No. 16 Clemson hosts Western Carolina s the Tigers look for win No. 24 on the season.
Western Carolina (17-13) @ No. 16 Clemson (23-9)
Doug Kingsmore Stadium v Clemson, SC v Tuesday, 6:30PM
Rankings: Western – NR Clemson – #23 CB, #16 D1, #18 USA
The Series
Meetings: 76 (first met in 1974)
Series Record: Clemson leads 60-16
Record at Clemson: Clemson leads 41-5 (Clemson leads 41-5 at DKS)
Last Meeting(s): Clemson won 10-8 at Western on March 30 after sweeping the two game series in 2015 (19-2 at Western and 14-2 at Clemson)
- Lee: Lee leads 11-8
The Catamounts
Head Coach: Bobby Moranda (9th season at WCU)
2015 Record: 21-30 (11-13; T-6th in SoCOn) – no postseason – NR
Preseason: 4th in Coaches & Media Polls (out of 9 teams)
Road Record: 10-7 (5-16 in 2015)
Last Week: Swept three games at VMI (7-1, 21-7, 14-11) after not playing a midweek contest
2016 Batting Stats: .317 (8.4 RPG) with 50 2B, 10 3B, 48 HR, 115 BB, 46 HBP, 180 K, 46-59 SB
2016 Pitching Stats: 6.33 ERA, .303 OBA (318 hits), 150 BB & 244 K in 258.2 innings
2016 Fielding Stats: .960 (44 errors in 1107 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: 14-2 (16-14 in 2015)
Last Week: Won 11-6 at Georgia on Tuesday night before dropping two of three games at Duke (3-5, 3-2, 1-2) over the weekend
2016 Batting Stats: .282 (6.8 RPG) with 54 2B, 7 3B, 34 HR, 164 BB, 45 HBP, 231 K, 26-39 SB
2016 Pitching Stats: 3.57 ERA, .242 OBA (261 hits), 110 BB & 273 K in 284.2 innings
2016 Fielding Stats: .962 (45 errors in 1198 chances)
Projected Starting Lineups
Western Carolina
C #21 Danny Bermudez (SR/.274 BA with 5 2B, 5 HR, & 20 RBI in 30 games in 2016)
1B #17 Matt Smith (JR/.420 BA with 2 2B, 9 HR, & 33 RBI in 30 games in 2016)
2B #6 Nobu Suzuki (JR/.287 BA with 5 2B, 2 HR, & 18 RBI in 28 games in 2016)
SS #3 J.D. Long (*JR/.195 BA with 2 2B, 2 HR, & 14 RBI in 26 games in 2016)
3B #15 Caleb Robinson (SO/.296 BA with 2 2B, 4 HR, & 17 RBI in 28 games in 2016)
LF #2 Kramer Ferrell (JR/.377 BA with 6 2B, 6 HR, & 39 RBI in 29 games in 2016)
CF #10 Garrett Brown (SR/.357 BA with 8 2B, 2 HR, & 16 RBI in 28 games in 2016)
RF #12 Bryson Bowman (*JR/.339 BA with 9 2B, 11 HR, & 37 RBI in 30 games in 2016)
DH #8 Spencer Holcomb (SR/.302 BA with 6 2B, 3 HR, & 9 RBI in 20 games in 2016)
Clemson
C #25 Chris Okey (JR/.347 BA with 6 2B, 5 HR, & 30 RBI in 32 games in 2016)
1B #27 Chris Williams (SO/.224 BA with 2 2B, 2 HR, & 12 RBI in 28 games in 2016)
2B #8 Weston Wilson (JR/.302 BA with 8 2B, 3 HR, & 24 RBI in 32 games in 2016)
SS #4 Eli White (JR/.233 BA with 6 2B, 1 HR, & 10 RBI in 32 games in 2016)
3B #9 Jordan Greene (FR/.235 BA with 1 2B, 5 RBI, & 9 R in 15 games in 2016)
LF #26 Reed Rohlman (*SO/.315 BA with 12 2B, 20 RBI, & 21 R in 32 games in 2016)
CF #5 Chase Pinder (SO/.323 BA with 4 2B, 8 HR, & 23 RBI in 32 games in 2016)
RF #28 Seth Beer (FR/.417 BA with 8 2B, 13 HR, & 37 RBI in 30 games in 2016)
DH #10 K.J. Bryant (*FR/.212 BA with 1 HR, 6 RBI, & 9 R in 22 games in 2016)
Projected Starting Pitchers
SO LHP #44 Brendan Nail (1-4/8 app/8 GS/5.00 ERA (45.0 IP)/.240 OBA (42 hits)/27 BB/34 K)
FR RHP #24 Jake Higginbotham (3-0/6 app/6 GS/2.73 ERA (26.1 IP)/.267 OBA (27 hits)/15 BB/25 K)
Worth Noting
- Clemson is 35-34 all-time on April 12 with a 17-15 mark at home.
- This is the sixth of seven games against SoCon opponents for the Tigers in 2016. Clemson defeated Wofford 7-0 at home on March 1, swept a two-game series at The Citadel on March 15 (12-1) and March 16 (5-4), beat Furman 9-7 at Fluor Field on March 29, and won 10-8 at Western Carolina on March 30. Clemson will host Furman (May 4).
- Clemson has faced eight of the nine programs currently in the SoCon (missing Samford). The Tigers are 413-136-6 all-time against those schools, including a 240-51-1 mark at home.
- Coach Lee has faced seven of the nine current SoCon programs (missing East Tennessee State and VMI), going 79-35 against those schools.
Tiger Career Stats vs. Western Carolina
Player AVG G-S AB R H RBI BB K HR Other
Mike Triller .625 5-0 8 2 5 2 1 0 0
Reed Rohlman .571 3-3 7 5 4 3 5 1 0 HBP
Glenn Batson .500 2-1 6 0 3 3 0 1 0 2 2B, SF
Chris Williams .500 1-1 4 4 2 2 0 1 0 2B, HBP
KJ Bryant .500 1-1 2 1 1 2 1 1 0 HBP, SH
Chris Okey .450 5-5 20 9 9 6 2 1 0 2 2B, HBP, 0-1 SB
Eli White .313 5-4 16 4 5 5 1 4 0 2B, SF, 2-2 SB
Drew Wharton .250 3-2 8 2 2 3 0 2 0 2B, 2 SF
Adam Renwick .250 2-0 4 0 1 1 0 2 0
Jordan Greene .250 1-1 4 0 1 1 0 1 0 SH
Weston Wilson .231 5-5 13 3 3 2 4 4 0 1-2 SB
Chase Pinder .000 3-3 7 5 0 3 7 2 0 SH, SF
Andrew Cox .000 3-2 3 1 0 1 1 1 0
Robert Jolly .000 3-0 5 0 0 0 0 1 0
Maleeke Gibson .000 2-0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0
Player ERA G-S W-L IP H R ER BB SO OBA
Alex Schnell 0.00 1-0 1-0 2.0 0 0 0 4 4 .000
Pat Krall 0.00 1-0 0-0 2.0 2 0 0 0 1 .286
Jackson Campana 0.00 1-0 0-0 1.0 2 0 0 0 1 .400
Paul Campbell 0.00 1-0 0-0 1.0 0 0 0 0 3 .000
Hunter Van Horn 0.00 1-0 0-0 1.0 1 0 0 1 1 .250
Patrick Andrews 1.80 4-0 1-1 5.0 4 5 1 3 9 .200
Ryley Gilliams 4.26 1-1 1-0 6.1 6 4 3 3 2 .273
Charlie Barnes 4.50 1-0 0-0 2.0 1 1 1 0 3 .143
Clate Schmidt 5.40 1-0 0-0 1.2 4 2 1 0 3 .400
Alex Bostic 27.00 2-1 0-1 2.0 4 8 6 4 3 .364