By Trey McCurry.
The annual series between Clemson and South Carolina begins Friday night at Doug Kingmsore. TCI takes an in-depth look at the series.
Clemson (5-2) vs. #10 South Carolina (6-1)
Friday, 6:30PM v Doug Kingsmore Stadium v Clemson, SC
Saturday, 2:30PM v Flour Field v Greenville, SC
Sunday, 12:00PM v Carolina Stadium v Columbia, SC
Rankings: Clemson – NR South Carolina – #12 BA, #15 CB, #10 USA
The Series
Meetings: 306 (first met in 1899)
Series Record: Clemson leads 170-134-2
Record at Clemson: Clemson leads 96-44 (Clemson leads 49-27 at DKS)
Record at neutral: SC leads 9-8 at neutral sites (SC leads 3-2 in Greenville, 3-1 at Fluor Field)
Record at SC: SC leads 81-66-2 (SC leads 7-2 at Carolina Stadium)
Last Meeting(s): South Carolina swept 3 games from Clemson last season (9-6 at SC, 10-2 at Fluor, 5-3 at Clemson)
vs. Leggett: Leggett trails 51-38 (35-43 at Clemson; 3-8 at Western Carolina)
The Gamecocks
Head Coach: Chad Holbrook (3rd season at South Carolina)
2014 Record: 44-18 (18-12; 2nd SEC East) – Columbia Regional – #25 BA, #25 CB, #22 USA
Road Record: 0-0 (9-9 in 2014)
Neutral Record: 0-0 (1-2 in 2014)
Home Record: 6-1 (34-7 in 2014)
Preseason: 3rd place in SEC East (out of 7 teams)
Last week: Swept three games at home from Northeastern (10-1, 6-0, 6-4)
2015 Batting Stats: .306 (6.4 RPG) with 9 2B, 1 3B, 5 HR, 31 BB, 7 HBP, 33 K, 7-8 SB
2015 Pitching Stats: 2.29 ERA, .255 OBA (60 hits), 18 BB & 55 K in 63.0 innings
2015 Fielding Stats: .982 (5 errors in 276 chances)
The Tigers
2014 Record: 36-25 (15-14; T2nd in ACC Atlantic) – Nashville Regional – NR
Home Record: 2-2 (22-12 in 2014)
Neutral Record: 3-0 (3-4 in 2014)
Road Record: 0-0 (11-9 in 2014)
Preseason: 3rd in ACC Atlantic Division (7 teams)
Last week: Defeated Wofford 11-5 at home on Wednesday after sweeping three games from Maine in Augusta, GA last weekend (10-1, 5-4 in 14 inn, 10-2)
2015 Batting Stats: .302 (5.8 RPG) with 15 2B, 3 3B, 2 HR, 32 BB, 3 HBP, 50 K, 10-16 SB
2015 Pitching Stats: 1.72 ERA, .202 OBA (50 hits), 14 BB & 63 K in 68.0 innings
2015 Fielding Stats: .961 (11 errors in 283 chances)
Projected Starting Lineups
South Carolina
C #16 Logan Koch (SO/.200 BA with 1 2B, 2 RBI, & 1 R in 5 games in 2015)
1B #33 Kyle Martin (SR/.364 BA with 1 2B, 1 HR, & 7 RBI in 7 games in 2015)
2B #22 Max Schrock (JR/.150 BA with 2 RBI, 6 R, & 11 BB in 7 games in 2015)
SS #15 Jordan Gore (SO/.346 BA with 1 2B, 9 RBI, & 4 R in 7 games in 2015)
3B #7 DC Arendas (JR/.273 BA with 3 R, 3 BB, & 3 HBP in 5 games in 2015)
LF #30 Elliott Caldwell (SR/.467 BA with 2 2B, 1 3B, & 4 RBI in 6 games in 2015)
CF #19 Gene Cone (SO/.407 BA with 1 HR, 3 RBI, & 6 R in 7 games in 2015)
RF #4 Connor Bright (SR/.250 BA with 1 2B, 1 HR, & 4 RBI in 7 games in 2015)
DH #24 Alex Destino (FR/.458 BA with 2 HR, 6 RBI, & 2 R in 6 games in 2015)
Clemson
C #25 Chris Okey (SO/.222 BA with 1 2B, 1 3B, & 1 RBI in 7 games in 2015)
1B #6 Andrew Cox (*SO/.222 BA with 3 2B, 1 RBI, & 4 R in 7 games in 2015)
2B #5 Chase Pinder (FR/.259 BA with 1 2B, 1 RBI, & 3 R in 7 games in 2015)
SS #4 Eli White (SO/.333 BA with 2 2B, 4 RBI, & 5 R in 7 games in 2015)
3B #8 Weston Wilson (SO/.321 BA with 1 2B, 1 HR, & 5 RBI in 7 games in 2015)
LF #26 Reed Rohlman (*FR/.455 BA with 2 2B, 1 HR, & 6 RBI in 7 games in 2015)
CF #18 Tyler Slaton (SR/.318 BA with 1 2B, 1 3B, & 2 RBI in 7 games in 2015)
RF #9 Steven Duggar (JR/.261 BA with 1 2B, 7 RBI, & 5 BB in 7 games in 2015)
DH #3 Tyler Krieger (JR/.462 BA with 2 2B, 1 3B, & 6 RBI in 7 games in 2015)
Projected Starting Pitchers
Game One
SO RHP #37 Wil Crowe (0.87 ERA/1-0/2 starts/10.1 IP/.211 OBA (8 hits)/3 BB/17 K)
vs.
JR LHP #44 Matthew Crownover (0.00 ERA/1-0/2 starts/13.0 IP/.170 OBA (8 hits)/0 BB/15 K)
Game Two
JR LHP #33 Zach Erwin (0.66 ERA/1-0/2 starts/13.2 IP/.184 OBA (9 hits)/1 BB/10 K)
vs.
JR LHP #13 Jack Wynkoop (3.46 ERA/1-1/2 starts/13.0 IP/.229 OBA (11 hits)/2 BB/11 K)
Game Three
JR RHP #19 Brody Koerner (2.25 ERA/1-1/2 starts/12.0 IP/.229 OBA (11 hits)/3 BB/11 K)
vs.
Starter TBA
Worth Noting
- Clemson is 13-5 all-time on February 27 with a 6-2 mark at home.
- The Tigers are 18-8 all-time on February 28 with a 4-0 mark at neutral sites.
- Clemson is 15-9 all-time on March 1 with a 3-4 mark on the road.
- The Tigers are 391-366-7 all-time against current SEC programs (have faced every program but LSU and Missouri). Clemson is 200-122-2 at home against SEC teams, 27-24 at neutral sites, and 164-220-5 on the road.
- Coach Leggett has faced 10 of the 14 current SEC programs (missing LSU, Missouri, Ole Miss, and Vanderbilt). Leggett is 111-129 all-time against current SEC teams (93-80 at Clemson, 18-49 at Western Carolina).
Tiger Career Stats vs. South Carolina
Player AVG G-S AB R H RBI BB K HR Other
Tyler Slaton .500 7-3 14 2 7 1 1 3 0 1-1 SB
Steven Duggar .364 6-6 22 4 8 3 2 3 0 2B, 1-1 SB
Tyler Krieger .227 6-6 22 3 5 4 0 4 0 2B, 2 SH
Chris Okey .167 3-3 12 0 2 1 1 3 0 HBP
Weston Wilson .167 2-2 6 0 1 1 0 4 0
Maleeke Gibson .125 2-2 8 0 1 0 0 2 0 HBP
Andrew Cox .000 3-1 4 0 0 0 0 2 0
Player ERA G-S W-L IP H R ER BB SO OBA
Kevin Pohle 0.00 1-1 0-0 5.0 6 4 0 2 5 .273
Jake Long 1.42 1-1 0-0 6.1 5 1 1 1 4 .208
Zack Erwin 2.57 4-0 0-0 7.0 3 2 3 10 .130
Matthew Crownover 3.38 1-1 0-1 2.2 6 5 1 3 3 .429
Clate Schmidt 5.59 2-1 1-1 9.2 10 6 6 3 10 .263
Patrick Andrews 6.75 2-0 0-0 4.0 6 3 3 0 2 .333
Drew Moyer 6.75 2-0 0-0 1.1 2 2 1 1 2 .400
Clay Bates 13.50 2-0 0-1 1.1 3 4 2 1 1 .429
Alex Bostic 27.00 2-0 0-0 0.1 0 2 1 2 1 .000