Wofford Preview
By: clemson May 5, 2015

By Trey McCurry.

Clemson travels to Wofford Tuesday night at 6 PM.  TCI previews tonight’s game.

 

 

 

 

Clemson (24-23) @ Wofford (32-16)

Tuesday, 6:00PM v Russell C. King Field v Spartanburg, SC

 

The Series

Meetings:                   102 (first met in 1898)

Series Record:            Clemson leads 78-23-1

Record at Wofford:     Clemson leads 34-14

Last Meeting(s):          Clemson won 11-5 at Clemson on February 25

vs. Leggett:                Leggett leads 20-2 (13-0 at Clemson; 7-2 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:              11-10…8-8 on road/3-2 neutral (2014: 14-13…11-9 on road/3-4 neutral)

Last weekend:            Lost two of three home games to #3 Louisville (9-1, 3-5, 5-9)

 

2015 Batting Stats:      .279 (6.0 RPG) with 84 2B, 11 3B, 27 HR, 206 BB, 38 HBP, 318 K, 45-64 SB

2015 Pitching Stats:     3.69 ERA, .252 OBA (416 hits), 152 BB, 371 K in 427.0 innings

2015 Fielding Stats:     .963 (67 errors in 1824 chances)

 

The Terriers

Head Coach:               Todd Interdonato (8th season at Wofford)

2014 Record:               32-28 (12-14; Tied 5th in SoCon) – no postseason – NR

Preseason:                 Tied for 7th in Coaches Poll/8th in Media Poll (out of 9 teams)

Home Record:            24-7 (2014: 21-14)

Last weekend:            Won two of three games at UNC Greensboro (8-5, 7-5, 7-14)

 

2015 Batting Stats:      .299 (6.8 RPG) with 100 2B, 13 3B, 33 HR, 214 BB, 48 HBP, 344 K, 113-141 SB

2015 Pitching Stats:     4.59 ERA, .273 OBA (445 hits), 160 BB, 395 K in 419.1 innings

2015 Fielding Stats:     .968 (58 errors in 1791 chances)

 

Projected Starting Lineups

Clemson

C        #25 Chris Okey (SO/.317 BA with 12 2B, 8 HR, & 42 RBI in 47 games in 2015)

1B      #6 Andrew Cox (*SO/.228 BA with 4 2B, 6 RBI, & 16 R in 43 games in 2015)

28      #3 Tyler Krieger (JR/.337 with 12 2B, 1 HR, & 26 RBI in 47 games in 2015)

SS      #4 Eli White (SO/.290 BA with 6 2B, 3 HR, & 23 RBI in 47 games in 2015)

3B      #8 Weston Wilson (SO/.236 BA with 5 2B, 5 HR, & 21 RBI in 43 games in 2015)

LF      #26 Reed Rohlman (*FR/.352 BA with 12 2B, 2 HR, & 37 RBI in 47 games in 2015)

CF      #18 Tyler Slaton (SR/.206 BA with 6 2B, 1 HR, & 14 RBI in 47 games in 2015)

RF      #9 Steven Duggar (JR/.276 BA with 9 2B, 3 HR, & 32 RBI in 47 games in 2015)

DH     #5 Chase Pinder (FR/.265 BA with 8 2B, 3 HR, & 26 RBI in 45 games in 2015)

 

Wofford

C        #4 Carson Waln (SO/.320 BA with 9 2B, 1 3B, & 21 RBI in 44 games in 2015)

1B      #38 Conor Clancey (SR/.310 BA with 21 2B, 8 HR, & 52 RBI in 45 games in 2015)

2B      #15 Alec Paradowski (JR/.282 BA with 10 2B, 4 HR, & 22 RBI in 48 games in 2015)

SS      #11 Derek Hirsch (JR/.299 BA with 4 2B, 17 RBI, & 25 R in 47 games in 2015)

3B      #26 Max McDougald (FR/.235 BA with 4 2B, 21 RBI, & 11 R in 41 games in 2015)

LF      #37 James Plaisted (SR/.349 BA with 17 2B, 7 HR, & 37 RBI in 48 games in 2015)

CF      #22 Kody Ruedisili (SO/.290 BA with 9 2B, 4 HR, & 27 RBI in 48 games in 2015)

RF      #6 Matt Pelt (SR/.329 BA with 8 2B, 4 HR, & 28 RBI in 48 games in 2015)

DH     #19 Matt Ramsey (SR/.374 BA with 11 2B, 1 HR, & 22 RBI in 47 games in 2015)

 

Projected Starting Pitchers

JR RHP #19 Brody Koerner (4-5/12 app (11 GS)/5.69 ERA (55.1 IP)/.315 OBA (73 hits)/19 BB/53 K)

vs.

SR RHP #36 Connell Anderson (1-1/10 app (1 GS)/5.68 ERA (12.2 IP)/.309 OBA (17 hits)/8 BB/8 K)

 

Worth Noting

  • Clemson is 26-19-1 all-time on May 5 with an 8-12-1 mark on the road.
  • The Tigers last trip to Wofford was a 6-0 win in March 2004; the team’s only meeting at Wofford since 1977.
  • This is the fifth of six scheduled games against SoCon opponents for the Tigers in 2015. Clemson beat Wofford 11-5 at home on February 25, won 19-2 at Western Carolina on March 24, beat Furman 5-4 at home on March 31, and beat Western Carolina 14-2 at home on April 14. The Tigers will wrap up play against SoCon teams by traveling to Fluor Field to face Furman on May 12.
  • Clemson is 407-135-6 all-time against current SoCon members (has not faced Samford), including a 168-84-5 mark away from home (151-80-3 on road/17-4-2 neutral).
  • Jack Leggett is 186-49 all-time against current SoCon members (has not faced Samford), including a 90-18 mark as Clemson’s head coach.
  • Leggett spent nine season’s as a head coach in the SoCon while at Western Carolina, winning five consecutive SoCon titles (1985-89) and playing in the conference title game eight times in his nine seasons.

 

Tiger Career Stats vs. Wofford

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

Reed Rohlman        1.000  1-1     4        4        4        1        1        0        1        2B

Weston Wilson       .500    1-1     4        1        2        3        0        1        1

Chris Okey             .500    1-1     4        1        2        1        1        0        0        2B

Chase Pinder                   .333    1-1     3        0        1        0        1        0        0

Steven Duggar        .286    2-2     7        0        2        6        1        2        0        2B, SF, 0-1 SB

Tyler Krieger          .250    2-2     8        2        2        3        0        0        0        HBP, 0-1 SB

Tyler Slaton           .167    2-2     6        3        1        0        2        2        0

Andrew Cox           .000    1-1     4        0        0        0        0        1        0

Eli White                .000    1-1     4        0        0        0        0        3        0

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

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

Adam Renwick       N/A    1-0     0        0        0        0        0        0        0

 

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

Charlie Barnes        0.00    1-0     1-0     3.1     0        0        0        0        2        .000

Patrick Andrews     0.00    1-0     0-0     3.0     2        1        0        1        0        .182

Kevin Pohle            0.00    1-0     1-0     2.2     3        0        0        2        0        .300

Alex Bostic             0.00    1-0     0-0     1.0     0        0        0        1        2        .000

Brody Koerner        0.00    1-0     0-0     1.0     1        0        0        0        1        .250

Matthew Crownover         1.50    1-1     1-0     5.0     3        1        1        0        3        .167

Clate Schmidt                  7.71    1-1     0-0     4.2     6        5        4        3        3        .375