2023 Clemson Tigers baseball team

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.

2023 Clemson Tigers baseball
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 18
CBNo. 17
Record44–19 (20–10 ACC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Nick Schnabel (1st season)
  • Jimmy Belanger (1st season)
Home stadiumDoug Kingsmore Stadium
2023 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Atlantic
No. 3 Wake Forest xy 227 .7595412 .818
No. 18 Clemson y 2010 .6674419 .698
Boston College y 1614 .5333720 .649
Notre Dame   1515 .5003024 .556
NC State y 1316 .4483621 .632
Louisville   1020 .3333124 .564
Florida State   921 .3002331 .426
Coastal
No. 6 Virginia xy 1911 .6335013 .794
No. 20 Miami (FL) y 1812 .6004221 .667
No. 15 Duke y 1613 .5523923 .629
North Carolina y 1414 .5003624 .600
Virginia Tech   1217 .4143023 .566
Georgia Tech   1218 .4003027 .526
Pittsburgh   1018 .3572431 .436
x Division champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 25, 2023
Rankings from D1Baseball

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.

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