By Trey McCurry.
By Trey McCurry.
Clemson hosts Duke this weekend for an ACC series as the Tigers look to build on their win streak. TCI previews the series.
Duke (22-15, 5-13 ACC) @ Clemson (20-18, 9-9 ACC)
Doug Kingsmore Stadium v Clemson, SC
Friday, 6:30PM v Saturday, 2:00PM (DH)
The Series
Meetings: 195 (first met in 1904)
Series Record: Clemson leads 127-66-2
Record at Clemson: Clemson leads 66-25-1 (Clemson leads 47-7 at DKS)
Last Meeting(s): Clemson won 5-3 at the 2014 ACC Baseball Championship in Greensboro, NC
vs. Leggett: Leggett leads 47-16-1 (47-16-1 at Clemson)
The Blue Devils
Head Coach: Chris Pollard (3rd season at Duke)
2014 Record: 33-25 (16-14; 3th ACC Coastal) – no postseason – NR
Preseason: 5th in ACC Coastal Division (out of 7 teams)
Road Record: 4-9…4-9 on road/0-0 neutral (2014: 11-14…9-11 on road, 2-3 neutral)
Last week: Had a midweek home game with UNC Greensboro rained out after dropping two of three home games to #5 Louisville (0-1, 2-1, 1-11)
2015 Batting Stats: .252 (4.9 RPG) with 59 2B, 9 3B, 8 HR, 143 BB, 32 HBP, 320 K, 48-61 SB
2015 Pitching Stats: 3.14 ERA, .251 OBA (310 hits), 128 BB & 334 K in 329.1 innings
2015 Fielding Stats: .964 (52 errors in 1435 chances)
The Tigers
2014 Record: 36-25 (15-14; T2nd in ACC Atlantic) – Nashville Regional – NR
Preseason: 3rd in ACC Atlantic Division (7 teams)
Home Record: 10-11 (2014: 22-12)
Last week: Swept two home midweek games over Western Carolina (14-2) and Gardner-Webb (7-5) after taking two of three games at Boston College last weekend (15-6, 7-8, 6-3)
2015 Batting Stats: .282 (6.2 RPG) with 75 2B, 10 3B, 22 HR, 169 BB, 25 HBP, 272 K, 42-60 SB
2015 Pitching Stats: 3.76 ERA, .252 OBA (337 hits), 119 BB & 306 K in 347.1 innings
2015 Fielding Stats: .962 (56 errors in 1486 chances)
Projected Starting Lineups
Duke
C #15 Mike Rosenfeld (*SR/.271 BA with 6 2B, 15 RBI, & 24 R in 35 games in 2015)
1B #3 Justin Bellinger (FR/.209 BA with 4 2B, 1 HR, & 18 RBI in 33 games in 2015)
2B #13 Andy Perez (SR/.302 BA with 10 2B, 3 HR, & 17 RBI in 37 games in 2015)
SS #7 Kenny Koplove (JR/.304 BA with 5 2B, 15 RBI, & 11 R in 27 games in 2015)
3B #6 Jack Labosky (FR/.268 BA with 3 2B, 9 RBI, & 17 R in 32 games in 2015)
LF #22 Jalen Phillips (*SO/.230 BA with 7 2B, 2 HR, & 17 RBI in 32 games in 2015)
CF #27 Evan Dougherty (FR/.160 BA with 4 2B, 9 RBI, & 20 R in 35 games in 2015)
RF #10 Peter Zyla (FR/.333 BA with 3 2B, 3 3B, & 12 RBI in 32 games in 2015)
DH #18 Cris Perez (SO/.214 BA with 8 2B, 2 HR, & 23 RBI in 34 games in 2015)
Clemson
C #25 Chris Okey (SO/.331 BA with 12 2B, 8 HR, & 40 RBI in 38 games in 2015)
1B #6 Andrew Cox (*SO/.243 BA with 4 2B, 4 RBI, & 13 R in 35 games in 2015)
2B #3 Tyler Krieger (JR/.361 BA with 10 2B, 1 3B, & 21 RBI in 38 games in 2015)
SS #4 Eli White (SO/.298 BA with 6 2B, 1 HR, & 17 RBI in 38 games in 2015)
3B #15 Glenn Batson (*FR/.256 BA with 5 2B, 1 HR, & 10 RBI in 18 games in 2015)
LF #26 Reed Rohlman (*FR/.373 BA with 12 2B, 2 HR, & 29 RBI in 38 games in 2015)
CF #18 Tyler Slaton (SR/.206 BA with 6 2B, 1 HR, & 13 RBI in 38 games in 2015)
RF #9 Steven Duggar (JR/.255 BA with 7 2B, 2 HR, & 23 RBI in 38 games in 2015)
DH #5 Chase Pinder (FR/.262 BA with 6 2B, 3 HR, & 22 RBI in 36 games in 2015)
Projected Starting Pitchers
Game One
*SR LHP #19 Dillon Haviland (3.44 ERA/1-0/12 app/3 starts/18.1 IP/.212 OBA (14 hits)/9 BB/12 K)
vs.
JR LHP #44 Matthew Crownover (1.20 ERA/6-1/9 starts/60.0 IP/.176 OBA (38 hits)/21 BB/58 K)
Game Two
SR RHP #26 Andrew Istler (2.64 ERA/3-2/9 starts/58.0 IP/.274 OBA (59 hits)/9 BB/55 K)
vs.
JR LHP #33 Zach Erwin (3.16 ERA/2-3/10 app/9 starts/57.0 IP/.275 OBA (63 hits)/7 BB/45 K)
Game Three
SO RHP #36 Bailey Clark (3.07 ERA/2-3/8 starts/41.0 IP/.230 OBA (35 hits)/14 BB/41 K)
vs.
JR RHP #19 Brody Koerner (5.77 ERA/4-4/10 app/9 starts/48.1 IP/.313 OBA (63 hits)/14 BB/45 K)
Worth Noting
- Clemson is 36-17 all-time on April 17 with a 28-6 mark at home.
- The Tigers are 32-21-2 all-time on April 18 with a 18-8 mark at home.
- Clemson is 37-17 all-time on April 19 with a 20-6 mark at home.
- The Tigers and Blue Devils have played at least one game every season since 1990.
- Jack Leggett is 25-5 against Duke at Doug Kingsmore Stadium and has won all 10 home series against the Blue Devils.
Tiger Career Stats vs. Duke
Player AVG G-S AB R H RBI BB K HR Other
Tyler Krieger .357 4-4 14 1 5 4 2 2 0 2B, 2-3 SB
Weston Wilson .333 1-1 3 2 1 0 1 1 0
Steven Duggar .294 4-4 17 2 5 3 0 2 0 1-2 SB
Chris Okey .250 1-1 4 2 1 0 0 0 0
Tyler Slaton .188 6-4 16 3 3 3 1 4 0 SH, 1-1 SB
Maleeke Gibson .000 2-0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mike Triller .000 2-0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 SF
Andrew Cox .000 1-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Player ERA G-S W-L IP H R ER BB SO OBA
Zack Erwin 0.00 1-0 1-0 4.1 3 0 0 1 3 .214
Matthew Crownover 2.35 1-1 1-0 7.2 5 2 2 1 9 .185
Patrick Andrews ^ 2.45 2-0 0-0 3.2 3 1 1 0 1 .250
Kevin Pohle 2.70 2-1 2-0 10.0 8 3 3 1 6 .235
Clate Schmidt 7.71 1-1 0-0 1.2 3 1 1 1 1 .333
Drew Moyer 9.00 1-0 0-0 1.0 0 1 1 2 0 .000
^ – has one save.