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ELON, N.C. – For the first time since 1990, The Citadel baseball team will host Clemson in the Lowcountry for two midweek matchups on Tuesday and Wednesday at Joe Riley Park.
 
The Citadel comes into the games 7-8 after taking the series opener over Elon and then falling in the final two games of the series.
 
This will be second nationally ranked team the Bulldogs have faced this year, dropping an earlier contest to No. 13 South Carolina on March 1.
 
Tuesday's game, sponsored by Ashley Furniture, is slated to begin at 7 p.m. and Wednesday's game, sponsored by TD Bank, will begin at 6 p.m. Live stats and video will be available for both games at CitadelSports.com. For tickets, call 843-953-DOGS (3647) or visit CitadelSports.com/tickets.
 
Notes
• The Citadel opened the series at Elon with a dominant 13-8 win over the Phoenix. The Bulldogs scored seven runs in the seventh inning, marking the first time since March 20, 2015, that the 'Dogs plated seven or more runs in an inning.
• Both teams combined to score 21 runs in the series-opener which tied the most runs scored in a game this season as The Citadel and the College of Charleston combined for 21 runs on March 6.
• Friday's game also marked the first time this season that the Bulldogs have hit multiple home runs in a game as Stephen Windham and Clay Martin each recorded their first home runs of the year.
• The Citadel scored 12 runs in the sixth, seventh and eighth innings this weekend as the team continues to do a majority of its damage in the latter half of the game. This season, the team has scored 40 of its 71 total runs in those innings.
• This will be the first appearance for Clemson in the Lowcountry since 1990. It will also be the first time since 2004 that the Bulldogs and Tigers have faced each other.
• The Bulldogs have never hosted the Tigers at Riley Park and head coach Fred Jordan has never hosted the Tigers during his 25-year career.
• This will mark the 27th and 28th time head coach Fred Jordan and head coach Monte Lee have coached against each other with all previous matchups coming when Coach Lee was at the College of Charleston.
• Both of the Watcher brothers, Jacob and Philip, have played in all but one of the games at the same time this season, either at second base or on the mound.
• Jacob (#31) has started six of the 15 games at second base and has made six appearances on the bump this season, pitching a season-high 4.0 innings and fanning a career-high 6 batters on March 13 at Elon. The sophomore held Richmond, third-best hitting team in the country, to three hits en route to picking up the win on March 9. When Jacob is not on the mound, he is batting .300 with six hits.
• Philip (#2) has thrown 11.0 innings so far this season including 5.0 against USC Upstate in his second start this season. Offensively, he has 13 hits and is batting .289 including a one-out single that scored two and put the Bulldogs ahead for good in a 5-4 win over Virginia Tech on Feb. 20. Philip has started nine games at second base and has tallied 25 assists this year.
• Bret Hines completed his best-hitting series of the season this past weekend at Elon going four-for-nine with three doubles, two runs scored and three walks drawn. The senior has already tied his hit total from last season (12) in just 15 games this season. Hines is one of only three Bulldogs to have started every game this season and is joined by OF Austin Mapes and INF William Kinney.
• For the first time since February of last season, six or more players recorded multiple hits for the Bulldogs on March 6 against the College of Charleston.
• Thomas Byelick and JP Sears rank fourth and sixth, respectively, in the conference in ERA. Byelick currently holds a 2.42 ERA with Sears trailing closely behind at 2.91. The duo are also ranked in the top-10 in opposing batting average. Sears has held opponents to a .226 average for third-best in the conference while Byelick is eighth in the SoCon at .240.
• Ryan Stamler picked up the first win of his career on Friday in the Dogs' 13-8 victory over Elon. The sophomore pitched 1.0 inning and struck out one. Stamler is the only Bulldog to have not allowed an earned run this year.
• Kyle Smith has been clutch with runners in scoring position this year. Smith kept USC Upstate from tacking on any more runs on March 8 with a strikeout to end the frame and then struck out the last two batters in the inning against Richmond on March 9 with runners on first and second to preserve the Bulldogs' 4-2 lead.
• In 10 appearances this season, Zach Lavery has 12 strikeouts in 12.0 innings pitched. The senior picked up his first win of the season in relief on Feb. 27.  Lavery leads the team in appearances with Kyle Smith the next cloesest with eight. He is also tied for first in the conference with eight games finished and second with three saves. Lavery is tied for first in the conference with 10 apperances and 10 games in relief.
• The Citadel is currently third in the Southern Conference with a 4.84 ERA. The pitching staff also holds a game-high in the SoCon with 17 total strikeouts that came on Feb. 19 against Virginia Tech.
• JP Sears reached the 100-career strikeout mark on March 4 and after fanning six on March 11, now has 107 strikeouts for his career.
 
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