By Trey McCurry.
Clemson travels to Atlanta this weekend for a critical ACC series. TCI previews the series.
Clemson (22-19, 11-9 ACC) @ Georgia Tech (24-16, 9-12 ACC)
Russ Chandler Stadium v Atlanta, GA
Friday, 7:00PM v Saturday, 1:00PM (RSN) v Sunday, 1:00PM
The Series
Meetings: 214 (first met in 1902)
Series Record: Clemson leads 107-104-3
Record at Ga Tech: Georgia Tech leads 71-41-2
Last Meeting(s): Georgia Tech won 3-0 at the 2014 ACC Baseball Championship in Greensboro, NC
vs. Leggett: Leggett leads 45-40 (42-35 at Clemson, 3-5 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: 10-8…7-6 on road/3-2 neutral (2014: 14-13…11-9 on road/3-4 neutral)
Last week: Lost 7-0 at Georgia on Tuesday after sweeping a rain-shortened two-game home series from Duke last weekend (6-2, 8-1)
2015 Batting Stats: .278 (6.1 RPG) with 78 2B, 10 3B, 22 HR, 177 BB, 28 HBP, 288 K, 42-60 SB
2015 Pitching Stats: 3.64 ERA, .249 OBA (358 hits), 132 BB & 330 K in 373.1 innings
2015 Fielding Stats: .962 (60 errors in 1594 chances)
The Yellow Jackets
Head Coach: Danny Hall (22nd season at Georgia Tech)
2014 Record: 37-27 (14-16; 5th ACC Coastal) – Oxford Regional – NR
Preseason: 4th in ACC Coastal Division (out of 7 teams)
Home Record: 14-6 (2014: 25-11)
Last week: Lost 11-6 at home to Kennesaw State on Tuesday after being swept in a three-game series at Boston College last weekend (0-1, 1-6, 0-4)
2015 Batting Stats: .278 (6.2 RPG) with 79 2B, 5 3B, 27 HR, 168 BB, 24 HBP, 291 K, 35-47 SB
2015 Pitching Stats: 4.21 ERA, .266 OBA (357 hits), 178 BB & 277 K in 356.2 innings
2015 Fielding Stats: .973 (42 errors in 1558 chances)
Projected Starting Lineups
Clemson
C #25 Chris Okey (SO/.335 BA with 12 2B, 8 HR, & 42 RBI in 41 games in 2015)
1B #6 Andrew Cox (*SO/.225 BA with 4 2B, 4 RBI, & 13 R in 38 games in 2015)
2B #3 Tyler Krieger (JR/.353 BA with 11 2B, 1 3B, & 24 RBI in 41 games in 2015)
SS #4 Eli White (SO/.283 BA with 6 2B, 1 HR, & 18 RBI in 41 games in 2015)
3B #15 Glenn Batson (*FR/.250 BA with 5 2B, 1 HR, & 10 RBI in 21 games in 2015)
LF #26 Reed Rohlman (*FR/.362 BA with 12 2B, 2 HR, & 30 RBI in 41 games in 2015)
CF #18 Tyler Slaton (SR/.200 BA with 6 2B, 1 HR, & 14 RBI in 41 games in 2015)
RF #9 Steven Duggar (JR/.261 BA with 8 2B, 2 HR, & 26 RBI in 41 games in 2015)
DH #5 Chase Pinder (FR/.267 BA with 7 2B, 3 HR, & 24 RBI in 39 games in 2015)
Georgia Tech
C #7 Arden Pabst (SO/.282 BA with 9 2B, 1 HR, & 16 RBI in 29 games in 2015)
1B #13 Thomas Smith (SR/.265 BA with 3 2B, 1 HR, & 14 RBI in 40 games in 2015)
2B #3 Wade Bailey (FR/.267 BA with 7 2B, 1 HR, & 18 RBI in 38 games in 2015)
SS #15 Connor Justus (SO/.235 BA with 8 2B, 21 RBI, & 22 R in 39 games in 2015)
3B #14 Matt Gonzalez (JR/.275 BA with 11 2B, 3 HR, & 29 RBI in 40 games in 2015)
LF #5 Keenan Innis (SO/.333 BA with 8 2B, 11 RBI, & 24 R in 35 games in 2015)
CF #35 Daniel Spingola (SR/.296 BA with 8 2B, 2 HR, & 25 RBI in 40 games in 2015)
RF #25 Kel Johnson (FR/.349 BA with 8 2B, 7 HR, & 26 RBI in 27 games in 2015)
DH #9 A.J. Murray (SR/.266 BA with 13 2B, 9 HR, & 38 RBI in 40 games in 2015)
Projected Starting Pitchers
Game One
JR LHP #44 Matthew Crownover (1.21 ERA/7-1/10 starts/67.0 IP/.179 OBA (43 hits)/24 BB/65 K)
vs.
*SO LHP #39 Jonathan King (4.33 ERA/2-3/10 starts/60.1 IP/.273 OBA (63 hits)/18 BB/35 K)
Game Two
JR LHP #33 Zach Erwin (2.88 ERA/3-3/11 app/10 starts/65.2 IP/.261 OBA (68 hits)/9 BB/54 K)
vs.
*JR RHP #36 Cole Pitts (5.87 ERA/0-4/9 app/8 starts/30.2 IP/.274 OBA (32 hits)/24 BB/22 K)
Game Three
Clemson’s starter is TBA
vs.
SO RHP #10 Brandon Gold (3.03 ERA/5-2/10 app/8 starts/59.1 IP/.224 OBA (47 hits)/17 BB/54 K)
Worth Noting
- Clemson is 33-21-2 all-time on April 24 with a 8-10-1 mark on the road.
- The Tigers are 35-21-1 all-time on April 25 with a 11-10 mark on the road.
- Clemson is 47-19 all-time on April 26 with a 18-5 mark on the road.
- The Tigers and Yellow Jackets met in the ACC Baseball Championship last season, but did not meet in the regular season for the first time since 1973.
- Jack Leggett is 10-20 against Georgia Tech in Atlanta. In those 10 series, Clemson has won three series 2-1, lost four series 1-2, and been swept (0-3) three times.
Tiger Career Stats vs. Georgia Tech
Player AVG G-S AB R H RBI BB K HR Other
Maleeke Gibson .500 3-1 8 5 4 4 0 0 0 1-1 SB
Tyler Krieger .438 4-4 16 3 7 4 4 2 0 2B
Tyler Slaton .214 6-4 14 2 3 1 5 2 0 HBP, 3-4 SB
Steven Duggar .125 4-4 16 3 2 0 4 6 0 2-2 SB
Chris Okey .000 1-1 3 0 0 0 1 1 0
Weston Wilson .000 1-1 3 0 0 0 0 1 0
Mike Triller .000 1-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Andrew Cox 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 2.45 1-0 0-0 3.2 2 1 1 1 3 .154
Matthew Crownover 3.38 1-1 0-0 5.1 6 2 2 1 6 .300
Clate Schmidt 4.38 2-2 0-2 12.1 19 9 6 2 8 .339
Kevin Pohle 11.12 2-2 0-1 5.2 12 8 7 3 2 .429
Zack Erwin 27.00 1-0 0-0 0.2 2 2 2 0 0 .500
Brody Koerner 54.00 1-0 0-0 0.1 0 3 2 2 1 .000