Countdown to first pitch: Wofford at Clemson

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.