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NCAA Baseball: Where to Watch/Stream/Listen to No. 3 Clemson vs. No. 7 Florida State

Clemson Baseball: Here’s s a look at where Tigers fans can watch, stream, and listen to this weekend’s series against Florida State.

Clemson and Florida State are two names that go together a lot these days.

The Tigers and Seminoles are the ACC’s most dominant football programs with the most amount of value to a conference. That’s why they’re both suing the ACC in open court to challenge the league’s Grant-of-Rights clause.

Separate of that, Clemson and Florida State also represent the two teams atop the ACC’s baseball standings through six weeks.

The Tigers (19-2) are ranked No. 5 in the latest USA TODAY Sports baseball coaches poll, seven spots ahead of No. 12 Florida State. Coach Link Jarrett’s Seminoles have started their season a perfect 19-0 and are ranked No. 7 by Baseball America, which has the Tigers at No. 3 in its Top 25 rankings.

The start of this weekend’s series was pushed back to Saturday due to the threat of inclement weather Friday. Because of that, the two teams will play a doubleheader Saturday before Sunday’s series finale.

Florida State has three talented weekend starters in its rotation. Sophomore left-hander Jamie Arnold has been FSU’s best starter this season with a 5-0 record and a minuscule 0.33 ERA in five outings. Arnold has a 9/1 strikeout to walk ratio in 27 2/3 innings pitched. He struck out 12 without allowing a walk over 5 2/3 innings in his most recent outing against Notre Dame last Saturday.

Cam Leiter, a UCF transfer, is 4-0 with a 3.37 ERA in five starts, and Sunday’s scheduled starter Conner Whitaker is 3-0 with a 3.75 mark in five starts.

Austin Gordon, Tristan Smith, and Aidan Knaak are scheduled to pitch for Clemson. Smith has been the Tigers’ ace this season through five starts with a 2-0 record and 2.55 ERA. Knaak, a freshman from Fort Myers, Fla., is 1-0 with a 3.42 ERA in four outings as the Tigers’ Sunday starter.

At the plate, Blake Wright has been on a tear for Clemson. Wright totaled seven hits in the Tigers’ two non-conference victories (vs. Winthrop and Presbyterian) earlier this week. He became the 17th player in Clemson history to record three home runs in one game in the Tigers’ victory over Presbyterian Wednesday. Wright leads the team with 10 home runs and 28 RBIs.

As a team, Clemson is averaging 8.3 runs per game while batting .297 with a .420 on-base percentage. Tigers pitching has a staff ERA of 3.81. Florida State is averaging 10.4 runs per game and hitting .356 with a staff ERA of 2.79.

Series History

Florida State leads the all time head to head series with Clemson, 83-74-1. The series dates back to 1958. Clemson took two of three in last year’s regular season series at Dick Howser Stadium.

Where to Watch/Stream/Listen

Here’s s a look at where Clemson fans can watch, stream, and listen to this weekend’s series.

Dates: March 23-24

Start Times (ET):

Saturday (Game 1), 1 p.m.

Saturday (Game 2), 4:45 p.m.

Sunday: 1 p.m.

Where: Doug Kingsmore Stadium

Broadcast Info

TV/Live Stream: ACC Network Extra (ACCNX), ESPN+

Radio: Clemson Athletic Network | ClemsonTigers.com

Blake Wright powers No. 3 Clemson past Presbyterian in eight innings

Clemson Baseball: Blake Wright’s six RBIs in Wednesday’s 11-1 Clemson win over Presbyterian gave him 28 for the season. When he homered off Mason McDaniel with two away in the eighth inning, he had his third home run of the day and his 10th of the season in another solid 3-for-4 performance.

Blake Wright hit three home runs, and No. 3 Clemson cruised to an 11-1 victory in eight innings over Presbyterian in non-conference play Wednesday at Fluor Field in Greenville.

Wright’s six RBIs gave him 28 for the season. When he homered off Mason McDaniel in the eighth inning, he had his third home run of the day and his 10th of the season in another solid 3-for-4 performance at the plate.

The game ended after Wright’s eight-inning blast due to the 10-run rule.

Alden Mathes also hit two home runs for the Tigers (19-2 overall), who totaled six round-trippers on the day and outhit the Blue Hose, 10-3.

One day after Wright went 4-for-4 in a 13-3 clubbing of Winthrop, the senior second baseman outdid himself Wednesday by becoming the 17th player in program history — and the second this season, joining Will Taylor — to hit three home runs in one game.

His first long ball of the day came in the third inning off Luke Gibson and was part of back to back homers after Jimmy Obertop had launched a drive just to the left of straight away center field. Those two blasts gave the Tigers a 4-1 lead.

When Wright stepped to the plate an inning later, he cleared the bases with a three-run shot off Yechiel Saint that made it 7-1.

In between then and the eighth inning, Mathes hit his third and fourth home runs of the season with solo shots in consecutive at-bats.

Aside from Wright and Mathes (2-for-5), Jacob Hinderleider (2-for-3) and Jarren Purify (2-3) also had multi-hit games.

Clemson coach Erik Bakich used a bullpen-by-committee in Wednesday’s game with Justin LeGuernic starting and pitching two scoreless innings. LeGuernic fanned five and walked two. Ethan Darden (3-0) followed and was awarded the win after pitching the third inning, allowing the game’s only run (unearned).

Joe Allen, Ty Olenchuk, Drew Titsworth and Nick Clayton finished out the game in relief without allowing a run.

Gibson (0-1) suffered the loss for Presbyterian, who fell to 9-12.

NEXT UP

Clemson will host Florida State in a key ACC series beginning Friday at Doug Kingsmore Stadium. The Seminoles are a perfect 19-0 entering the weekend and are ranked No. 12 in this week’s USA TODAY Sports baseball coaches poll. First pitch Friday is scheduled for an 8 p.m. EDT prime time start. The game will be broadcast by ACC Network.

Clemson picks up 13-3 victory over Winthrop in midweek play

Clemson baseball, ranked No. 3 in the nation by Baseball America, routed Winthrop, 13-3, on Tuesday. Blake Wright went 4-for-4 for the Tigers and Will Taylor drove in four runs.

Clemson scored 10 runs in the middle innings to pull away from Winthrop in a 13-3 victory over the Eagles in midweek play Tuesday at Doug Kingsmore Stadium.

The Tigers (18-2 overall), ranked third in this week’s Baseball America Top 25 rankings and fifth in the USA TODAY Sports coaches poll, went to work early at the plate and took advantage of several Winthrop miscues throughout the game.

Clemson struck first when Will Taylor singled to center with the bases loaded for a 2-0 Tigers lead off Winthrop pitcher Shane Keup (0-1). An inning later, Blake Wright plated a run when he was awarded an RBI single on a groundball that shortstop Abe Affholter couldn’t field cleanly.

After Winthrop (8-11) plated two runs in top of the fourth, Clemson’s bats went to work in the bottom of the inning. Wright singled back up the middle to give the Tigers a 4-2 lead.

One out later, Tristan Bissetta singled through the left side to score Alden Mathes and extend the lead to 5-2. Taylor’s third RBI of the day followed Bissetta, and Jacob Hinderleider hit an RBI sac fly to center to up the lead to 7-2.

Clemson hung another crooked number on the scoreboard in the fifth by scoring six runs thanks in large part to six walks issued by Eagles relievers Lance Wade and Walker Brodt.

The only run-scoring hit of the inning was an RBI single from Wright, who picked up his fourth hit of the afternoon to push the lead to 8-2. Wade walked three straight batters — Jimmy Obertop, Taylor and Hinderleider — all with the bases loaded, and it was 11-2.

After an RBI sac fly by Jacob Jarrell made it 12-2, Cooper Blauser drew the Tigers’ fourth bases-loaded walk of the inning, which finally came to a close when Nathan Hall grounded into a force play at third.

Wright went 4-for-4 at the plate with three RBIs and increased his batting average to .337. Taylor (2-for-3) finished with four RBIs as the Tigers totaled 10 hits in the game.

On the mound, right-hander Billy Barlow made his fifth start and received a no-decision after allowing both Winthrop runs in the fourth inning. Barlow exited after 3 1/3 innings, yielding four hits. He struck out two and walked one.

Matthew Marchal (4-0) earned the win in relief, throwing 1 2/3 innings of scoreless ball.

Four Tigers pitchers made their season debuts in Tuesday’s game. Sophomore Nathan Dvorsky and freshmen Jacob McGovern, Chance Fitzgerald and Luke Brown all pitched one inning apiece in relief. Brown recorded the final three outs.

Clemson returns to the diamond Wednesday in a scheduled 6 p.m. contest against Presbyterian in Greenville.