By Trey McCurry.
Clemson travels to Florida State for the final regular season series of the year in hopes of securing a top six seed in next week’s ACC Baseball Tournament. TCI previews the Atlantic Division showdown.
Clemson (28-25, 13-13 ACC) @ Florida State (37-16, 17-10 ACC)
Dick Howser Stadium v Tallahassee, FL
Thursday, 6:00PM v Friday, 6:00PM v Saturday, 1:00PM
Rankings: Clemson – NR Florida State – #9 BA, #8 CB, #8 USA
The Series
Meetings: 131 (first met in 1958)
Series Record: Florida State leads 70-60-1
Record at FSU: Florida State leads 37-16-1
Last Meeting(s): Florida State won 2 of 3 meetings at Clemson in 2014 (3-9, 11-1, 4-3)
vs. Leggett: Leggett trails 36-43 (36-43 at Clemson)
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: 12-11…9-9 on road/3-2 neutral (2014: 14-13…11-9 on road/3-4 neutral)
Last week: Beat Furman 23-15 at Fluor Field on Tuesday after taking two of three homes games from Georgia Southern last weekend (13-5, 5-4, 4-7)
2015 Batting Stats: .289 (6.5 RPG) with 97 2B, 12 3B, 33 HR, 244 BB, 43 HBP, 364 K, 55-75 SB
2015 Pitching Stats: 4.09 ERA, .256 OBA (478 hits), 172 BB & 434 K in 480.0 innings
2015 Fielding Stats: .959 (84 errors in 2061 chances)
The Seminoles
Head Coach: Mike Martin (36th season at Florida State)
2014 Record: 43-17 (21-9; 1st ACC Atlantic) – Tallahassee Regional – #19 BA, #23 CB, #21 USA
Preseason: 1st in ACC Atlantic Division (out of 7 teams)…4 votes for overall ACC Champ
Home Record: 27-4 (2014: 25-9)
Last week: Dropped two of three road games at #3 Louisville (13-4, 0-7, 5-6)
2015 Batting Stats: .261 (7.2 RPG) with 97 2B, 5 3B, 50 HR, 329 BB, 81 HBP, 456 K, 49-63 SB
2015 Pitching Stats: 3.93 ERA, .258 OBA (471 hits), 178 BB & 471 K in 476.0 innings
2015 Fielding Stats: .964 (74 errors in 2050 chances)
Projected Starting Lineups
Clemson
C #25 Chris Okey (SO/.330 BA with 13 2B, 12 HR, & 53 RBI in 53 games in 2015)
1B #6 Andrew Cox (*SO/.230 BA with 5 2B, 6 RBI, & 19 R in 48 games in 2015)
2B #3 Tyler Krieger (JR/.345 BA with 13 2B, 1 HR, & 34 RBI in 53 games in 2015)
SS #4 Eli White (SO/.298 BA with 6 2B, 4 HR, & 26 RBI in 53 games in 2015)
3B #8 Weston Wilson (SO/.261 BA with 6 2B, 5 HR, & 23 RBI in 49 games in 2015)
LF #26 Reed Rohlman (*FR/.348 BA with 14 2B, 2 HR, & 48 RBI in 53 games in 2015)
CF #18 Tyler Slaton (SR/.241 BA with 9 2B, 1 HR, & 20 RBI in 53 games in 2015)
RF #9 Steven Duggar (JR/.297 BA with 11 2B, 4 HR, & 40 RBI in 53 games in 2015)
DH #12 Robert Jolly (FR/.393 BA with 3 2B, 6 RBI, & 10 R in 17 games in 2015)
Florida State
C #13 Danny De La Calle (SR/.272 BA with 8 2B, 8 HR, & 31 RBI in 51 games in 2015)
1B #29 Quincy Nieporte (SO/.302 BA with 7 2B, 4 HR, & 38 RBI in 49 games in 2015)
2B #12 John Sansone (JR/.259 BA with 13 2B, 7 HR, & 32 RBI in 53 games in 2015)
SS #10 Taylor Walls (FR/.221 BA with 4 2B, 1 3B, & 21 RBI in 53 games in 2015)
3B #28 Dylan Busby (FR/.256 BA with 14 2B, 8 HR, & 43 RBI in 51 games in 2015)
LF #9 DJ Stewart (JR/.327 BA with 8 2B, 12 HR, & 47 RBI in 52 games in 2015)
CF #21 Ben DeLuzio (SO/.203 BA with 5 2B, 1 HR, & 19 RBI in 48 games in 2015)
RF #2 Josh Delph (SR/.285 BA with 10 2B, 1 HR, & 22 RBI in 53 games in 2015)
DH #23 Chris Marconcini (SR/.236 BA with 5 2B, 7 HR, & 30 RBI in 36 games in 2015)
Projected Starting Pitchers
Game One
JR LHP #44 Matthew Crownover (1.43 ERA/9-1/13 starts/88.0 IP/.186 OBA (59 hits)/30 BB/86 K)
vs.
SO RHP #36 Boomer Biegalski (3.21 ERA/5-3/13 starts/81.1 IP/.202 OBA (60 hits)/29 BB/93 K)
Game Two
JR LHP #33 Zach Erwin (2.99 ERA/5-4/14 app/13 starts/87.1 IP/.261 OBA (91 hits)/13 BB/76 K)
vs.
*JR RHP #17 Mike Compton (2.55 ERA/3-2/9 starts/53.0 IP/.246 OBA (50 hits)/8 BB/52 K)
Game Three
*SR RHP #39 Jake Long (2.06 ERA/1-0/10 app/5 starts/39.1 IP/.203 OBA (29 hits)/13 BB/30 K)
vs.
FR RHP #46 Drew Carlton (4.64 ERA/3-4/15 app/9 starts/54.1 IP/.289 OBA (61 hits)/13 BB/45 K)
Worth Noting
- Clemson is 24-24 all-time on May 14 with an 8-15 mark on the road.
- The Tigers are 26-10 all-time on May 15 with a 15-6 mark on the road.
- Clemson is 20-17 all-time on May 16 with a 10-8 mark on the road.
- The Tigers and Seminoles are meeting in the final series of the regular season for the fourth time in the last six years, including three straight series in Tallahassee.
- Jack Leggett is 10-20 against Florida State in Tallahassee. In those 10 series, Clemson has won two series 2-1, lost six series 1-2, and been swept in three games twice.
Tiger Career Stats vs. Florida State
Player AVG G-S AB R H RBI BB K HR Other
Chris Okey .500 3-3 12 1 6 1 0 1 0 2 2B
Weston Wilson .300 3-3 10 0 3 1 0 1 0
Steven Duggar .292 6-6 24 3 7 1 1 4 0 4-4 SB
Tyler Krieger .200 6-6 25 1 5 4 2 4 0 3 2B, 1-1 SB
Tyler Slaton .136 10-6 22 2 3 1 2 1 0 2 2B, HBP, 1-1 SB
Maleeke Gibson .091 3-3 11 1 1 0 1 3 0 2B
Eli White .000 1-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mike Triller N/A 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Player ERA G-S W-L IP H R ER BB SO OBA
Jake Long 1.50 1-1 0-0 6.0 3 1 1 5 5 .150
Clate Schmidt 2.45 2-0 0-1 3.2 1 1 1 1 1 .091
Matthew Crownover 2.57 2-2 0-2 7.0 11 6 2 1 7 .333
Patrick Andrews 4.50 4-0 1-0 10.0 9 5 5 6 4 .265
Kevin Pohle 5.40 2-1 1-0 10.0 14 8 6 2 1 .326
Drew Moyer 7.71 1-0 0-0 2.1 4 2 2 4 3 .400
Clay Bates 13.50 2-0 0-0 1.1 2 2 2 3 1 .333
Zack Erwin 19.29 2-1 0-1 2.1 8 5 5 1 1 .571