Titsworth (2–0) Duffield (0–3) None 4,145 14–1 – Mar 13 4:00 p.m. Manhattan* No. 10 Doug Kingsmore Stadium W 5–1 Barlow (3–1) Garbinski (0–2) None 4,217 15–1 – Mar 15 4:00 p.m. at No. 6 Duke No. 10 Jack Coombs Field Durham, NC L 2–5 Santucci (4–0) Gordon (0–1) Beilenson (8) 762 15–2 0–1 Mar 16 3:00 p.m. at No. 6 Duke No. 10 Jack Coombs Field W 8–7 Smith (2–0) Nard (0–1) Hughes (2) 1,801 16–2 1–1 Mar 17 1:00 p.m. at No. 6 Duke No. 10 Jack Coombs Field W 8–6 (10) Hughes (1-0) Beilenson (0-1) Marchal (1) 1,086 17–2 2–1 Mar 19 6:00 p.m. Winthrop* No. 4 Doug Kingsmore Stadium W 13–3 Marchal (4–0) Kuep (0–1) None 3,865 18–2 – Mar 20 6:00 p.m. vs. Presbyterian No. 4 Flour Field Greenville, SC W 11–1 (8) Darden (3–0) Gibson (0–1) None 2,744 19–2 – Mar 23 1:00 p.m. No. 12 Florida State No. 4 Doug Kingsmore Stadium W 15–5 (7) Darden (4–0) Leiter (4–1) None 6,579 20–2 3–1 Mar 23 5:00 p.m. No. 12 Florida State No. 4 Doug Kingsmore Stadium W 9–8 McGovern (1–0) Dorsey (2–1) None 21–2 4–1 Mar 24 1:00 p.m. No. 12 Florida State No. 4 Doug Kingsmore Stadium W 14–12 Mahlstedt (1–0) Dorsey (2–2) Hughes (3) 4,843 22–2 5–1 Mar 26 4:00 p.m. No. 19 Coastal Carolina* No. 3 Doug Kingsmore Stadium Cancelled Mar 28 7:00 p.m. at Miami (FL) No. 3 Alex Rodriguez Park Coral Gables, FL L 2–3 Ziehl (2–2) Hughes (1–1) None 3,069 22–3 5–2 Mar 29 7:00 p.m. at Miami (FL) No. 3 Alex Rodriguez Park W 3–2 Clayton (2–0) Schlesinger (2–2) Gordon (2) 2,971 23–3 6–2 Mar 30 1:00 p.m. at Miami (FL) No. 3 Alex Rodriguez Park W 7–0 Knaak (2–0) H. Hernandez (2–3) None 2,670 24–3 7–2 April (10–6) Date Time (ET) Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record ACC record Apr 2 6:00 p.m. vs. USC Upstate* No. 2 Flour Field W 11–1 (7) Barlow (4–1) Ellingworth (4–2) None 4,109 25–3 – Apr 5 4:30 p.m. at Notre Dame No. 2 Frank Eck Stadium Notre Dame, IN W 7–3 Titsworth (3–0) Reeth (1–4) Gordon (3) 559 26–3 8–2 Apr 6 2:00 p.m. at Notre Dame No. 2 Frank Eck Stadium W 3–2 Darden (5–0) Radel (2–1) Gordon (4) 1,250 27–3 9–2 Apr 7 1:00 p.m. at Notre Dame No. 2 Frank Eck Stadium W 13–12 (11) Reid (2–0) Lally Jr. (0–1) None 663 28–3 10–2 Apr 9 6:00 p.m. USC Upstate* No. 2 Doug Kingsmore Stadium L 5–9 Cubbler (2–1) LeGuernic (0–1) None 4,189 28–4 – Apr 12 7:00 p.m. NC State No. 2 Doug Kingsmore Stadium L 8–11 Van Dam (4–0) Reid (2–1) Smith (2) 5,123 28–5 10–3 Apr 13 3:00 p.m. NC State No. 2 Doug Kingsmore Stadium L 0–4 Fritton (2–3) Darden (5–1) Smith (3) 5,286 28–6 10–4 Apr 14 1:00 p.m. NC State No. 2 Doug Kingsmore Stadium W 7–0 Knaak (3–0) Consiglio (1–3) None 4,634 29–6 11–4 Apr 16 5:00 p.m. Charlotte* No. 6 Doug Kingsmore Stadium W 8–5 Mahlstedt (2–0) Langhorne (1–3) Gordon (5) 4,567 30–6 – Apr 19 6:00 p.m. Pittsburgh No. 6 Doug Kingsmore Stadium W 6–4 Mahlstedt (3–0) Fernandez (2–4 Gordon (6) 4,532 31–6 12–4 Apr 20 1:00 p.m. Pittsburgh No. 6 Doug Kingsmore Stadium L 4–8 Sokol (4–2) Darden (5–2) None — 31–7 12–5 Apr 20 5:00 p.m. Pittsburgh No. 6 Doug Kingsmore Stadium W 9–2 Knaak (4–0) Reed (0–5) None 6,423 32–7 13–5 Apr 23 7:00 p.m. at No. 20 Georgia* No. 5 Foley Field Athens, GA L 3–4 (15) Marsh (1–0) Fitzgerald (0–1) None 4,183 32–8 – Apr 26 6:00 p.m. at Louisville No. 5 Jim Patterson Stadium Louisville, KY W 12–11 Marchal (5–0) Biven (3–1) Gordon (7) 2,819 33–8 14–5 Apr 27 1:00 p.m. at Louisville No. 5 Jim Patterson Stadium L 6–7 Detmers (2–1) Garris (0–1) Corbett (1) 2,775 33–9 14–6 Apr 28 4:00 p.m. at Louisville No. 5 Jim Patterson Stadium W 17–7 (7) Titsworth (4–0) Koger (1–3) None 3,131 34–9 15–6 May (0–0) Date Time (ET) Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record ACC record May 3 6:00 p.m. Georgia Tech Doug Kingsmore Stadium May 4 2:00 p.m. Georgia Tech Doug Kingsmore Stadium May 5 1:00 p.m. Georgia Tech Doug Kingsmore Stadium May 7 6:00 p.m. vs. Charlotte* Truist Field Charlotte, NC – May 10 6:00 p.m. at Wake Forest David F. Couch Ballpark Winston-Salem, NC May 11 4:00 p.m. at Wake Forest David F. Couch Ballpark May 12 1:00 p.m. at Wake Forest David F. Couch Ballpark May 14 4:00 p.m. at Coastal Carolina* Springs Brooks Stadium Conway, SC – May 16 6:00 p.m. Boston College Doug Kingsmore Stadium May 17 6:00 p.m. Boston College Doug Kingsmore Stadium May 18 1:00 p.m. Boston College Doug Kingsmore Stadium

Note: All rankings shown are from D1Baseball Poll.

Rankings

See also: 2024 NCAA Division I baseball rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
( ) = First-place votes

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Final
Coaches'	9	9*	11	9	9	5	3 (1)	2	2	6	4
Baseball America	9	9	10	10	9	3	2	2	2	4	4
NCBWA†	12	8	11	9	8	3	3	2	2	6	4
D1Baseball	10	10	10	10	10	4	3	2	2	6	5
Perfect Game	21	18	16	12	10	4	2	2	2	5	4

† NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
* A new poll was not released for this week, so for comparison purposes, the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.