DURHAM, N.C. — The 12th-ranked Clemson Tigers will take on No. 7 Virginia today at 11 a.m. in Day 2 of pool play at the ACC Championships.
It will be the first game for the Tigers and the Cavaliers in the championships as both had Wednesday off.
This will also be the first meeting between the two schools this season.
No. 6 Clemson (38-18) vs. No. 3 Virginia (36-18)
Thursday; 11:00AM v Durham Bulls Athletic Park v Durham, NC
Rankings: Clemson – #15 BA, #12 D1, #15 USA Virginia – #8 BA, #8 CB, #7 D1, #11 USA
The Series
Meetings: 156 (first met in 1955)
Series Record: Clemson leads 104-52
Neutral Record: Clemson leads 10-8 (UVA leads 2-1 in Durham, 2-0 at DBAP)
Last Meeting(s): Virginia won 2 of 3 games at UVA in 2014 (3-2, 1-7, 1-0)
- Lee: N/A
The Tigers
2015 Record: 32-25 (16-13; 4th Atlantic) – Fullerton Regional – NR
Preseason: 5th in ACC Atlantic Division (7 teams)
Neutral Record: 1-0 (4-6 in 2014)
Last week: Beat Charleston Southern 3-2 at home Tuesday before sweeping three games at Notre Dame (2-1 in 11, 11-1, 6-2) last weekend
2016 Batting Stats: .272 (6.9 RPG) with 88 2B, 9 3B, 56 HR, 301 BB, 61 HBP, 383 K, 54-75 SB
2016 Pitching Stats: 4.23 ERA, .263 OBA (514 hits), 187 BB & 416 K in 504.0 innings
2016 Fielding Stats: .961 (83 errors in 2154 chances)
The Cavaliers
Head Coach: Brian O’Connor (13th season at Virginia)
2014 Record: 44-24 (15-15; 2nd Coastal) – National Champion – #1 BA, #1 CB, #1 USA
Preseason: 2nd in ACC Coastal Division (7 teams)
Neutral Record: 2-0 (18-6 in 2014)
Last week: Swept three home games from Virginia Tech (8-3, 7-6, 4-1) last weekend
2016 Batting Stats: .302 (6.7 RPG) with 108 2B, 15 3B, 34 HR, 199 BB, 38 HBP, 265 K, 27-45 SB
2016 Pitching Stats: 4.05 ERA, .246 OBA (447 hits), 200 BB & 376 K in 486.1 innings
2016 Fielding Stats: .969 (64 errors in 2091 chances)
Projected Starting Lineups
Clemson
C #25 Chris Okey (JR/.341 BA with 13 2B, 12 HR, & 62 RBI in 56 games in 2016)
1B #6 Andrew Cox (*JR/.235 BA with 2 2B, 2 HR, & 15 RBI in 30 games in 2016)
2B #8 Weston Wilson (JR/.277 BA with 11 2B, 5 HR, & 37 RBI in 55 games in 2016)
SS #4 Eli White (JR/.251 BA with 9 2B, 2 HR, & 23 RBI in 56 games in 2016)
3B #27 Chris Williams (SO/.239 BA with 4 2B, 7 HR, & 30 RBI in 49 games in 2016)
LF #26 Reed Rohlman (*SO/.280 BA with 19 2B, 37 RBI, & 34 R in 56 games in 2016)
CF #5 Chase Pinder (SO/.305 BA with 8 2B, 9 HR, & 36 RBI in 56 games in 2016)
RF #28 Seth Beer (FR/.378 BA with 12 2B, 15 HR, & 60 RBI in 54 games in 2016)
DH #12 Robert Jolly (SO/.217 BA with 3 2B, 11 RBI, & 10 R in 48 games in 2016)
Virginia
C #21 Matt Thaiss (JR/.378 BA with 12 2B, 9 HR, & 54 RBI in 54 games in 2016)
1B #10 Pavin Smith (SO/.320 BA with 13 2B, 6 HR, & 51 RBI in 54 games in 2016)
2B #4 Ernie Clement (SO/.353 BA with 11 2B, 3 3B, & 24 RBI in 54 games in 2016)
SS #22 Daniel Pinero (JR/.328 BA with 16 2B, 1 HR, & 32 RBI in 53 games in 2016)
3B #18 Justin Novak (SO/.279 BA with 3 2B, 2 HR, & 28 RBI in 43 games in 2016)
LF #12 Charlie Cody (SO/.246 BA with 3 2B, 3 HR, & 13 RBI in 20 games in 2016)
CF #7 Adam Haseley (SO/.293 BA with 18 2B, 6 HR, & 28 RBI in 54 games in 2016)
RF #20 Cameron Simmons (FR/.261 BA with 11 2B, 4 HR, & 20 RBI in 44 games in 2016)
DH #25 Jack Gerstenmaier (SO/.246 BA with 2 2B, 6 RBI, & 11 R in 30 games in 2016)
Projected Starting Pitchers
SO LHP #23 Charlie Barnes (5-4/14 app/14 GS/4.46 ERA (82.2 IP)/.251 OBA (83 hits)/19 BB/73 K)
JR RHP #33 Connor Jones (11-1/13 app/13 GS/2.05 ERA (92.1 IP)/.216 OBA (72 hits)/33 BB/65 K)
Tiger Career Stats vs. Virginia
Player AVG G-S AB R H RBI BB K HR Other
Chris Okey .091 3-3 11 0 1 1 0 2 0 SF
Andrew Cox .000 1-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Weston Wilson .000 3-3 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 SH
Eli White N/A 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Player ERA G-S W-L IP H R ER BB SO OBA
Patrick Andrews 0.00 2-0 0-0 1.2 1 0 0 0 1 .167
Clate Schmidt 11.25 1-1 0-0 4.0 8 5 5 3 1 .444
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