By Trey McCurry.

Clemson hosts their first ACC series of the year this weekend when Notre Dame visits Doug Kingsmore.  Here is the TCI preview of the series.

Notre Dame (12-3, 1-2 ACC) @ Clemson (8-7, 1-2 ACC)

Doug Kingsmore Stadium v Clemson, SC

Friday, 6:30PM v Saturday, 2:00PM v Sunday, 1:00PM

Rankings:     Notre Dame – NR    Clemson – NR

The Series

Meetings:                   4 (first met in 1994)

Series Record:            Notre Dame leads 3-1

Record at Clemson:     Notre Dame leads 1-0 (Notre Dame leads 1-0 at DKS)

Last Meeting(s):          Notre Dame won 2 of 3 games at Notre Dame in 2014 (2-1, 0-8, 11-3)

vs. Leggett:                Leggett trails 1-3 (1-3 at Clemson)

The Fighting Irish

Head Coach:               Mik Aoki (5th season at Notre Dame)

2014 Record:               22-31 (9-21; 7th ACC Atlantic) – no postseason – NR

Preseason:                 6th in ACC Atlantic Division (out of 7 teams)

Road Record:              12-3…5-3 on road/7-0 neutral (2014: 10-20…6-16 on road/4-4 neutral)

Last week:                  Won at Savannah State 5-3 in 11 innings on Wednesday after losing two of three games at Georgia Tech last weekend (3-2 in 10, 7-11, 1-4)

2015 Batting Stats:      .274 (6.5 RPG) with 26 2B, 5 3B, 7 HR, 63 BB, 21 HBP, 105 K, 15-21 SB

2015 Pitching Stats:     3.40 ERA, .248 OBA (124 hits), 54 BB & 96 K in 135.0 innings

2015 Fielding Stats:     .968 (19 errors in 592 chances)

The Tigers

2014 Record:               36-25 (15-14; T2nd in ACC Atlantic) – Nashville Regional – NR

Preseason:                 3rd in ACC Atlantic Division (7 teams)

Home Record:            3-3 (2014: 22-12)

Last week:                  Lost 8-6 to Michigan State at Fluor Field on Wednesday after dropping two of three games at NC State last weekend (6-4, 3-8, 6-14)

2015 Batting Stats:      .289 (5.7 RPG) with 25 2B, 5 3B, 8 HR, 65 BB, 9 HBP, 113 K, 15-25 SB

2015 Pitching Stats:     3.77 ERA, .241 OBA (125 hits), 40 BB & 124 K in 136.0 innings

2015 Fielding Stats:     .967 (19 errors in 568 chances)

Projected Starting Lineups

Notre Dame

C        #36 Ryan Lidge (SO/.320 BA with 1 2B, 2 HR, & 10 RBI in 15 games in 2015)

1B      #16 Zak Kutsulis (JR/.207 BA with 1 2B, 7 RBI, & 11 R in 15 games in 2015)

2B      #23 Cavan Biggio (SO/.404 BA with 8 2B, 2 HR, & 11 RBI in 15 games in 2015)

SS      #4 Lane Richards (JR/.340 BA with 4 2B, 2 3B, & 9 RBI in 15 games in 2015)

3B      #20 Kyle Fiala (SO/.246 BA with 2 2B, 1 HR, & 8 RBI in 15 games in 2015)

LF      #39 Jake Johnson (FR/.250 BA with 1 2B, 5 RBI, & 9 R in 15 games in 2015)

CF      #13 Mac Hudgins (SR/.154 BA with 5 RBI, 5 R, & 2 BB in 12 games in 2015)

RF      #25 Robert Youngdahl (SR/.316 BA with 5 2B, 1 HR, & 11 RBI in 15 games in 2015)

DH     #19 Ryan Bull (SR/.375 BA with 2 2B, 1 HR, & 7 RBI in 12 games in 2015)

Clemson

C        #25 Chris Okey (SO/.255 BA with 3 2B, 2 HR, & 10 RBI in 15 games in 2015)

1B      #6 Andrew Cox (*SO/.259 BA with 4 2B, 1 RBI, & 5 R in 15 games in 2015)

2B      #5 Chase Pinder (FR/.264 BA with 1 2B, 1 3B, & 5 RBI in 15 games in 2015)

SS      #4 Eli White (SO/.309 BA with 3 2B, 6 RBI, & 7 R in 15 games in 2015)

3B      #8 Weston Wilson (SO/.250 BA with 1 2B, 4 HR, & 11 RBI in 14 games in 2015)

LF      #26 Reed Rohlman (*FR/.389 BA with 4 2B, 2 HR, & 9 RBI in 15 games in 2015)

CF      #18 Tyler Slaton (SR/.176 BA with 2 2B, 2 3B, & 2 RBI in 15 games in 2015)

RF      #9 Steven Duggar (JR/.236 BA with 2 2B, 11 RBI, & 7 R in 15 games in 2015)

DH     #3 Tyler Krieger (JR/.466 BA with 3 2B, 1 3B, & 10 RBI in 15 games in 2015)

Projected Starting Pitchers

Game One

SR RHP #31 Scott Kerrigan (3.09 ERA/1-1/4 starts/23.1 IP/.292 OBA (26 hits)/10 BB/10 K)

vs.

JR LHP #44 Matthew Crownover (1.80 ERA/3-0/4 starts/25.0 IP/.176 OBA (16 hits)/7 BB/29 K)

Game Two

FR RHP #12 Brandon Bielak (5.31 ERA/2-1/4 starts/20.1 IP/.238 OBA (19 hits)/9 BB/12 K)

vs.

JR RHP #19 Brody Koerner (4.18 ERA/2-2/5 app/4 starts/23.2 IP/.244 OBA (22 hits)/7 BB/19 K)

Game Three

JR RHP #5 Nick McCarty (2.70 ERA/2-1/4 starts/23.1 IP/.253 OBA (22 hits)/5 BB/13 K)

vs.

JR LHP #33 Zach Erwin (4.09 ERA/1-2/5 app/4 starts/22.0 IP/.253 OBA (23 hits)/3 BB/18 K)

Worth Noting

• Clemson is 22-6 all-time on March 13 with a 17-4 mark at home.
• The Tigers are 25-6 all-time on March 14 with a 16-2 mark at home.
• Clemson is 23-11-1 all-time on March 15 with a 13-5 mark at home.
• The Tigers and Fighting Irish only previous meeting at Clemson came in the 1994 East Regional.
• Notre Dame won 8-1 on their way to a 2-2 record and runner-up finish in the regional while Clemson would also go 2-2, losing to eventual regional champion Auburn.

Tiger Career Stats vs. Notre Dame

Player                             AVG   G-S     AB      R        H       RBI     BB      K        HR     Other

Tyler Krieger          .273    3-3     11      2        3        2        0        0        0        2 2B, HBP, 1-2 SB

Tyler Slaton           .200    3-3     10      3        2        1        4        1        0        2B, 0-1 SB

Weston Wilson       .200    3-3     5        0        1        1        2        0        0        2 SH

Steven Duggar        .091    3-3     11      2        1        0        3        1        0        3B

Chris Okey             .091    3-3     11      0        1        0        1        2        0

Andrew Cox           .000    1-0     1        0        0        0        0        0        0

Mike Triller            N/A    1-0     0        0        0        0        0        0        0

Eli White                N/A    1-0     0        0        0        0        0        0        0

Player                             ERA    G-S     W-L    IP       H       R        ER      BB      SO      OBA

Drew Moyer           0.00    1-0     0-0     1.1     0        0        0        1        1        .000

Clay Bates              0.00    1-0     0.0     1.0     1        0        0        1        0        .250

Matthew Crownover         2.57    1-1     0-1     7.0     6        2        2        1        4        .240

Garrett Lovorn       9.00    2-0     0-0     2.0     3        2        2        1        4        .300

Alex Bostic             9.00    1-0     0-0     1.0     1        1        1        1        0        .333

Jake Long              18.00  1-0     0-0     2.0     4        4        4        1        1        .400

Zack Erwin             21.60  1-1     0-1     1.2     4        4        4        0