Fifth-ranked Clemson travels to Atlanta to play Georgia Tech this weekend in a three-game series. The Tigers enter the ACC series with an eight-game winning streak. Game 1 is set for 6 p.m tonight at Russ Chandler Stadium.
Clemson (22-4, 8-1) at Georgia Tech (14-9, 3-6)
Russ Chandler Stadium, Atlanta, Ga.
Friday, 6 p.m., Saturday, 4 p.m., Sunday, 1 p.m.Rankings: Clemson – No. 5 BA/D1/USA, No. 6 CB GT – NR
The Series
Meetings: 220 (first met in 1902)
Series Record: Clemson leads 109-108-3
Record at GT: Georgia Tech leads 73-42-2
Last Meeting(s): GT won two of three games at CU in 2016 (7-8 in 10, 16-1, 7-5)
- Lee: Lee trails 1-4 (1-2 at CU; 0-2 at CofC)
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: 5-0 (13-11 in 2016)
Last Week: Beat Furman 8-0 Tuesday & Winthrop 6-5 in 11 innings on Wednesday after sweeping three “road” games from Boston College (8-2, 1-0, 2-0) last weekend
2017 Batting Stats: .269 (6.0 RPG) with 44 2B, 2 3B, 26 HR, 145 BB, 25 HBP, 183 K, 27-38 SB
2017 Pitching Stats: 2.53 ERA, .233 OBA (209 hits), 59 BB & 262 K in 242.0 innings
2017 Fielding Stats: .967 (33 errors in 1003 chances)
The Yellow Jackets
Head Coach: Danny Hall (24th season at GT)
2016 Record: 38-25 (13-16; 4th Coastal) – Gainesville Regional – NR
Preseason: 4th in ACC Coastal (out of 7 teams)
Home Record: 10-5 (23-11 in 2016)
Last Week: Won 11-3 at Mercer on Tuesday after dropping two of three games at Wake Forest (7-6 in 11, 8-17, 4-8) last weekend
2017 Batting Stats: .302 (7.7 RPG) with 59 2B, 2 3B, 41 HR, 90 BB, 20 HBP, 197 K, 16-21 SB
2017 Pitching Stats: 4.69 ERA, .250 OBA (142 hits), 84 BB & 111 K in 151.2 innings
2017 Fielding Stats: .966 (29 errors in 859 chances)
Projected Starting Lineups
Clemson
C #27 Chris Williams (JR/.279 BA with 5 2B, 6 HR, & 22 RBI in 19 games in 2017)
1B #6 Andrew Cox (*GR/.298 BA with 3 2B, 3 HR, & 13 RBI in 25 games in 2017)
2B #9 Jordan Greene (SO/.250 BA with 3 2B, 7 RBI, & 9 R in 22 games in 2017)
SS #8 Logan Davidson (FR/.271 BA with 4 2B, 3 HR, & 12 RBI in 26 games in 2017)
3B #4 Grayson Byrd (*SO/.295 BA with 3 2B, 9 RBI, & 2 R in 20 games in 2017)
LF #28 Seth Beer (SO/.253 BA with 5 2B, 8 HR, & 23 RBI in 26 games in 2017)
CF #5 Chase Pinder (JR/.327 BA with 8 2B, 16 RBI, & 22 R in 25 games in 2017)
RF #15 Weston Jackson (*GR/.233 BA with 1 2B, 4 HR, & 15 RBI in 24 games in 2017)
DH #26 Reed Rohlman (*JR/.307 BA with 6 2B, 1 3B, & 7 RBI in 25 games in 2017)
Georgia Tech
C #9 Joey Bart (SO/.374 BA with 8 2B, 11 HR, & 29 RBI in 23 games in 2017)
1B #25 Kel Johnson (JR/.286 BA with 5 2B, 8 HR, & 26 RBI in 23 games in 2017)
2B #3 Wade Bailey (JR/.352 BA with 11 2B, 2 HR, & 19 RBI in 23 games in 2017)
SS #14 Austin Wilhite (FR/.377 BA with 6 2B, 1 HR, & 14 RBI in 23 games in 2017)
3B #22 Trevor Craport (JR/.354 BA with 7 2B, 3 HR, & 16 RBI in 23 games in 2017)
LF #10 Chase Murray (FR/.263 BA with 6 2B, 2 HR, & 15 RBI in 21 games in 2017)
CF #6 Ryan Peurifoy (SR/.214 BA with 6 2B, 3 HR, & 10 RBI in 23 games in 2017)
RF #16 Coleman Poje (*SR/.329 BA with 7 2B, 5 HR, & 9 RBI in 23 games in 2017)
DH #21 Brandt Stallings (SO/.214 BA with 1 2B, 2 HR, & 4 RBI in 14 games in 2017)
Projected Starting Pitchers
Game One
JR LHP #23 Charlie Barnes (2-2/6 app/6 GS/1.12 ERA (40.1 IP)/.217 OBA (31 hits)/7 BB/49 K)
FR RHP #1 Xzavion Curry (3-2/6 app/6 GS/4.60 ERA (31.1 IP)/.291 OBA (34 hits)/12 BB/31 K)
Game Two
*SO RHP #15 Alex Eubanks (4-1/6 app/6 GS/2.23 ERA (40.1 IP)/.209 OBA (32 hits)/6 BB/39 K)
FR LHP #36 Jay Shadday (1-1/9 app/2 GS/2.50 ERA (18.0 IP)/.236 OBA (17 hits)/5 BB/16 K)
Game Three
SR LHP #36 Pat Krall (4-0/6 app/6 GS/3.31 ERA (35.1 IP)/.294 OBA (40 hits)/7 BB/27 K)
Georgia Tech has not named a starter for game three
Worth Noting
- Clemson is 38-14 all-time on March 31 with an 11-10 mark on the road.
- The Tigers are 36-20 all-time on April 1 with a 14-8 mark on the road.
- Clemson is 32-21 all-time on April 2 with an 8-11 mark on the road.
- The Tigers and Yellow Jackets have played at least once every season in all but one (1973) since 1955.
- Since the teams began playing three-game weekend series in 1992, Clemson is 12-24 in Atlanta. The Tigers have won three of the 12 series, including only one (2012) of the last nine.
Tiger Career Stats vs. Georgia Tech
Player AVG G-S AB R H RBI BB K HR Other
Reed Rohlman .308 6-6 26 2 8 3 2 4 0 0-1 SB
Andrew Cox .300 6-5 20 2 6 3 1 2 0 1-1 SB
Robert Jolly .250 4-1 4 1 1 0 1 1 0
Seth Beer .222 3-3 9 2 2 2 4 1 0 2B, HBP, SH
Chase Pinder .190 6-6 21 3 4 1 5 3 1
Chris Williams .167 3-3 12 1 2 0 0 4 0
Jordan Greene .000 3-1 4 1 0 0 1 1 0
KJ Bryant .000 2-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Drew Wharton .000 2-0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
Adam Renwick N/A 2-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 HBP
Player ERA G-S W-L IP H R ER BB SO OBA
Pat Krall 0.00 2-0 1-0 3.2 2 0 0 2 0 .154
Patrick Andrews 2.45 1-0 0-0 3.2 2 1 1 1 3 .154
Brooks Crawford 5.40 1-0 0-0 1.2 5 2 1 0 1 .556
Charlie Barnes 8.44 1-1 0-0 5.1 8 5 5 1 2 .333
Jake Higginbotham 18.00 1-0 0-0 3.0 7 7 6 3 1 .438
Alex Eubanks 108.00 1-1 0-1 0.1 5 4 4 0 0 .714
Ryley Gilliam 108.00 1-1 0-1 0.1 2 4 4 2 0 .667