By Staff Reports.
Clemson, who is coming off a three-game sweep of Maine over the weekend, will face unbeaten Wofford for the first time since 2013 when the two meet at Doug Kingsmore Stadium Wednesday at 2 p.m. The game was originally scheduled to be played today but due to the snow fall in the Clemson area, it was moved to Wednesday.
GAME SETUP
• Who – Wofford (7-0) vs. Clemson (4-2)
• Rankings – WOF – NR; CU – NR
• When – Wednesday (2 p.m.)
• Where – Clemson, S.C. (Doug Kingsmore Stadium)
• Watch – TigerCast
• Listen – TigerCast, WCCP (105.5 FM)
• Live Stats – ClemsonTigers.com
• Social Media – Twitter/Instagram (@ClemsonBaseball)
• Tickets – ClemsonTigers.com, 1-800-CLEMSON
SERIES HISTORY
• Overall Record – Clemson leads 77-23-1 (1898-2013)
• Record at Clemson – Clemson leads 40-8 (1900-2013)
STARTING PITCHERS
• RHP John Caskey (WOF) vs. RHP Clate Schmidt (CU)
CLEMSON OVERVIEW
• Clemson swept Maine in a three-game series by a combined score of 25-7 at Augusta, Ga. on Friday and Saturday.
• The Tigers are averaging 5.0 runs per game and hitting .290 with a .366 on-base percentage and 10 stolen bases.
• The pitching staff has a 1.37 ERA, .202 opponents’ batting average and 5.60 strikeout-to-walk ratio and Clemson is fielding .959.
WOFFORD OVERVIEW
• Wofford is led by eighth-year Head Coach Todd Interdonato.
• The Terriers won all three home games last weekend. They are hitting .287 and have a 3.00 ERA and .955 fielding percentage.
• Matt Ramsay is hitting a team-high .429 with two doubles, two triples and eight RBIs, while Matt Pelt is batting .412 with two homers.
QUICK HITS
• Clemson has scored half its runs (15 of 30) in the seventh (9) and eighth (6) innings.
• Tyler Krieger and Weston Wilson have hit safely in all six games.
• Steven Duggar, Krieger, Tyler Slaton and Wilson have reached base safely in all six games.
CROWNOVER IN CONTROL
• Junior lefty Matthew Crownover is 1-0 with an 0.00 ERA and .170 opponents’ batting average in 13.0 innings pitched over two starts in 2015.
• He has allowed just eight hits and no walks with 15 strikeouts as Clemson’s Friday starter.
• In his career, he is 16-9 with a 2.42 ERA, .244 opponents’ batting average and 150 strikeouts against 37 walks in 182.1 innings pitched.
• His career ERA (No. 7), strikeout-to-walk ratio (4.05, No. 2) and walks per nine innings pitched (1.83, No. 2) are all top-10 Tiger marks.
• He trails only Kris Benson, the 1996 national player-of-the-year, in career strikeout-to-walk ratio and walks per nine innings pitched.