No. 14 Clemson returns home for a three game series with Pittsburgh. TCI previews the weekend series.
Pittsburgh (12-9, 4-5) @ No. 14 Clemson (19-6, 5-4)
Doug Kingsmore Stadium v Clemson, SC
Friday, 6:30PM v Saturday, 4:00PM v Sunday, 1:00PM
Rankings: Pitt – NR Clemson – #17 CB, #14 D1, #22 USA
The Series
Meetings: 3 (first met in 2014)
Series Record: Clemson leads 2-1
Record at Clemson: 0-0
Last Meeting(s): Clemson won two of three games at Pittsburgh in 2014 (3-2 in 11, 3-0, 4-13)
- Lee: N/A
The Panthers
Head Coach: Joe Jordano (19th season at Pitt)
2015 Record: 20-32 (9-21; 7th ACC Coastal) – no postseason – NR
Preseason: 7th in ACC Coastal Division (7 teams)
Road Record: 5-5 (5-12 in 2015)
Last Week: Beat Kent State 13-5 at home on Wednesday after taking two of three home games from Boston College last weekend (4-6, 5-0, 5-4)
2016 Batting Stats: .292 (7.5 RPG) with 37 2B, 11 3B, 29 HR, 113 BB, 29 HBP, 170 K, 26-36 SB
2016 Pitching Stats: 4.65 ERA, .265 OBA (194 hits), 78 BB & 171 K in 186.0 innings
2016 Fielding Stats: .950 (40 errors in 808 chances)
The Tigers
2015 Record: 32-29 (16-13; 4th in ACC Atlantic) – Fullerton Regional – NR
Preseason: 5th in ACC Atlantic Division (7 teams)
Home Record: 12-1 (16-14 in 2015)
Last Week: Won midweek games over Furman (9-7 at Fluor Field) on Tuesday and 10-8 at Western Carolina on Wednesday after being swept at #4 Miami (FL) last weekend (8-9, 4-5 in 11, 5-10)
2016 Batting Stats: .283 (7.1 RPG) with 47 2B, 4 3B, 31 HR, 130 BB, 36 HBP, 187 K, 23-24 SB
2016 Pitching Stats: 3.14 ERA, .236 OBA (198 hits), 91 BB & 222 K in 223.2 innings
2016 Fielding Stats: .961 (37 errors in 939 chances)
Projected Starting Lineups
Pittsburgh
C #15 Alex Kowalczyk (SR/.351 BA with 8 2B, 7 HR, & 26 RBI in 21 games in 2016)
1B #6 Caleb Parry (*SO/.273 BA with 4 2B, 1 HR, & 9 RBI in 16 games in 2016)
2B #16 David Yanni (FR/.275 BA with 2 2B, 1 HR, & 8 RBI in 20 games in 2016)
SS #14 Charles Leblanc (SO/.395 BA with 6 2B, 1 HR, & 20 RBI in 20 games in 2016)
3B #18 Ron Sherman (SR/.306 BA with 4 2B, 5 HR, & 21 RBI in 17 games in 2016)
LF #13 Jacob Wright (*JR/.211 BA with 1 2B, 2 HR, & 9 RBI in 20 games in 2016)
CF #20 Aaron Schnurbush (SR/.247 BA with 4 2B, 5 HR, & 15 RBI in 21 games in 2016)
RF #3 Frank Malonado (*SO/.329 BA with 3 2B, 1 HR, & 8 RBI in 19 games in 2016)
DH #33 Nick Yarnall (JR/.344 BA with 2 2B, 5 HR, & 13 RBI in 18 games in 2016)
Clemson
C #25 Chris Okey (JR/.330 BA with 5 2B, 5 HR, & 25 RBI in 25 games in 2016)
1B #27 Chris Williams (SO/.203 BA with 2 2B, 1 HR, & 7 RBI in 21 games in 2016)
2B #8 Weston Wilson (JR/.333 BA with 7 2B, 3 HR, & 20 RBI in 25 games in 2016)
SS #4 Eli White (JR/.250 BA with 5 2B, 1 HR, & 9 RBI in 25 games in 2016)
3B #9 Jordan Greene (FR/.167 BA with 1 2B, 1 RBI, & 4 R in 8 games in 2016)
LF #26 Reed Rohlman (*SO/.287 BA with 9 2B, 13 RBI, & 17 R in 25 games in 2016)
CF #5 Chase Pinder (SO/.344 BA with 4 2B, 8 HR, & 23 RBI in 25 games in 2016)
RF #28 Seth Beer (FR/.423 BA with 7 2B, 11 HR, & 30 RBI in 23 games in 2016)
DH #12 Robert Jolly (SO/.268 BA with 3 2B, 5 RBI, & 5 R in 24 games in 2016)
Projected Starting Pitchers
Game One
JR RHP #22 Josh Falk (2-2/8 app/3 GS/3.16 ERA (25.2 IP)/.198 OBA (18 hits)/16 BB/20 K)
SR RHP #32 Clate Schmidt (4-0/6 app/6 GS/3.56 ERA (30.1 IP)/.254 OBA (29 hits)/14 BB/30 K)
Game Two
JR RHP #34 T.J. Zeuch (1-0/2 app/2 GS/0.69 ERA (13.0 IP)/.152 OBA (7 hits)/2 BB/19 K)
SO LHP #23 Charlie Barnes (2-2/6 app/6 GS/4.01 ERA (33.2 IP)/.221 OBA (29 hits)/11 BB/36 K)
Game Three
SR RHP #35 Aaron Sandefur (2-2/6 app/6 GS/2.75 ERA (36.0 IP)/.218 OBA (29 hits)/13 BB/35 K)
Clemson’s Starter is TBA
Worth Noting
- Clemson is 35-20 all-time on April 1 with a 21-12 mark at home.
- The Tigers are 32-20 all-time on April 2 with a 23-8 mark at home.
- Clemson is 41-18-2 all-time on April 3 with a 28-7-1 mark at home.
- The Panthers will be making their debut at Doug Kingsmore Stadium.
Tiger Career Stats vs. Pittsburgh
Player AVG G-S AB R H RBI BB K HR Other
Weston Wilson .167 3-2 6 0 1 0 0 1 0
Chris Okey .154 3-3 13 2 2 3 1 2 1
Mike Triller .000 2-1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0
Eli White .000 1-0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Andrew Cox .000 1-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Player ERA G-S W-L IP H R ER BB SO OBA
Jackson Campana 0.00 1-0 0-0 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 .000
Garrett Lovorn 0.00 1-0 0-0 0.2 1 0 0 1 0 .333
Alex Bostic 135.00 1-0 0-0 0.1 3 5 5 2 0 .750