By Trey McCurry.

The Tigers play the final home series of the season this weekend when they host Georgia Southern.  TCI previews the series.

Georgia Southern (27-21) @ Clemson (25-24)

Doug Kingsmore Stadium v Clemson, SC

Friday, 6:30PM v Saturday, 6:30PM v Sunday, 1:00PM

The Series

Meetings:                   84 (first met in 1959)

Series Record:            Clemson leads 55-28-1

Record at Clemson:     Clemson leads 29-12 (Clemson leads 28-11 at DKS)

Last Meeting(s):          Teams split two midweek games last season in Statesboro with Georgia Southern winning game one (14-5) and Clemson winning game two (5-4)

vs. Leggett:                Leggett leads 22-12 (16-6 at Clemson, 6-6 at Western Carolina)

The Eagles

Head Coach:               Rodney Hennon (16th season at Georgia Southern)

2014 Record:               40-23 (15-12; T3rd SoCon) – Tallahassee Regional – NR

Preseason:                 6th in Sun Belt (out of 11 teams)

Road Record:              9-9…9-9 on road/0-0 neutral (2014: 19-13…14-10 on road/5-3 neutral)

Last week:                  Swept at home by South Alabama (1-7, 7-12, 4-11)

2015 Batting Stats:      .265 (5.1 RPG) with 73 2B, 8 3B, 41 HR, 183 BB, 44 HBP, 439 K, 63-83 SB

2015 Pitching Stats:     4.17 ERA, .255 OBA (417 hits), 192 BB & 314 K in 430.0 innings

2015 Fielding Stats:     .952 (92 errors in 1910 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:            14-13 (2014: 22-12)

Last week:                  Split a pair of midweek games (losing 17-9 at Wofford and beating #18 College of Charleston 6-3) after dropping two of three home games to #3 Louisville (9-1, 3-5, 5-9)

2015 Batting Stats:      .281 (6.1 RPG) with 90 2B, 11 3B, 27 HR, 216 BB, 39 HBP, 338 K, 49-68 SB

2015 Pitching Stats:     3.95 ERA, .258 OBA (445 hits), 159 BB & 390 K in 444.0 innings

2015 Fielding Stats:     .964 (69 errors in 1894 chances)

Projected Starting Lineups

Georgia Southern

C        #23 Chase Griffin (SR/.296 BA with 11 2B, 5 HR, & 26 RBI in 48 games in 2015)

1B      #18 Ryan Cleveland (SO/.216 BA with 8 2B, 7 HR, & 28 RBI in 45 games in 2015)

2B      #4 Kent Rollins (JR/.219 BA with 2 2B, 1 HR, & 10 RBI in 35 games in 2015)

SS      #2 Dalton Busby (SR/.290 BA with 8 2B, 3 HR, & 26 RBI in 47 games in 2015)

3B      #3 Spencer Duffie (JR/.276 BA with 5 2B, 1 HR, & 7 RBI in 29 games in 2015)

LF      #21 Hunter Thomas (*JR/.256 BA with 7 2B, 9 HR, & 32 RBI in 48 games in 2015)

CF      #30 Logan Baldwin (FR/.250 BA with 2 2B, 7 RBI, & 12 R in 34 games in 2015)

RF      #8 Aaron Mizell (SR/.303 BA with 12 2B, 12 HR, & 39 RBI in 47 games in 2015)

DH     #6 Kody Adams (SR/.325 BA with 13 2B, 2 HR, & 16 RBI in 45 games in 2015)

Clemson

C        #25 Chris Okey (SO/.321 BA with 13 2B, 8 HR, & 43 RBI in 49 games in 2015)

1B      #15 Glenn Batson (*FR/.230 BA with 6 2B, 1 HR, & 13 RBI in 25 games in 2015)

2B      #3 Tyler Krieger (JR/.335 BA with 12 2B, 1 HR, & 29 RBI in 49 games in 2015)

SS      #4 Eli White (SO/.295 BA with 6 2B, 3 HR, & 23 RBI in 49 games in 2015)

3B      #8 Weston Wilson (SO/.231 BA with 5 2B, 5 HR, & 21 RBI in 45 games in 2015)

LF      #26 Reed Rohlman (*FR/.351 BA with 13 2B, 2 HR, & 41 RBI in 49 games in 2015)

CF      #18 Tyler Slaton (SR/.225 BA with 8 2B, 1 HR, & 16 RBI in 49 games in 2015)

RF      #9 Steven Duggar (JR/.286 BA with 10 2B, 3 HR, & 35 RBI in 49 games in 2015)

DH     #13 Drew Wharton (FR/.320 BA with 2 2B, 7 RBI, & 4 R in 18 games in 2015)

Projected Starting Pitchers

Game One

*SO LHP #14 Evan Challenger (1.11 ERA/5-1/11 starts/65.0 IP/.210 OBA (48 hits)/17 BB/50 K)

vs.

JR LHP #44 Matthew Crownover (1.22 ERA/8-1/12 starts/81.0 IP/.182 OBA (53 hits)/29 BB/78 K)

Game Two

SR RHP #40 Tripp Sheppard (3.18 ERA/4-2/14 app/10 starts/56.2 IP/.265 OBA (58 hits)/17 BB/31 K)

vs.

JR LHP #33 Zach Erwin (3.18 ERA/4-4/13 app/12 starts/79.1 IP/.272 OBA (86 hits)/12 BB/65 K)

Game Three

FR LHP #36 Connor Simmons (3.92 ERA/2-5/12 starts/43.2 IP/.250 OBA (43 hits)/21 BB/30 K)

vs.

Clemson’s starter is Jake Long

*SR RHP #39 Jake Long (2.10 ERA/1-0/9 app/4 starts/34.1 IP/.195 OBA (23 hits)/12 BB/27 K)

Worth Noting

• Clemson is 35-28-1 all-time on May 8 with a 14-6-1 mark at home.
• The Tigers are 40-22 all-time on May 9 with an 18-7 mark at home.
• Clemson is 28-17 all-time on May 10 with a 10-5 mark at home.
• The Tigers are 85-39-1 all-time against current Sun Belt teams (missing Arkansas-Little Rock, Georgia State, and UL-Monroe), including a 50-17 mark at home.
• Jack Leggett is 48-26 all-time against current Sun Belt teams (missing Arkansas-Little Rock, Georgia State, UL-Monroe, & Troy), including a 24-10 mark as Clemson’s head coach.
• Georgia Southern Head Coach Rodney Hennon played two seasons for Jack Leggett at Western Carolina (1990-91).

Tiger Career Stats vs. Georgia Southern

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

Tyler Krieger          .412    5-5     17      4        7        3        3        1        0        2B, SH, 3-4 SB

Tyler Slaton           .385    5-3     13      2        5        3        1        1        1        1-1 SB

Steven Duggar        .350    5-5     20      2        7        2        1        4        0        2B, SH, 2-3 SB

Maleeke Gibson      .300    3-3     10      4        3        3        1        3        0        2B, SF, 2-2 SB

Chris Okey             .286    2-2     7        1        2        0        2        1        0

Mike Triller            .214    5-3     14      1        3        2        0        4        0        2B, 0-1 SB

Weston Wilson       .000    1-1     3        0        0        0        0        2        0

Eli White                .000    1-0     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     7.0     3        0        0        3        8        .136

Drew Moyer           0.00    1-0     1-0     4.0     2        0        0        2        3        .143

Clay Bates              0.00    2-0     0-0     2.0     1        0        0        0        2        .143

Patrick Andrews     0.00    1-0     0-0     1.0     0        0        0        0        0        .000

Kevin Pohle            0.00    1-0     0-0     1.0     2        0        0        0        0        .500

Alex Bostic             0.00    1-0     0-0     0.2     1        1        0        2        1        .333

Jake Long              0.00    1-0     0-0     0.2     0        0        0        0        2        .000

Clate Schmidt                  0.00    1-0     0-0     0.1     0        0        0        2        0        .000

Zack Erwin             11.74  2-2     0-1     7.2     11      10      10      7        2        .333

Brody Koerner        15.43  1-1     0-0     2.1     4        4        4        5        5        .364

Wales Toney          22.50  1-0     0-0     2.0     5        5        5        2        3        .455