The sixth-ranked Clemson Tigers travels to Rhode Island for a three-game series with Boston College, which will begin today at 1 p.m. with Game 1. The Clemson Insider previews the Tigers’ first ACC road series of the year.
No. 6 Clemson (17-4, 5-1) at Boston College (7-11, 1-5)
Bill Beck Field v Kingston, RI
Friday, 1 p.m.; Saturday, 1 p.m.; Sunday, 11:30 a.m.
Rankings: Clemson – No. 6 BA, No. 7 D1/USA, No. 12 CB BC – NR
The Series
Meetings: 33 (first met in 2006)
Series Record: Clemson leads 25-8
Record at BC: Clemson leads 12-3
Last Meeting(s): Clemson swept three games at Clemson in 2016 (6-2, 6-1, 3-2 in 10)
- Lee: Lee leads 3-0 (3-0 at Clemson)
The Tigers
2016 Record: 44-20 (16-14; 4th Atlantic) – Clemson Regional – #15 USA, 17 BA, #18 CB/D1
Preseason: 3rd in ACC Atlantic Division (7 teams); 1 vote for Overall Champion
Road Record: 2-0 (13-11 in 2016)
Last Week: Won 8-4 at College of Charleston on Tuesday after taking two of three games at home from #11 Virginia (0-2, 7-6, 12-1) last weekend
2017 Batting Stats: .271 (6.3 RPG) with 36 2B, 2 3B, 21 HR, 114 BB, 24 HBP, 141 K, 21-31 SB
2017 Pitching Stats: 2.95 ERA, .238 OBA (173 hits), 51 BB & 213 K in 195.0 innings
2017 Fielding Stats: .965 (28 errors in 802 chances)
The Eagles
Head Coach: Mike Gambino (7th season at BC)
2016 Record: 35-22 (13-15; 5th Atlantic) – Coral Gables SR – #15 D1, #16 BA/CB, #21 USA
Preseason: T-6th in ACC Atlantic (out of 7 teams)
Home Record: 0-0 (12-7 in 2016)
Last Week: Won 10-7 at Northeastern on Tuesday after being swept in three games at #1 Louisville (0-6, 4-6, 3-5) last weekend
2017 Batting Stats: .228 (4.4 RPG) with 22 2B, 1 HR, 72 BB, 16 HBP, 163 K, 31-41 SB
2017 Pitching Stats: 4.69 ERA, .250 OBA (142 hits), 84 BB & 111 K in 151.2 innings
2017 Fielding Stats: .966 (22 errors in 651 chances)
Projected Starting Lineups
Clemson
C #27 Chris Williams (JR/.356 BA with 4 2B, 5 HR, & 18 RBI in 14 games in 2017)
1B #6 Andrew Cox (*GR/.290 BA with 3 2B, 3 HR, & 11 RBI in 20 games in 2017)
2B #9 Jordan Greene (SO/.310 BA with 3 2B, 4 RBI, & 9 R in 17 games in 2017)
SS #8 Logan Davidson (FR/.256 BA with 4 2B, 3 HR, & 12 RBI in 21 games in 2017)
3B #25 Patrick Cromwell (JR/.197 BA with 2 HR, 4 RBI, & 6 R in 21 games in 2017)
DH #26 Reed Rohlman (*JR/.292 BA with 5 2B, 1 3B, & 4 RBI in 20 games in 2017)
CF #5 Chase Pinder (JR/.359 BA with 6 2B, 16 RBI, & 20 R in 20 games in 2017)
LF #28 Seth Beer (SO/.250 BA with 3 2B, 6 HR, & 19 RBI in 21 games in 2017)
DH #12 Robert Jolly (JR/.314 BA with 3 2B, 4 RBI, & 14 R in 13 games in 2017)
Boston College
C #2 Gian Martellini (SO/.281 BA with 6 2B, 12 RBI, & 10 R in 17 games in 2017)
1B #4 Mitch Bigras (JR/.283 BA with 3 2B, 1 HR, & 12 RBI in 18 games in 2017)
2B #11 Jake Palomaki (JR/.255 BA with 4 2B, 5 RBI, & 8 R in 16 games in 2017)
SS #8 Johnny Adams (SR/.190 BA with 1 2B, 7 RBI, & 8 R in 18 games in 2017)
3B #15 Anthony Maselli (JR/.206 BA with 4 RBI & 3 R in 12 games in 2017)
LF #17 Dante Baldelli (FR/.083 BA with 1 2B, 3 RBI, & 4 R in 16 games in 2017)
CF #10 Michael Strem (SR/.254 BA with 3 2B, 9 RBI, & 8 R in 17 games in 2017)
RF #30 Donovan Casey (JR/.254 BA with 2 2B, 6 RBI, & 10 R in 18 games in 2017)
DH #1 Jake Alu (SO/.238 BA with 5 RBI & 6 R in 13 games in 2017)
Projected Starting Pitchers
Game One
JR LHP #23 Charlie Barnes (1-2/5 app/5 GS/1.05 ERA (34.1 IP)/.221 OBA (27 hits)/6 BB/38 K)
SO RHP #44 Jacob Stevens (2-1/5 app/5 GS/1.99 ERA (31.2 IP)/.196 OBA (21 hits)/13 BB/28 K)
Game Two
*SO RHP #15 Alex Eubanks (3-1/5 app/5 GS/2.87 ERA (31.1 IP)/.236 OBA (29 hits)/6 BB/29 K)
SO #36 Dan Metzdorf (1-3/5 app/5 GS/4.00 ERA (27.0 IP)/.257 OBA (26 hits)/11 BB/20 K)
Game Three
SR LHP #36 Pat Krall (3-0/5 app/5 GS/4.18 ERA (28.0 IP)/.303 OBA (33 hits)/7 BB/24 K)
JR #27 Brian Rapp (0-0/4 app/1 GS/3.18 ERA (17.0 IP)/.231 OBA (15 hits)/11 BB/12 K)
Worth Noting
- Clemson is 29-20-1 all-time on March 24 with a 7-10 mark on the road.
- The Tigers are 31-20-1 all-time on March 25 with a 11-7 mark on the road.
- Clemson is 31-17-1 all-time on March 26 with a 4-8 mark on the road.
- The Tigers have never played a game in the state of Rhode Island.
Tiger Career Stats vs. Boston College
Player AVG G-S AB R H RBI BB K HR Other
Drew Wharton 1.000 1-0 2 1 2 4 0 0 0 2B
Seth Beer .600 3-3 10 5 6 3 2 2 2 3 2B, HBP
Chris Williams .500 3-1 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 HBP
Grayson Byrd .500 1-0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0
Robert Jolly .364 5-2 11 2 4 1 1 0 0 2 2B
Andrew Cox .294 6-5 17 3 5 2 3 2 0 HBP, SH
Reed Rohlman .240 6-6 25 5 6 2 2 5 0 2B, HBP
Chase Pinder .192 6-6 26 0 5 5 2 5 0 2B, 1-1 SB
Adam Renwick .111 4-3 9 2 1 2 2 3 0 HBP
Jordan Greene .000 2-1 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 1-1 SB
KJ Bryant N/A 1-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Player ERA G-S W-L IP H R ER BB SO OBA
Pat Krall ^ 0.00 3-0 0-0 5.0 4 0 0 0 6 .211
Patrick Andrews 0.00 1-0 0-0 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 .143
Brooks Crawford ^ 0.00 1-0 0-0 1.2 1 0 0 1 0 .200
Charlie Barnes 1.23 1-1 1-0 7.1 4 1 1 0 4 .160
Tyler Jackson 1.80 1-1 0-0 5.0 6 2 1 2 4 .286
Alex Eubanks 2.70 1-1 0-0 6.2 7 2 2 0 10 .269
Paul Campbell ^ 18.00 1-0 0-0 3.0 7 6 6 2 6 .438
^ Has one save.
* Grayson Byrd played at LSU in 2015.
* Tyler Jackson played at USC Upstate from 2015-2016.