By Trey McCurry.

DURHAM – Clemson battles North Carolina Friday afternoon at 3 PM.  TCI previews today’s game.

#5 Clemson (32-26) vs. #8 North Carolina (33-24)

Friday; 3:00PM v Durham Bulls Athletic Park v Durham, NC

The Series

Meetings:                   188 (first met in 1901)

Series Record:            Clemson leads 99-88-1

Neutral Record:          Clemson leads 15-13

Last Meeting(s):          Clemson won 2 of 3 games at Clemson in early April (5-2, 5-4 in 11, 7-8)

vs. Leggett:                Leggett trails 34-35 (34-32 at Clemson, 0-3 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)

Neutral Record:           4-3 (2014: 3-4)

Last week:                  Split first two ACC Baseball Championship games, losing 3-1 to #4 Florida State on Wednesday and beating #1 Louisville 7-2 on Thursday after sweeping three games at Florida State last weekend to close the regular-season (4-1, 7-0, 9-6)

2015 Batting Stats:      .288 (6.4 RPG) with 109 2B, 12 3B, 35 HR, 263 BB, 45 HBP, 411 K, 60-82 SB

2015 Pitching Stats:     3.93 ERA, .250 OBA (508 hits), 185 BB & 474 K in 524.0 innings

2015 Fielding Stats:     .961 (88 errors in 2239 chances)

The Tar Heels

Head Coach:               Mike Fox (17th season at UNC)

2014 Record:               35-27 (15-15; 4th ACC Coastal) – Gainesville Regional – NR

Preseason:                 2nd in ACC Coastal Division (out of 7 teams)

Neutral Record:           4-5 (2014: 2-4)

Last week:                  Won one of three games at the ACC Baseball Championship, defeating #9 Virginia Tech 5-3 on Tuesday, losing to #1 Louisville 7-4 on Wednesday, and #4 Florida State 8-4 on Thursday after being swept on home by Virginia last weekend to close the regular-season (1-2 in 10, 2-6, 2-8)

2015 Batting Stats:      .265 (5.5 RPG) with 87 2B, 13 3B, 34 HR, 289 BB, 48 HBP, 361 K, 78-102 SB

2015 Pitching Stats:     3.58 ERA, .249 OBA (478 hits), 210 BB & 495 K in 511.0 innings

2015 Fielding Stats:     .970 (62 errors in 2068 chances)

Projected Starting Lineups

Clemson

C        #25 Chris Okey (SO/.320 BA with 16 2B, 12 HR, & 55 RBI in 58 games in 2015)

1B      #6 Andrew Cox (*SO/.235 BA with 6 2B, 7 RBI, & 23 R in 53 games in 2015)

2B      #3 Tyler Krieger (JR/.339 BA with 13 2B, 1 HR, & 38 RBI in 58 games in 2015)

SS      #4 Eli White (SO/.289 BA with 6 2B, 4 HR, & 27 RBI in 58 games in 2015)

3B      #8 Weston Wilson (SO/.251 BA with 8 2B, 5 HR, & 25 RBI in 54 games in 2015)

LF      #26 Reed Rohlman (*FR/.363 BA with 17 2B, 3 HR, & 57 RBI in 58 games in 2015)

CF      #18 Tyler Slaton (SR/.238 BA with 11 2B, 1 HR, & 21 RBI in 58 games in 2015)

RF      #9 Steven Duggar (JR/.304 BA with 12 2B, 5 HR, & 43 RBI in 58 games in 2015)

DH     #12 Robert Jolly (FR/.370 BA with 3 2B, 7 RBI, & 11 R in 22 games in 2015)

North Carolina

C        #43 Korey Dunbar (JR/.291 BA with 16 2B, 6 HR, & 26 RBI in 56 games in 2015)

1B      #25 Joe Dudek (SO/.255 BA with 8 2B, 2 HR, & 19 RBI in 42 games in 2015)

2B      #6 Alex Raburn (JR/.247 BA with 6 2B, 3 HR, & 26 RBI in 57 games in 2015)

SS      #7 Logan Warmoth (FR/.250 BA with 4 2B, 1 HR, & 31 RBI in 57 games in 2015)

3B      #10 Zack Gahagan (FR/.216 BA with 4 2B, 2 HR, & 32 RBI in 51 games in 2015)

LF      #12 Landon Lassiter (JR/.300 BA with 14 2B, 3 3B, & 26 RBI in 56 games in 2015)

CF      #20 Skye Bolt (JR/.257 BA with 9 2B, 9 HR, & 41 RBI in 55 games in 2015)

RF      #14 Tyler Ramirez (SO/.281 BA with 6 2B, 10 HR, & 40 RBI in 57 games in 2015)

DH     #34 Brian Miller (FR/.297 BA with 3 2B, 1 3B, & 16 RBI in 51 games in 2015)

Projected Starting Pitchers

*SR RHP #39 Jake Long (1.99 ERA/2-0/11 app/ 6 starts/45.1 IP/.202 OBA (33 hits)/17 BB/33 K)

vs.

FR RHP #38 J.B. Bukauskas (4.16 ERA/4-3/13 starts/67.0 IP/.241 OBA (59 hits)/30 BB/60 K)

Tiger Career Stats vs. North Carolina

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

Mike Triller            .667    1-1     3        0        2        2        0        0        0        SH, 1-1 SB

Reed Rohlman        .545    3-3     11      5        6        1        3        1        0        2B

Chase Pinder                   .333    2-2     6        0        2        2        1        1        0        2B, 0-1 SB

Andrew Cox           .273    3-3     11      1        3        0        1        3        0        0-1 SB

Tyler Krieger          .269    7-7     26      5        7        3        6        3        0        2B, SH, 2-2 SB

Tyler Slaton           .250    8-6     28      3        7        1        3        6        0        2 2B

Chris Okey             .250    3-3     12      1        3        4        2        3        1        2B, 1-1 SB

Maleeke Gibson      .250    2-1     8        1        2        1        0        2        0        HBP, 1-1 SB

Steven Duggar        .194    7-7     31      4        6        3        5        7        0        2B, 3B, 1-1 SB

Eli White                .154    3-3     13      1        2        3        0        2        0        2B

Weston Wilson       .091    3-3     11      1        1        0        1        5        0        2B

Adam Renwick       .000    2-1     5        0        0        0        0        3        0

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

Taylor Vetzel *       0.00    2-0     0-0     3.0     1        2        0        1        3        .091

Clay Bates              0.00    1-0     0-0     1.1     0        0        0        0        0        .000

Paul Campbell        0.00    1-0     0-0     0.1     1        0        0        1        0        .500

Pat Krall                 0.00    1-0     1-0     0.1     0        0        0        1        1        .500

Hunter Van Horn    0.00    1-0     0-0     0.1     0        0        0        1        0        .000

Kevin Pohle            1.80    4-1     0-0     10.0    7        4        2        6        3        .200

Matthew Crownover         2.31    2-2     1-0     11.2    14      5        3        4        10      .286

Zack Erwin             2.66    3-2     0-0     20.1    20      8        6        4        15      .270

Patrick Andrews     4.15    3-0     0-0     4.1     5        2        2        4        5        .294

Clate Schmidt                  6.75    2-1     0-1     2.2     5        2        2        1        1        .455

Brody Koerner        9.00    1-1     0-1     5.0     7        5        5        0        6        .318

Alex Schnell           16.20  1-0     0-0     1.2     2        3        3        3        0        .286