DURHAM, N.C. — The sixth seeded Clemson Tigers battle No. 10 seed Wake Forest on Saturday at the ACC Championships. The Clemson Insider previews the game that could send Clemson to the ACC Championship Game if it wins.
No. 6 Clemson (40-18) vs. No. 10 Wake Forest (34-24)
Saturday; 11:00AM v Durham Bulls Athletic Park v Durham, NC
Rankings: WF – NR Clemson – #15 BA, #12 D1, #15 USA
The Series
Meetings: 187 (first met in 1901)
Series Record: Clemson leads 129-57-1
Neutral Record: Clemson leads 14-4 (CU 12-5 at ACCT; WF 2-1 in Durham, 2-0 at DBAP)
Last Meeting(s): Clemson won 2 of 3 games at Wake Forest in 2016 (4-6, 6-5, 13-8)
- Lee: Lee leads 2-1
The Tigers
2015 Record: 32-25 (16-13; 4th Atlantic) – Fullerton Regional – NR
Preseason: 5th in ACC Atlantic Division (7 teams)
Neutral Record: 3-0 (4-6 in 2015)
ACC Tournament: Defeated #3 Virginia 5-4 on Thursday and #2 Louisville 5-3 on Friday
2016 Batting Stats: .270 (6.8 RPG) with 92 2B, 9 3B, 61 HR, 314 BB, 62 HBP, 395 K, 54-77 SB
2016 Pitching Stats: 4.19 ERA, .262 OBA (530 hits), 190 BB & 428 K in 522.0 innings
2016 Fielding Stats: .961 (88 errors in 2257 chances)
The Demon Deacons
Head Coach: Tom Walter (7th season at Wake Forest
2015 Record: 27-26 (12-18; 6th Atlantic) – no postseason – NR
Preseason: 6th in ACC Atlantic Division (7 teams)
Neutral Record: 3-1 (2-0 in 2015)
ACC Tournament: Beat #7 Duke 4-3 Tuesday, lost 9-5 to #2 Louisville Wednesday, and beat #3 Virginia 10-9 on Friday
2016 Batting Stats: .280 (6.5 RPG) with 119 2B, 7 3B, 55 HR, 295 BB, 69 HBP, 432 K, 43-57 SB
2016 Pitching Stats: 4.99 ERA, .276 OBA (546 hits), 244 BB & 398 K in 506.2 innings
2016 Fielding Stats: .970 (65 errors in 2160 chances)
Projected Starting Lineups
Clemson
C #25 Chris Okey (JR/.332 BA with 13 2B, 12 HR, & 62 RBI in 58 games in 2016)
1B #6 Andrew Cox (*JR/.227 BA with 2 2B, 2 HR, & 15 RBI in 31 games in 2016)
2B #8 Weston Wilson (JR/.278 BA with 12 2B, 6 HR, & 39 RBI in 57 games in 2016)
SS #4 Eli White (JR/.257 BA with 11 2B, 2 HR, & 24 RBI in 58 games in 2016)
3B #27 Chris Williams (SO/.235 BA with 4 2B, 7 HR, & 30 RBI in 51 games in 2016)
LF #26 Reed Rohlman (*SO/.280 BA with 19 2B, 2 HR, & 39 RBI in 58 games in 2016)
CF #5 Chase Pinder (SO/.297 BA with 8 2B, 9 HR, & 37 RBI in 58 games in 2016)
RF #28 Seth Beer (FR/.371 BA with 12 2B, 16 HR, & 62 RBI in 56 games in 2016)
DH #35 Mike Triller (*GR/.179 BA with 1 2B, 2 HR, & 7 RBI in 22 games in 2016)
Wake Forest
C #9 Ben Breazeale (JR/.247 BA with 6 2B, 3 HR, & 29 RBI in 51 games in 2016)
1B #24 Gavin Sheets (SO/.320 BA with 12 2B, 9 HR, & 43 RBI in 58 games in 2016)
2B #10 Nate Mondou (JR/.306 BA with 14 2B, 3 HR, & 34 RBI in 58 games in 2016)
SS #2 Johnny Aiello (FR/.223 BA with 11 2B, 5 HR, & 18 RBI in 51 games in 2016)
3B #22 Will Craig (JR/.391 BA with 16 2B, 16 HR, & 65 RBI in 51 games in 2016)
LF #7 Kevin Conway (*SR/.259 BA with 10 2B, 7 HR, & 39 RBI in 58 games in 2016)
CF #4 Stuart Fairchild (SO/.310 BA with 20 2B, 5 HR, & 47 RBI in 58 games in 2016)
RF #8 Joey Rodriguez (SR/.255 BA with 14 2B, 2 HR, & 26 RBI in 52 games in 2016)
DH #11 Jonathan Pryor (JR/.255 BA with 8 2B, 1 HR, & 17 RBI in 53 games in 2016)
Projected Starting Pitchers
*FR RHP #16 Alex Eubanks (5-5/21 app/9 GS/4.17 ERA (69.0 IP)/.279 OBA (78 hits)/18 BB/62 K)
SO RHP #23 Drew Loepprich (3-1/18 app/14 GS/4.46 ERA (68.2 IP)/.270 OBA (71 hits)/22 BB/45 K)
Tiger Career Stats vs. Wake Forest
Player AVG G-S AB R H RBI BB K HR Other
Robert Jolly .455 3-3 11 1 5 2 2 1 0
Seth Beer .417 3-3 12 5 5 8 1 0 4 HBP, SF
Andrew Cox .368 7-5 19 2 6 3 1 5 0 2B, SF, 1-1 SB
Chase Pinder .300 6-6 20 7 6 2 5 3 1 2B, 3 HBP
Reed Rohlman .296 6-6 27 4 8 0 1 5 0 2B
Weston Wilson .267 8-8 30 7 8 4 4 5 1 2B, SH, SF, 1-1 SB
Chris Okey .237 9-9 38 5 9 13 1 7 2 2 SF, 1-1 SB
Eli White .227 7-6 22 4 5 3 3 5 1 3-3 SB
Glenn Batson .000 3-2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
Adam Renwick .000 4-2 5 1 0 0 0 4 0
Mike Triller .000 6-0 3 0 0 0 0 2 0
Drew Wharton .000 2-1 4 0 0 0 0 1 0
Chris Williams .000 1-1 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 1-1 SB
KJ Bryant N/A 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Player ERA G-S W-L IP H R ER BB SO OBA
Alex Bostic * 0.00 3-0 0-0 3.2 2 2 0 2 3 .167
Patrick Andrews 0.00 3-0 0-0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1 .111
Brooks Crawford 2.08 2-0 1-0 4.1 3 1 1 1 2 .176
Paul Campbell 2.70 1-0 0-0 3.1 5 1 1 0 4 .333
Pat Krall 3.60 1-0 1-0 5.0 5 2 2 1 4 .263
Alex Schnell 3.86 1-0 0-0 2.1 2 1 1 2 3 .222
Clate Schmidt 7.20 3-2 0-1 10.0 11 9 8 8 6 .297
Charlie Barnes 8.53 1-1 0-1 6.1 6 6 6 2 9 .240
Alex Eubanks 23.14 1-1 0-0 2.1 6 6 6 2 1 .500
* – has one save.
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