By Trey McCurry.
Clemson and Maine travel to Augusta, GA for a three game series this weekend. TCI previews the second series of the season for the Tigers.
Maine (1-3) @ Clemson (1-2)
Lake Olmstead Stadium v Augusta, GA
Friday, 11:00AM v Saturday, 11:00AM v Saturday, 2:00PM
The Series
Meetings: 20 (first met in 1991)
Series Record: Clemson leads 19-1
Record at neutral: All previous games in the series have been played on campus
Last Meeting(s): Clemson swept three games at Clemson last season (5-2, 13-3, 10-2)
vs. Leggett: Leggett leads 21-18 (18-1 at Clemson; 1-4 at WCU; 2-13 at Vermont)
The Black Bears
Head Coach: Steve Trimper (10th season at Maine)
2014 Record: 24-29 (10-11; 5th in America East) – no postseason – NR
Road Record: 14-23 (9-14 on road, 5-9 at neutral sites)
Preseason: 2nd place in America East (out of 7 teams)
Last weekend: Lost 3 of 4 games to Milwaukee in Winter Haven, FL (0-10, 3-12 (7), 7-11, 6-4)
2015 Batting Stats: .262 (4.0 RPG) with 6 2B, 2-3 SB, 20 BB, 4 HBP, 29 K
2015 Pitching Stats: 7.64 ERA, .340 OBA (48 hits), 19 BB & 26 K in 33.0 innings
2015 Fielding Stats: .948 (7 errors in 135 chances)
The Tigers
2014 Record: 36-25 (15-14; T2nd in ACC Atlantic) – Nashville Regional – NR
Home Record: 1-2
Preseason: 3rd in ACC Atlantic Division (7 teams)
Last weekend: Lost two of three games at home to West Virginia (0-2, 4-2, 1-6)
2015 Batting Stats: .253 (1.3 RPG) with 4 2B, 2-4 SB, 10 BB, 20 K
2015 Pitching Stats: 2.33 ERA, .223 OBA (23 hits), 8 BB & 32 K in 27.0 innings
2015 Fielding Stats: .962 (4 errors in 106 chances)
Projected Starting Lineups
Maine
C #99 Jonathan Salcedo (JR/.083 BA with 1 2B, 1 RBI, & 2 BB in 3 games in 2015)
1B #24 Luke Morrill (SR/.500 BA with 1 2B, 2 RBI, & 3 R in 4 games in 2015)
2B #9 Shane Bussey (JR/.143 BA with 2 R & 3 BB in 3 games in 2015)
SS #1 Brett Chappell (JR/.385 BA with 1 2B, 4 RBI, & 1 R in 4 games in 2015)
3B #19 Danny Diaz (FR/.100 BA with 1 2B & 1 RBI in 3 games in 2015)
LF #2 Lou Della Fera (SO/.333 BA with 1 RBI, 1 R, & 2 BB in 3 games in 2015)
CF #41 Sam Balzano (SR/.278 BA with 2 RBI & 3 R in 4 games in 2015)
RF #20 Brian Doran (SR/.400 BA with 2 RBI, 1 R, & 1 BB in 4 games in 2015)
DH #29 Scott Heath (SR/.267 BA with 2 2B, 2 RBI, & 1 R in 4 games in 2015)
Clemson
C #25 Chris Okey (SO/.167 BA with 1 R in 3 games in 2015)
1B #6 Andrew Cox (*SO/.091 BA with 1 2B in 3 games in 2015)
2B #5 Chase Pinder (FR/.091 BA with 1 RBI & 1 BB in 3 games in 2015)
SS #4 Eli White (SO/.222 BA with 1 2B & 1 R in 3 games in 2015)
3B #8 Weston Wilson (SO/.333 BA with 1 SB in 3 games in 2015)
LF #26 Reed Rohlman (*FR/.33 BA with 1 2B & 1 RBI in 3 games in 2015)
CF #18 Tyler Slaton (SR/.273 BA with 1 2B, 2 R, & 2 BB in 3 games in 2015)
RF #9 Steven Duggar (JR/.375 BA with 1 RBI & 3 BB in 3 games in 2015)
DH #3 Tyler Krieger (JR/.600 BA with 1 R & 2 BB in 3 games in 2015)
Projected Starting Pitchers
Game One
JR RHP #55 Jake Marks (0-0/14.54 ERA (4.1 IP)/.500 OBA (11 hits)/2 BB/4 K)
vs.
JR LHP #44 Matthew Crownover (0-0/0.00 ERA (6.0 IP)/.143 OBA (3 hits)/0 BB/8 K)
Game Two
FR RHP #26 Justin Courtney (0-1/7.36 ERA (3.2 IP)/.389 OBA (7 hits)/2 BB/1 K)
vs.
JR LHP #33 Zach Erwin (1-0/1.50 ERA (6.0 IP)/.190 OBA (4 hits)/1 BB/5 K)
Game Three
SR LHP #29 Scott Heath (1-0/3.86 ERA (7.0 IP)/.200 OBA (5 hits)/1 BB/6 K)
vs.
JR RHP #19 Brody Koerner (0-1/2.25 ERA (4.0 IP)/.176 OBA (3 hits)/3 BB/8 K)
Worth Noting
- Clemson is 9-2 all-time on February 20 with a 1-1 mark at neutral sites.
- The Tigers are 8-2 all-time on February 21 with a 0-0 mark at neutral sites.
- Clemson has played one game in its history in Augusta, a 14-7 win at Georgia Regents on May 6, 1986.
- The Tigers and Maine also met on the second weekend of the regular-season during the 2012 season and last year, the last two sets of meetings between the programs.
- Neither Clemson nor Coach Leggett has ever faced another current member of the America East in baseball.
Tiger Career Stats vs. Maine
Player AVG G-S AB R H RBI BB K HR Other
Mike Triller 1.000 2-0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0
Tyler Krieger .556 3-3 9 2 5 1 3 0 0 1-2 SB
Eli White .500 2-0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 2B, HBP
Tyler Slaton .438 6-4 16 4 7 4 0 3 0 2B, SF
Weston Wilson .400 2-1 5 2 2 5 0 1 1 2B
Chris Okey .308 3-3 13 1 4 5 0 1 0 2 2B, SF
Steven Duggar .250 3-3 12 3 3 2 0 1 0 2B, 1-1 SB
Andrew Cox .143 3-2 7 2 1 1 0 1 0 SF, 1-1 SB
Player ERA G-S W-L IP H R ER BB SO OBA
Jake Long 0.00 1-1 1-0 6.0 6 2 2 0 3 .250
Matthew Crownover 0.00 1-1 1-0 5.0 8 3 0 1 4 .400
Kevin Pohle 0.00 1-0 1-0 3.0 4 3 0 0 4 .308
Clate Schmidt 0.00 1-0 0-0 2.2 1 0 0 0 2 .111
Zach Erwin * 0.00 1-0 0-0 1.2 2 0 0 0 0 .333
Alex Bostic 0.00 1-0 0-0 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 .333
Drew Moyer 0.00 1-0 0-0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Wales Toney 0.00 1-0 0-0 0.1 0 0 0 2 1 .000
Patrick Andrews 3.86 3-0 0-0 2.1 2 1 1 2 4 .222
Clay Bates 4.50 2-0 0-0 2.0 3 1 1 0 3 .375
* – has one save.