By Trey McCurry.

Clemson travels to Athens Tuesday night for a game against Georgia as the Tigers look to build on their five game win streak.

Clemson (22-18) @ Georgia (20-20)

Tuesday, 7:00PM (SEC Network) v Foley Field v Athens, GA

The Series

Meetings:                   227 (first met in 1900)

Series Record:            Georgia leads 121-104-2

Record at Georgia:      Georgia leads 68-46 at Georgia

Last Meeting(s):          Georgia won 3-2 at Clemson on April 7 after the teams split two meetings in 2014 with each team winning on the road (Clemson won 16-4 at Athens & Georgia won 6-2 at Clemson)

vs. Leggett:                Leggett trails 32-29 (26-20 at Clemson, 3-12 at Western Carolina)

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:              10-7…7-5 on road/3-2 neutral (2014: 14-13…11-9 on road/3-4 neutral)

Last week:                  Won two midweek home games over Western Carolina (14-2) and Gardner-Webb (7-5) before sweeping a rain-shortened two-game home series from Duke last weekend (6-2, 8-1)

2015 Batting Stats:      .283 (6.2 RPG) with 78 2B, 10 3B, 22 HR, 175 BB, 28 HBP, 282 K, 42-60 SB

2015 Pitching Stats:     3.62 ERA, .248 OBA (348 hits), 126 BB, 324 K in 365.1 innings

2015 Fielding Stats:     .963 (58 errors in 1557 chances)

The Bulldogs

Head Coach:               Scott Stricklin (2nd season at UGA)

2014 Record:               26-29-1 (11-18-1; 6th in SEC East) – no postseason – NR

Preseason:                 5th in SEC East Division (out of 7 teams)

Home Record:            13-12 (2014: 22-12)

Last week:                  Lost 2-1 at Kennesaw State last Wednesday before being swept in a rain-shortened two-game home series by #2 LSU last weekend (1-4, 1-9)

2015 Batting Stats:      .268 (5.5 RPG) with 61 2B, 10 3B, 31 HR, 162 BB, 39 HBP, 297 K, 52-63 SB

2015 Pitching Stats:     4.29 ERA, .252 OBA (340 hits), 180 BB, 339 K in 357.0 innings

2015 Fielding Stats:     .971 (42 errors in 1462 chances)

Projected Starting Lineups

Clemson

C        #25 Chris Okey (SO/.342 BA with 12 2B, 8 HR, & 42 RBI in 40 games in 2015)

1B      #6 Andrew Cox (*SO/.229 BA with 4 2B, 4 RBI, & 13 R in 37 games in 2015)

28      #3 Tyler Krieger (JR/.362 with 11 2B, 1 3B, & 24 RBI in 40 games in 2015)

SS      #4 Eli White (SO/.284 BA with 6 2B, 1 HR, & 18 RBI in 40 games in 2015)

3B      #15 Glenn Batson (*FR/.261 BA with 5 2B, 1 HR, & 10 RBI in 20 games in 2015)

LF      #26 Reed Rohlman (*FR/.367 BA with 12 2B, 2 HR, & 30 RBI in 40 games in 2015)

CF      #18 Tyler Slaton (SR/.204 BA with 6 2B, 1 HR, & 14 RBI in 40 games in 2015)

RF      #9 Steven Duggar (JR/.262 BA with 8 2B, 2 HR, & 26 RBI in 40 games in 2015)

DH     #5 Chase Pinder (FR/.273 BA with 7 2B, 3 HR, & 24 RBI in 38 games in 2015)

Georgia

C        #5 Brandon Stephens (*SR/.309 BA with 4 2B, 1 HR, & 11 RBI in 28 games in 2015)

1B      #33 Daniel Nichols (JR/.307 BA with 6 2B, 4 HR, & 20 RBI in 35 games in 2015)

2B      #12 Mike Bell (SO/.248 BA with 5 2B, 3 HR, & 21 RBI in 37 games in 2015)

SS      #8 Nick King (JR/.282 BA with 3 2B, 1 3B, & 9 RBI in 40 games in 2015)

3B      #42 Trevor Kieboom (*SO/.221 BA with 3 2B, 1 HR, & 10 RBI in 28 games in 2015)

LF      #32 Keegan McGovern (FR/.267 BA with 6 2B, 3 HR, & 17 RBI in 34 games in 2015)

CF      #11 Stephen Wrenn (SO/.317 BA with 3 2B, 5 HR, & 21 RBI in 40 games in 2015)

RF      #1 Skyler Webb (SO/.248 BA with 3 2B, 2 HR, & 25 RBI in 39 games in 2015)

DH     #16 Zack Bowers (JR/.266 BA with 11 2B, 7 HR, & 22 RBI in 38 games in 2015)

Projected Starting Pitchers

JR RHP #19 Brody Koerner (4-4/10 app (9 GS)/5.77 ERA (48.1 IP)/.313 OBA (63 hits)/14 BB/45 K)

vs.

SR LHP #21 Jared Walsh (3-1/10 app (6 GS)/2.79 ERA (42.0 IP)/.208 OBA (30 hits)/29 BB/35 K)

Worth Noting

• Clemson is 37-21-1 all-time on April 21 with a 13-10-1 mark on the road.
• This is the last of five scheduled games against SEC opponents for the Tigers in 2015. Clemson won two of three games over South Carolina earlier in the season, defeating the Gamecocks 11-4 at Clemson on February 27, losing 4-1 to South Carolina on February 28 at Fluor Field in Greenville, and beating the Gamecocks 7-0 in Columbia on March 2. The Tigers fell 3-2 at home to Georgia on April 7.
• The Tigers are 393-368-7 all-time against current SEC teams (missing only LSU and Missouri), including a 192-245-5 mark away from home (165-220-5 on road and 27-25 at neutral sites).
• Jack Leggett is 113-131 all-time against current SEC teams (missing only LSU, Missouri, Ole Miss, & Vanderbilt), including a 95-82 mark as Clemson’s head coach.

Tiger Career Stats vs. Georgia

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

Robert Jolly           1.000  1-0     1        0        1        1        0        0        0        2B

Chase Pinder                   .500    1-1     4        1        2        1        0        0        1

Eli White                .500    2-1     4        0        2        0        1        1        0        1-1 SB

Tyler Slaton           .462    6-6     26      4        12      3        3        4        0        2B, 2-2 SB

Steven Duggar        .455    5-5     22      2        10      8        1        5        1        2B, HBP

Reed Rohlman        .250    1-1     4        0        1        0        0        0        0

Chris Okey             .231    3-3     13      2        3        2        1        2        1        2B

Tyler Krieger          .176    5-5     17      4        3        3        4        4        0        2 2B, SF

Weston Wilson       .167    3-2     6        1        1        2        1        1        0        2B, 1-1 SB

Andrew Cox           .000    2-1     5        0        0        0        1        1        0

Glenn Batson                   .000    1-1     2        0        0        0        0        1        0

Mike Triller            .000    1-0     1        0        0        0        0        1        0

Maleeke Gibson      N/A    1-0     0        0        0        0        0        0        0

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

Clate Schmidt                  0.00    1-0     0-0     0.2     1        0        0        0        1        .333

Taylor Vetzel                   0.00    1-0     0-1     0.2     1        1        0        0        1        .333

Alex Bostic             0.00    1-0     0-0     0.1     0        0        0        0        0        .000

Jake Long ^           1.23    2-1     0-0     7.1     5        1        1        4        7        .185

Matthew Crownover         1.80    1-1     1-0     5.0     4        1        1        2        4        .211

Kevin Pohle            3.60    2-0     1-0     5.0     3        2        2        3        3        .150

Clay Bates              3.86    3-0     0-0     4.2     3        2        2        2        4        .214

Patrick Andrews     4.50    3-0     0-1     4.0     4        2        2        2        4        .250

Pat Krall                 4.50    1-0     0-0     2.0     2        1        1        0        4        .250

Zack Erwin             6.75    1-0     0-0     2.2     2        2        2        2        4        .200

Brody Koerner        8.44    2-2     0-2     5.1     4        5        5        5        5        .200

^ – Long pitched against UGA while playing at East Tennessee State in 2012.