By Trey McCurry.

TCI preview’s tonight’s game between Clemson and Coastal Carolina.

Clemson (9-9) @ Coastal Carolina (13-6)

Tuesday, 6:00PM v Springs Brooks Stadium v Conway, SC

The Series

Meetings:                   51 (first met in 1986)

Series Record:            Clemson leads 43-8

Record at Coastal:       Clemson leads 10-2 (including 2-1 Clemson lead at Myrtle Beach)

Last Meeting(s):          Clemson won 9-6 at Clemson in 2014

vs. Leggett:                Leggett leads 30-6 (30-6 at Clemson)

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:              5-4…2-2 on road, 3-2 neutral (2014: 14-13…11-9 on road, 3-4 neutral)

Last week:                  Lost 8-6 to Michigan State at Fluor Field on Wednesday before dropping two of three games last weekend at home against Notre Dame (6-1, 6-11, 1-5)

2015 Batting Stats:      .289 (5.4 RPG) with 33 2B, 6 3B, 9 HR, 75 BB, 11 HBP, 127 K, 17-27 SB

2015 Pitching Stats:     3.75 ERA, .247 OBA (155 hits), 54 BB, 145 K in 163.0 innings

2015 Fielding Stats:     .959 (28 errors in 690 chances)

The Chanticleers

Head Coach:               Gary Gilmore (20th season at CCU)

2014 Record:               24-33 (13-13; 2nd in South Division of Big South) – no postseason – NR

Preseason:                 3rd in Big South (11 teams)

Home Record:            12-6 (2014: 16-14)

Last week:                  Defeated North Carolina 13-2 at home on Tuesday before sweeping a two-game home series against Bryant last weekend (7-2, 10-7)

2015 Batting Stats:      .254 (7.2 RPG) with 40 2B, 1 3B, 19 HR, 91 BB, 25 HBP, 136 K, 27-38 SB

2015 Pitching Stats:     4.09 ERA, .262 OBA (176 hits), 65 BB, 162 K in 176.0 innings

2015 Fielding Stats:     .967 (25 errors in 763 chances)

Projected Starting Lineups

Clemson

C        #25 Chris Okey (SO/.262 BA with 6 2B, 2 HR, & 11 RBI in 18 games in 2015)

1B      #6 Andrew Cox (*SO/.250 BA with 4 2B, 1 RBI, & 5 R in 18 games in 2015)

2B      #5 Chase Pinder (FR/.254 BA with 1 2B, 1 HR, & 8 RBI in 18 games in 2015)

SS      #4 Eli White (SO/.303 BA with 4 2B, 1 3B, & 6 RBI in 18 games in 2015)

3B      #8 Weston Wilson (SO/.269 BA with 1 2B, 4 HR, & 12 RBI in 17 games in 2015)

LF      #26 Reed Rohlman (*FR/.394 BA with 5 2B, 2 HR, & 12 RBI in 18 games in 2015)

CF      #18 Tyler Slaton (SR/.161 BA with 2 2B, 2 3B, & 2 RBI in 18 games in 2015)

RF      #9 Steven Duggar (JR/.262 BA with 3 2B, 14 RBI, & 10 R in 18 games in 2015)

DH     #3 Tyler Krieger (JR/.449 BA with 5 2B, 1 3B, & 11 RBI in 18 games in 2015)

Coastal Carolina

C        #10 Casey Schroeder (JR/.220 BA with 2 2B, 6 HR, & 13 RBI in 17 games in 2015)

1B      #8 Tyler Chadwick (JR/.286 BA with 2 2B, 1 HR, & 12 RBI in 18 games in 2015)

2B      #6 Connor Owings (JR/.284 BA with 7 2B, 2 HR, & 13 RBI in 19 games in 2015)

SS      #1 Michael Paez (SO/.257 BA with 7 2B, 2 HR, & 13 RBI in 19 games in 2015)

3B      #7 Zach Remillard (JR/.229 BA with 5 2B, 1 HR, & 12 RBI in 19 games in 2015)

LF      #11 Al Molina (FR/.237 BA with 4 2B, 4 RBI, & 5 R in 17 games in 2015)

CF      #29 Anthony Marks (JR/.338 BA with 5 2B, 1 3B, & 10 RBI in 19 games in 2015)

RF      #12 David Parrett (JR/.250 BA with 3 2B, 4 HR, & 17 RBI in 15 games in 2015)

DH     #37 G.K. Young (SO/.286 BA with 4 2B, 3 HR, & 15 RBI in 19 games in 2015)

Projected Starting Pitchers

FR RHP #17 Paul Campbell (0-0/4 app/9.00 ERA (5.0 IP)/.211 OBA (4 hits)/1 BB/7 K)

vs.

FR LHP #38 Shane Sawczak (0-1/4 app (2 starts)/5.40 ERA (6.2 IP)/.269 OBA (7 hits)/1 BB/6 K)

Worth Noting

• Clemson is 26-12 all-time on March 17 with an 11-9 mark on the road.
• This is the second of five games against Big South opponents for the Tigers in 2015. Clemson lost to Winthrop 5-4 on March 3 and will host Presbyterian College April 1, Charleston Southern April 8, and Gardner-Webb April 15.
• The Tigers are 169-43 all-time against current Big South teams (missing only Longwood and Radford), including a 46-21 mark away from home (40-15 on road, 6-5 neutral).
• Jack Leggett is 125-43 all-time against current Big South teams (missing only Longwood), including a 71-19 mark as Clemson’s head coach.

Tiger Career Stats vs. Coastal Carolina

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

Tyler Krieger          .800    1-1     5        2        4        0        0        1        0        1-1 SB

Chris Okey             .667    1-1     3        1        2        2        2        0        0        2 2B

Steven Duggar        .400    1-1     5        1        2        2        0        2        0

Tyler Slaton           .000    4-1     4        2        0        0        2        1        0

Weston Wilson       .000    1-1     3        0        0        0        0        0        0

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

Clay Bates ^           0.00    1-0     0-0     2.0     2        1        0        2        4        .222

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

Zack Erwin             2.70    1-0     0-0     3.1     2        4        1        4        2        .167

Kevin Pohle            3.60    1-1     1-0     5.0     4        2        2        4        1        .235

Clate Schmidt                  3.86    1-1     0-0     2.1     3        1        1        3        2        .300

Patrick Andrews     27.00  1-0     0-1     1.1     2        4        4        1        2        .333

^ – has one save.