By Trey McCurry.

Clemson hosts Charleston Southern Wednesday afternoon at Doug Kingsmore.  TCI previews the Palmetto showdown.

Charleston Southern (12-18) @ Clemson (16-16)

Wednesday, 4:00PM v Doug Kingsmore Stadium v Clemson, SC

The Series

Meetings:                   17 (first met in 1976)

Series Record:            Clemson leads 17-0

Record at Clemson:     Clemson leads 14-0 (Clemson leads 14-0 at DKS)

Last Meeting(s):          Clemson won 3-1 at Clemson in 2013

vs. Leggett:                Leggett leads 11-0 (11-0 at Clemson)

The Buccaneers

Head Coach:               Stuart Lake (7th season at CSU)

2014 Record:               30-26 (12-14; 3rd in South Division of Big South) – no postseason – NR

Preseason:                 Tied for 7th in Big South (out of 11 teams)

Road Record:              4-9…4-6 on road/0-3 neutral (2014: 10-14…10-13 on road/0-1 neutral)

Last week:                  Lost 4-3 at Savannah State on Tuesday after being swept at home by Liberty last weekend (1-3, 0-10, 1-2)

2015 Batting Stats:      .277 (5.0 RPG) with 49 2B, 2 3B, 8 HR, 126 BB, 32 HBP, 209 K, 32-45 SB

2015 Pitching Stats:     5.41 ERA, .285 OBA (303 hits), 125 BB, 297 K in 272.2 innings

2015 Fielding Stats:     .970 (34 errors in 1139 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:            8-10 (2014: 22-12)

Last week:                  Lost 3-2 to Georgia at home on Tuesday after winning two of three home games from North Carolina over the weekend (5-2, 5-4 in 11 innings, 7-8)

2015 Batting Stats:      .277 (5.7 RPG) with 61 2B, 10 3B, 18 HR, 133 BB, 21 HBP, 231 K, 39-55 SB

2015 Pitching Stats:     3.68 ERA, .251 OBA (283 hits), 101 BB, 267 K in 293.1 innings

2015 Fielding Stats:     .962 (47 errors in 1249 chances)

Projected Starting Lineups

Charleston Southern

C        #2 Sam Remick (SR/.253 BA with 2 2B, 5 RBI, & 7 R in 26 games in 2015)

1B      #13 Chase Shelton (SR/.281 BA with 4 2B, 2 HR, & 20 RBI in 30 games in 2015)

2B      #8 Ryan Maksim (JR/.326 BA with 6 RBI, 7 R, & 5 BB in 22 games in 2015)

SS      #10 Cole Murphy (JR/.304 BA with 7 2B, 13 RBI, & 20 R in 29 games in 2015)

3B      #12 Nate Blanchard (SO/.279 BA with 9 2B, 1 HR, & 16 RBI in 30 games in 2015)

LF      #45 Chase Hannifin (FR/.245 BA with 1 2B, 3 RBI, & 8 R in 22 games in 2015)

CF      #1 Brandon Burris (JR/.318 BA with 2 2B, 1 3B, & 13 RBI in 29 games in 2015)

RF      #3 Chris Singleton (FR/.271 BA with 3 2B, 7 RBI, & 9 R in 29 games in 2015)

DH     #25 Andrew Widell (SR/.303 BA with 9 2B, 3 HR, & 19 RBI in 30 games in 2015)

Clemson

C        #25 Chris Okey (SO/.282 BA with 11 2B, 5 HR, & 31 RBI in 32 games in 2015)

1B      #6 Andrew Cox (*SO/.250 BA with 4 2B, 3 RBI, & 9 R in 29 games in 2015)

2B      #5 Chase Pinder (FR/.275 BA with 4 2B, 3 HR, & 17 RBI in 31 games in 2015)

SS      #4 Eli White (SO/.305 BA with 6 2B, 1 HR, & 16 RBI in 32 games in 2015)

3B      #8 Weston Wilson (SO/.224 BA with 3 2B, 4 HR, & 15 RBI in 31 games in 2015)

LF      #26 Reed Rohlman (*FR/.355 BA with 9 2B, 2 HR, & 20 RBI in 32 games in 2015)

CF      #18 Tyler Slaton (SR/.176 BA with 5 2B, 1 HR, & 9 RBI in 32 games in 2015)

RF      #9 Steven Duggar (JR/.267 BA with 6 2B, 1 HR, & 19 RBI in 32 games in 2015)

DH     #3 Tyler Krieger (JR/.366 with 8 2B, 1 3B, & 14 RBI in 32 games in 2015)

Projected Starting Pitchers

JR LHP #22 Alex Ministeri (0-2/8 app (1 GS)/6.39 ERA (12.2 IP)/.319 OBA (15 hits)/9 BB/14 K)

vs.

JR RHP #32 Clate Schmidt (0-1/9 app (2 GS)/3.60 ERA (25.0 IP)/.261 OBA (23 hits)/13 BB/16 K)

Worth Noting

• Clemson is 43-15 all-time on April 8 with a 28-6 mark at home.
• This is the fourth of five games against Big South opponents for the Tigers in 2015. Clemson lost to 5-4 to Winthrop at home on March 3, lost 9-5 at Coastal Carolina on March 17, and lost 5-4 to Presbyterian College at home on April 1. The Tigers will host Gardner-Webb April 15.
• Clemson is 169-45 all-time against current Big South teams (missing only Longwood and Radford), including a 123-24 mark at home.
• Jack Leggett is 125-45 all-time against current Big South teams (missing only Longwood), including a 71-21 mark as Clemson’s head coach.

Tiger Career Stats vs. Charleston Southern

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

Tyler Krieger          .333    1-1     3        0        1        1        0        0        0        2B

Tyler Slaton           .000    2-1     1        2        0        0        3        0        0

Steven Duggar        .000    1-1     3        0        0        0        0        0        0

Maleeke Gibson      .000    1-1     2        0        0        0        0        1        0

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

Matthew Crownover         0.00    1-1     1-0     6.0     3        0        0        0        2        .158

Zack Erwin             0.00    1-0     0-0     1.2     2        1        0        0        1        .250

Patrick Andrews     0.00    1-0     1-0     0.2     1        0        0        0        0        .333