2023 Clemson Tigers baseball team explained

Mode:	baseball
Year:	2023
Team:	Clemson Tigers
Conference:	Atlantic Coast Conference
Short Conf:	ACC
Coachrank:	18
Cbrank:	17
Record:	44–19
Conf Record:	20–10
Head Coach:	Erik Bakich
Hc Year:	1st
Asst Coach1:	Nick Schnabel
Ac1 Year:	1st
Asst Coach2:	Jimmy Belanger
Ac2 Year:	1st
Stadium:	Doug Kingsmore Stadium
Champion:	ACC Tournament champions
Bowl:	Clemson Regional
Bowl Result:	1–2

The 2023 Clemson Tigers baseball team were the varsity intercollegiate baseball team that represented Clemson University during the 2023 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Tigers competed in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) and were led by first-year head coach Erik Bakich. Clemson played its home games at Doug Kingsmore Stadium in Clemson, South Carolina.

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 . 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 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.^[1] 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 to extend their winning streak to seventeen games.^[2] 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.

Previous season

See main article: 2022 Clemson Tigers baseball team. The Tigers finished the 2022 season 35–23 overall and 13–16 in ACC Play, to finish in sixth place in the Atlantic Division. As the twelfth seed in the ACC tournament they were placed in pool A with first seed Virginia Tech and eight seed North Carolina. They lost both games and were eliminated from the tournament. They were not invited to the NCAA tournament for the second consecutive year. It was the first time the Tigers had missed the NCAA tournament in consecutive years since 1982-1986. It was their first time missing back-to-back tournaments since the field expanded to 64 teams in 1999.^[3] At the end of the season, Monte Lee was fired as the head coach.^[4]

Personnel

Coaching Staff

2023 Clemson Tigers coaching staff
Name	Position	Seasons at Clemson
	Head Coach	1
Nick Schnabel	Assistant Coach	1
Jimmy Belanger	Assistant Coach	1
Griffin Mazur	Volunteer Assistant Coach	1

Schedule

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

2023 Clemson Tigers baseball game log^[6]
Regular season
February (4–4) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record ACC record Feb 17 Clemson, SC Babalis (0–1) None 4,469 1–0 – Feb 18 Binghamton* Doug Kingsmore Stadium W 3–2 Weiss (1–0) Collins (0–1) Smith (1) 5,050 2–0 – Feb 19 Binghamton* Doug Kingsmore Stadium Dill (1–0) None 4,150 3–0 – Feb 21 Charlotte Doug Kingsmore Stadium W 9–5 Bailey (1–0) Gillentine (0–1) None 4,200 4–0 – Feb 24 Doug Kingsmore Stadium L 2–4 Centala (1–0) Lindley (0–1) Kramer (1) 4,281 4–1 – Feb 25 UCF* Doug Kingsmore Stadium L 7–10 Marlowe (1–1) Darden (0–1) None 4,357 4–2 – Feb 26 UCF* Doug Kingsmore Stadium L 6–13 Vespi (1–0) Bailey (1–1) Vieira (1) 4,286 4–3 – Greenville, SC L 3–6 Curtis (2–0) 1,397 4–4 – March (12–8) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record ACC record Mar 3 Doug Kingsmore Stadium W 5–2 Lindley (1–1) Sanders (1–1) None 5,456 5–4 – Mar 4 L 9–11 Becker (1–0) Dill (1–1) None 7,215 5–5 – Mar 5 Founders Park Columbia, SC L 1–7 Hicks (3–0) Barlow (0–1) None 8,242 5–6 – Mar 7 Doug Kingsmore Stadium W 4–1 Allen (1–0) Smiddy (3–2) Lindley (1) 4,263 6–6 – Mar 8 Doug Kingsmore Stadium W 5–3 Dvorsky (1–0) Ymker (0–1) Tallent (1) 4,107 7–6 – Mar 10 Doug Kingsmore Stadium W 9–8 None 3,912 8–6 – Mar 11 Georgia State* Doug Kingsmore Stadium W 10–2 Garris (1–0) Landry (0–1) Allen (1) 5,242 9–6 – Mar 11 Georgia State* Doug Kingsmore Stadium W 10–7 Clayton (1–0) Watson (0–1) None 5,242 10–6 – Mar 14 Doug Kingsmore Stadium W 4–3 Hoffmann (2–1) Privette (1–1) Lindley (2) 4,089 11–6 – Mar 18 Doug Kingsmore Stadium L 2–3 Beilenson (1–1) Gordon (0–1) Tallon (3) 5,213 11–7 0–1 Mar 18 Duke Doug Kingsmore Stadium W 14–9 Tallent (1–0) White (2–1) 5,213 12–7 1–1 Mar 19 Duke Doug Kingsmore Stadium L 8–11 Weaver (2–1) Reid (0–1) None 3,974 12–8 1–2 Mar 21 Doug Kingsmore Stadium W 8–5 Clayton (2–0) Whittle (2–1) None 3,803 13–8 – Mar 22 at * Kennesaw, GA W 6–2 Garris (2–0) Eidson (1–2) None 857 14–8 – Mar 24 at Atlanta, GA Busse (1–1) Lindley (1–2) None 1,279 14–9 1–3 Mar 25 at Georgia Tech Russ Chandler Stadium L 3–16 Schmolke (3–0) Smith (0–1) None 1,779 14–10 1–4 Mar 26 at Georgia Tech Russ Chandler Stadium W 14–5 Grice (1–0) Finley (1–2) None 1,205 15–10 2–4 Mar 28 vs. College of Charleston* Segra Park Columbia, SC W 10–3 Darden (1–1) None 1,678 16–10 – Mar 30 Doug Kingsmore Stadium L 3–8 Lowder (6–0) Gordon (0–2) None 4,217 16–11 2–5 No. 2 Wake Forest Doug Kingsmore Stadium L 3–4 Keener (3–0) Lindley (1–3) Minacci (7) 4,345 16–12 2–6 April (12–5) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record ACC record Apr 1 No. 2 Wake Forest L 5–6 Hartle (6–1) Grice (1–1) Roland (1) 4,521 16–13 2–7 Apr 4 No. 17 Coastal Carolina* Doug Kingsmore Stadium Hoffmann (3–1) Huesman (1–3) None 4,678 17–13 – Apr 6 at Tallahassee, FL L 1–5 Gordon (0–3) 4,542 17–14 2–8 Apr 7 at Florida State Dick Howser Stadium W 8–1 Darden (2–1) Whittaker (3–3) None 4,406 18–14 3–8 Apr 8 at Florida State Dick Howser Stadium W 6–2 Grice (2–1) None 4,279 19–14 4–8 Apr 11 at Georgia* Foley Field Athens, GA W 8–1 Weiss (2–0) None 3,569 20–14 – Apr 14 Doug Kingsmore Stadium L 4–10 Spivey (1–0) Darden (2–2) Tyrell (1) 4,347 20–15 4–9 Apr 15 Notre Dame Doug Kingsmore Stadium W 5–1 Gordon (1–3) Findlay (4–2) None 5,174 21–15 5–9 Apr 16 Notre Dame Doug Kingsmore Stadium W 6–4 Clayton (3–0) Birkholz (0–3) None 4,202 22–15 6–9 Apr 18 Georgia* Doug Kingsmore Stadium L 4–5 Caldwell (2–0) Bailey (1–2) Finley (3) 4,645 22–16 – Apr 21 at Doak Field Raleigh, NC W 10–2 Darden (3–2) Whitaker (3–3) None 3,048 23–16 7–9 Apr 22 at NC State Doak Field W 9–7 Garris (3–0) Britton (2–2) Ammons (1) 2,844 24–16 8–9 Apr 23 at NC State Doak Field W 8–5 Grice (3–1) Willadsen (4–3) Smith (2) 2,956 25–16 9–9 Apr 25 Kennesaw State* Doug Kingsmore Stadium W 15–5 (7) Olenchuk (1–0) Sliver (1–2) None 4,112 26–16 9–9 Apr 28 Brighton Field Brighton, MA W 9–7 Clayton (4–0) Schroeder (5–3) Ammons (2) N/A 27–16 10–9 Apr 28 at No. 11 Boston College Brighton Field L 1–3 West (2–3) Gordon (1–4) Ryan (3) 1,063 27–17 10–10 Apr 29 at No. 11 Boston College Brighton Field W 6–3 Grice (4–1) Flynn (6–2) None 832 28–17 11–10 May (11–0) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record ACC record May 5 Doug Kingsmore Stadium W 6–3 Garris (4–0) Campbell (1–1) Ammons (3) 4,187 29–17 12–10 May 6 Louisville Doug Kingsmore Stadium W 4–3 Clayton (5–0) Phillips (4–2) Hughes (1) 4,456 30–17 13–10 May 7 Louisville Doug Kingsmore Stadium W 7–3 Grice (5–1) Biven (0–2) Ammons (4) 4,189 31–17 14–10 May 10 at No. 8 No. 16 Conway, SC W 13–6 Allen (2–0) Shaffer (4–1) None 3,511 32–17 14–10 May 12 No. 16 English Field Blacksburg, VA W 15–4 Lindley (2–3) Hackenberg (5–6) None 1,461 33–17 15–10 May 13 at Virginia Tech No. 16 English Field W 9–8 Clayton (6–0) Kirtner (1–1) Smith (3) 1,485 34–17 16–10 May 14 at Virginia Tech No. 16 English Field W 9–6 Grice (6–1) Hurney (3–2) Smith (4) 1,805 35–17 17–10 May 16 USC Upstate* No. 7 Doug Kingsmore Stadium W 12–2 (8) Allen (3–0) Matheny (2–3) None 4,123 36–17 17–10 May 18 No. 7 Doug Kingsmore Stadium W 14–7 Clayton (7–0) Carlson (4–2) None 4,102 37–17 18–10 May 19 North Carolina No. 7 Doug Kingsmore Stadium W 5–4 Ammons (2–0) Poston (3–3) None 4,644 38–17 19–10 North Carolina No. 7 Doug Kingsmore Stadium W 3–1 Grice (7–1) Pence (4–2) Hughes (2) 4,589 39–17 20–10
Postseason
(4–0) Date Opponent Seed/Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record Tournament record May 24 (10) Virginia Tech (3) No. 6 Durham Bulls Athletic Park Durham, NC W 14–5 Bailey (2–2) Hackenberg (5–8) None 2,398 40–17 1–0 May 26 (6) Boston College (3) No. 6 W 4–1 Gordon (2–4) Flynn (7–3) Ammons (5) 3,348 41–17 2–0 May 27 (7) North Carolina (3) No. 6 W 10–4 Grice (8–1) Bovair (4–4) None 3,147 42–17 3–0 May 28 (3) No. 6 W 11–5 Lindley (3–3) Torres (4–1) None 4,792 43–17 4–0
(1–2) Date Opponent Seed/Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record Tournament record June 2 (4) (1) No. 3 Doug Kingsmore Stadium W 12–5 Clayton (8–0) Van Treeck (8–5) None 5,322 44–17 1–0 June 3 (1) No. 3 Doug Kingsmore Stadium L 5–6 (14) Halvorsen (3–3) Tallent (1–1) None 6,275 44–18 1–1 June 4 (1) No. 3 Doug Kingsmore Stadium L 2–3 Thompson (8–2) Hughes (0–1) None 4,834 44–19 1–2

Note: All rankings shown are from D1Baseball Poll.

Rankings

See also: 2023 NCAA Division I baseball rankings.

Notes and References

1. Web site: ACC Baseball Championship 2023: Clemson vs. Miami Score, Reaction. Bleacher Report. Timothy. Rapp. May 28, 2023. June 5, 2023.
2. Web site: Clemson baseball loses marathon game, moves to brink of elimination in NCAA tournament. news.yahoo.com. Yahoo! News. June 3, 2023. June 5, 2023.
3. Web site: Clemson baseball misses NCAA tournament for rare second consecutive time. tigernet.com. Brandon. Rink. TigerNet. May 30, 2022. May 31, 2022.
4. Web site: Monte Lee out as Clemson head baseball coach after seven seasons. foxnews.com. Fox News. David. Aaro. May 31, 2022. June 1, 2022.
5. Web site: 2022-23 Baseball Roster. Clemson Tigers. February 22, 2023.
6. Web site: 2022-23 Baseball Schedule. clemsontigers.com. December 24, 2021.