Clemson opens ACC Tournament play today against Duke. The Clemson Insider previews tonight’s contest.
Duke (28-27) vs. Clemson (39-17)
Louisville Slugger Field, Louisville, Ky, Tonight 7 p.m.
Rankings: Duke – NR Clemson – No. 14 USA, No. 17 BA/CB, No. 18 D1
The Series
Meetings: 200 (first met in 1904)
Series Record: Clemson leads 130-68-2
Record at Neutral: Clemson leads 11-13 (Clemson leads 9-4 in ACC Championship)
Last Meeting(s): Duke won 2 of 3 games at Duke in 2016 (3-5, 3-2, 1-2)
- Lee: Lee trails 1-2 (1-2 at CU)
The Blue Devils
Head Coach: Chris Pollard (5th season at Duke
2016 Record: 33-24 (14-15, 3rd Coastal) – Columbia Regional – NR
Preseason: 5th in ACC Coastal Division (7 teams)
Neutral Record: 0-4 (1-3 in 2016)
Last Week: Lost two of three games at #3 North Carolina (8-4, 2-3 in 10, 7-9) over the weekend after beating Liberty 6-5 at home last Tuesday
2017 Batting Stats: .273 (6.3 RPG) with 117 2B, 11 3B, 38 HR, 220 BB, 60 HBP, 384 K, 68-86 SB
2017 Pitching Stats: 4.90 ERA, .253 OBA (468 hits), 203 BB & 420 K in 485.1 innings
2017 Fielding Stats: .973 (56 errors in 2080 chances)
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
Neutral Record: 2-0 (5-0 in 2016)
Last Week: Lost two of three games at NC State (2-3, 10-12, 16-5) over the weekend after beating #24 Coastal Carolina 11-8 at home last Tuesday
2017 Batting Stats: .289 (6.4 RPG) with 109 2B, 6 3B, 65 HR, 280 BB, 57 HBP, 385 K, 48-66 SB
2017 Pitching Stats: 3.44 ERA, .252 OBA (489 hits), 132 BB & 518 K in 507.2 innings
2017 Fielding Stats: .970 (63 errors in 2134 chances)
Projected Starting Lineups
Duke
C #23 Chris Proctor (SO/.246 BA with 4 2B, 2 3B, & 19 RBI in 42 games in 2017)
1B #22 Jalen Phillips (GR/.203 BA with 5 2B, 3 HR, & 11 RBI in 37 games in 2017)
2B #5 Max Miller (JR/.239 BA with 7 2B, 1 HR, & 22 RBI in 55 games in 2017)
SS #2 Zack Kone (SO/.303 BA with 10 2B, 2 HR, & 28 RBI in 54 games in 2017)
3B #6 Jack Labosky (JR/.264 BA with 16 2B, 6 HR, & 41 RBI in 54 games in 2017)
LF #30 Jimmy Herron (SO/.326 BA with 17 2B, 5 HR, & 38 RBI in 55 games in 2017)
CF #15 Kennie Taylor (SO/.320 BA with 12 2B, 3 HR, & 21 RBI in 42 games in 2017)
RF #16 Michael Smiciklas (JR/.304 BA with 9 2B, 3 HR, & 28 RBI in 44 games in 2017)
DH #9 Griffin Conine (SO/.307 BA with 11 2B, 13 HR, & 56 RBI in 55 games in 2017)
Clemson
C #49 Kyle Wilkie (FR/.182 BA with 1 3B, 4 RBI, & 3 R in 17 games in 2017)
1B #6 Andrew Cox (*GR/.292 BA with 8 2B, 5 HR, & 31 RBI in 55 games in 2017)
2B #9 Jordan Greene (SO/.280 BA with 8 2B, 17 RBI, & 20 R in 52 games in 2017)
SS #8 Logan Davidson (FR/.270 BA with 8 2B, 10 HR, & 36 RBI in 56 games in 2017)
3B #4 Grayson Byrd (*SO/.293 BA with 5 2B, 1 HR, & 19 RBI in 50 games in 2017)
LF #26 Reed Rohlman (*JR/.380 BA with 20 2B, 6 HR, & 33 RBI in 55 games in 2017)
CF #5 Chase Pinder (JR/.319 BA with 14 2B, 6 HR, & 30 RBI in 54 games in 2017)
RF #28 Seth Beer (SO/.302 BA with 17 2B, 14 HR, & 50 RBI in 56 games in 2017)
DH #27 Chris Williams (JR/.272 BA with 14 2B, 14 HR, & 51 RBI in 45 games in 2017)
Projected Starting Pitchers
JR LHP #47 Mitch Stallings (4-3/13 app/12 GS/4.48 ERA (70.1 IP)/.247 OBA (67 hits)/25 BB/68 K)
JR LHP #23 Charlie Barnes (5-4/14 app/14 GS/2.81 ERA (89.2 IP)/.242 OBA (79 hits)/21 BB/105 K)
Tiger Career Stats vs. Duke
Player AVG G-S AB R H RBI BB K HR Other
Drew Wharton .500 2-0 2 0 1 0 1 1 0
Reed Rohlman .350 5-5 20 2 7 2 1 2 0 2 2B
Seth Beer .300 3-3 10 0 3 0 3 1 0
Chase Pinder .263 5-5 19 2 5 2 1 3 0 2B, HBP
KJ Bryant .250 1-1 4 0 1 0 0 2 0
Chris Williams .200 3-3 10 0 2 0 0 2 0 HBP
Jordan Greene .125 3-3 8 2 1 1 3 1 0 SF, SH
Andrew Cox .000 3-2 8 0 0 0 0 0 0
Robert Jolly .000 2-2 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 SF
Adam Renwick .000 1-0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
Player ERA G-S W-L IP H R ER BB SO OBA
Pat Krall ^ 0.00 3-0 0-0 2.1 0 0 0 2 3 .000
Patrick Andrews ^ 1.59 4-0 0-0 5.2 5 1 1 0 3 .278
Charlie Barnes 2.25 1-1 1-0 8.0 4 2 2 1 3 .143
Alex Eubanks 2.70 1-1 0-1 6.2 5 2 2 1 6 .200
Alex Schnell 27.00 1-0 0-0 0.1 1 1 1 0 0 .500
^ – has one save.