By Trey McCurry.
Clemson opens ACC play this weekend with a three game series on the road at NC State.
Clemson (7-4, 0-0 ACC) @ NC State (7-3, 0-0 ACC)
Doak Field v Raleigh, NC
Friday, 3:00PM v Saturday, 3:00PM v Sunday, 1:00PM
Rankings: Clemson – NR NC State – NR
The Series
Meetings: 191 (first met in 1921)
Series Record: Clemson leads 113-77-1
Record at NC State: Clemson leads 42-38
Last Meeting(s): NC State won 2 of 3 games at Clemson in 2014 (1-6, 9-4, 7-1)
vs. Leggett: Leggett leads 54-45 (47-27 at Clemson; 7-18 at Western Carolina)
The Wolfpack
Head Coach: Eliott Avent (19th season at NC State)
2014 Record: 32-23 (13-17; 5th ACC Atlantic) – no postseason – NR
Preseason: 4th n ACC Atlantic Division (out of 7 teams)
Home Record: 5-0 (22-10 in 2014)
Last week: Defeated Appalachian State 6-4 at home on Wednesday, beat East Carolina 7-0 at home on Tuesday, split two games in Savannah, GA last weekend winning against UNC Greensboro (4-2) and losing to Charlotte (1-0)
2015 Batting Stats: .291 (6.0 RPG) with 16 2B, 4 3B, 3 HR, 42 BB, 10 HBP, 61 K, 8-12 SB
2015 Pitching Stats: 2.97 ERA, .196 OBA (62 hits), 34 BB & 108 K in 88.0 innings
2015 Fielding Stats: .968 (12 errors in 375 chances)
The Tigers
2014 Record: 36-25 (15-14; T2nd in ACC Atlantic) – Nashville Regional – NR
Preseason: 3rd in ACC Atlantic Division (7 teams)
Road Record: 1-0 (11-9 in 2014)
Last week: Lost to Winthrop 5-4 at home on Tuesday after winning two of three games against South Carolina last weekend (won 11-4 at home on Friday, lost 4-1 at Fluor Field on Saturday, and won 7-0 at South Carolina on Monday)
2015 Batting Stats: .299 (5.8 RPG) with 20 2B, 4 3B, 6 HR, 44 BB, 6 HBP, 84 K, 13-22 SB
2015 Pitching Stats: 2.18 ERA, .215 OBA (82 hits), 27 BB & 94 K in 103.0 innings
2015 Fielding Stats: .963 (16 errors in 436 chances)
Projected Starting Lineups
Clemson
C #25 Chris Okey (SO/.238 BA with 1 2B, 2 HR, & 8 RBI in 11 games in 2015)
1B #6 Andrew Cox (*SO/.244 BA with 3 2B, 1 RBI, & 5 R in 11 games in 2015)
2B #5 Chase Pinder (FR/.286 BA with 1 2B, 1 3B, & 4 RBI in 11 games in 2015)
SS #4 Eli White (SO/.341 BA with 3 2B, 6 RBI, & 5 R in 11 games in 2015)
3B #8 Weston Wilson (SO/.268 BA with 1 2B, 3 HR, & 9 RBI in 10 games in 2015)
LF #26 Reed Rohlman (*FR/.421 BA with 3 2B, 1 HR, & 7 RBI in 11 games in 2015)
CF #18 Tyler Slaton (SR/.211 BA with 2 2B, 1 3B, & 2 RBI in 11 games in 2015)
RF #9 Steven Duggar (JR/.282 BA with 2 2B, 9 RBI, & 7 BB in 11 games in 2015)
DH #3 Tyler Krieger (JR/.465 BA with 3 2B, 1 3B, & 8 RBI in 11 games in 2015)
NC State
C #11 Andrew Knizner (SO/.263 BA with 1 2B, 7 RBI, & 5 R in 10 games in 2015)
1B #12 Preston Palmeiro (SO/.395 BA with 2 2B, 1 HR, & 14 RBI in 10 games in 2015)
2B #6 Logan Ratledge (SR/.400 BA with 2 2B, 1 HR, & 6 RBI in 10 games in 2015)
SS #8 Ryne Willard (JR/.297 BA with 2 2B, 1 3B, & 3 RBI in 10 games in 2015)
3B #10 Joe Dunand (FR/.237 BA with 2 2B, 1 3B, & 8 RBI in 10 games in 2015)
LF #2 Bubby Riley (SR/.167 BA with 1 2B, 2 RBI, & 5 BB in 7 games in 2015)
CF #30 Jake Fincher (SR/.308 BA with 1 2B, 3 RBI, & 3 R in 9 games in 2015)
RF #23 Jake Armstrong (SR/.269 BA with 3 2B, 1 3B, & 8 RBI in 10 games in 2015)
DH #24 Chance Shepard (JR/.250 BA with 1 2B, 1 HR, & 2 RBI in 8 games in 2015)
Projected Starting Pitchers
Game One
JR LHP #44 Matthew Crownover (2.00 ERA/2-0/3 starts/18.0 IP/.206 OBA (14 hits)/4 BB/22 K)
vs.
SO RHP #35 Cory Wilder (3.55 ERA/1-2/3 starts/12.2 IP/.146 OBA (6 hits)/9 BB/14 K)
Game Two
JR LHP #33 Zach Erwin (1.80 ERA/1-1/3 starts/20.0 IP/.208 OBA (16 hits)/1 BB/15 K)
vs.
FR LHP #38 Brian Brown (1.50 ERA/2-0/2 starts/12.0 IP/.135 OBA (5 hits)/2 BB/13 K)
Game Three
JR RHP #19 Brody Koerner (1.29 ERA/2-1/3 starts/21.0 IP/.195 OBA (15 hits)/6 BB/18 K)
vs.
Starter TBA
Worth Noting
- Clemson is 22-6 all-time on March 6 with a 3-2 mark on the road.
- The Tigers are 29-4 all-time on March 7 with a 2-1 mark on the road.
- Clemson is 22-9 all-time on March 8 with a 1-4 mark on the road.
- The Tigers and NC State have met every season since 1953, the longest consecutive streak by Clemson against an ACC opponent.
- The two teams have met four times in three of the past five seasons, and have met four times in 12 of Leggett’s 21 seasons at Clemson.
Tiger Career Stats vs. NC State
Player AVG G-S AB R H RBI BB K HR Other
Weston Wilson .455 3-3 11 0 5 2 1 2 0 2 2B
Chris Okey .364 3-3 11 2 4 1 1 2 0 1-1 SB
Maleeke Gibson .333 4-4 15 4 5 2 0 2 0 2B
Steven Duggar .233 7-7 30 5 7 1 0 11 0 HBP, 3-5 SB
Tyler Krieger .200 7-7 25 2 5 0 4 4 0 HBP
Tyler Slaton .176 9-5 17 2 3 1 2 2 0 2 HBP, 2-2 SB
Mike Triller N/A 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Player ERA G-S W-L IP H R ER BB SO OBA
Patrick Andrews 0.00 2-0 0-0 3.1 0 0 0 1 2 .000
Drew Moyer 0.00 2-0 0-0 3.0 4 2 0 2 2 .364
Matthew Crownover 1.13 1-1 1-0 8.0 3 1 1 2 7 .115
Clate Schmidt 3.60 2-2 0-1 10.0 15 7 4 5 10 .341
Zack Erwin 3.86 2-1 0-1 7.0 7 3 3 1 7 .259
Kevin Pohle 8.44 2-1 0-1 5.1 7 6 5 5 2 .350
Clay Bates 23.63 2-0 0-0 2.2 6 8 7 2 1 .429