By Trey McCurry.

DURHAM, NC – The Tigers open ACC Tournament play Wednesday morning looking for their fourth win in a row over Florida State.  TCI previews game one of the ACC Tourney for the Tigers.

#5 Clemson (31-25) vs. #4 Florida State (37-19)

Wednesday; 11:00AM v Durham Bulls Athletic Park v Durham, NC

Rankings:     Clemson – NR                   Florida State – #17 BA, #10 CB, #14 USA

The Series

Meetings:                   134 (first met in 1958)

Series Record:            Florida State leads 70-63-1

Neutral Record:          Clemson leads 13-12

Last Meeting(s):          Clemson swept three games at Florida State last weekend (4-1, 7-0, 9-6)

vs. Leggett:                Leggett trails 39-43 (39-43 at Clemson)

The Tigers

2014 Record:               36-25 (15-14; T2nd in ACC Atlantic) – Nashville Regional – NR

Preseason:                 3rd in ACC Atlantic Division (7 teams)

Neutral Record:           3-2 neutral (2014: 3-4)

Last week:                  Beat Furman 23-15 at Fluor Field before sweeping three games at Florida State last weekend (4-1, 7-0, 9-6)

2015 Batting Stats:      .289 (6.5 RPG) with 105 2B, 12 3B, 35 HR, 257 BB, 43 HBP, 393 K, 59-81 SB

2015 Pitching Stats:     3.99 ERA, .253 OBA (498 hits), 181 BB & 455 K in 507.0 innings

2015 Fielding Stats:     .960 (86 errors in 2171 chances)

The Seminoles

Head Coach:               Mike Martin (36th season at Florida State)

2014 Record:               43-17 (21-9; 1st ACC Atlantic) – Tallahassee Regional – #19 BA, #23 CB, #21 USA

Preseason:                 1st in ACC Atlantic Division (out of 7 teams)…4 votes for overall ACC Champ

Neutral Record:           1-0 (2014: 2-2

Last week:                  Swept in three games at home by Clemson (1-4, 0-7, 6-9)

2015 Batting Stats:      .258 (6.9 RPG) with 99 2B, 5 3B, 53 HR, 338 BB, 81 HBP, 477 K, 50-66 SB

2015 Pitching Stats:     3.95 ERA, .260 OBA (503 hits), 191 BB & 500 K in 503.0 innings

2015 Fielding Stats:     .963 (81 errors in 2165 chances)

Projected Starting Lineups

Clemson

C        #25 Chris Okey (SO/.324 BA with 15 2B, 12 HR, & 54 RBI in 56 games in 2015)

1B      #6 Andrew Cox (*SO/.242 BA with 6 2B, 7 RBI, & 22 R in 51 games in 2015)

2B      #3 Tyler Krieger (JR/.339 BA with 13 2B, 1 HR, & 37 RBI in 56 games in 2015)

SS      #4 Eli White (SO/.300 BA with 6 2B, 4 HR, & 27 RBI in 56 games in 2015)

3B      #8 Weston Wilson (SO/.256 BA with 7 2B, 5 HR, & 23 RBI in 52 games in 2015)

LF      #26 Reed Rohlman (*FR/.363 BA with 17 2B, 3 HR, & 55 RBI in 56 games in 2015)

CF      #18 Tyler Slaton (SR/.237 BA with 10 2B, 1 HR, & 21 RBI in 56 games in 2015)

RF      #9 Steven Duggar (JR/.298 BA with 11 2B, 5 HR, & 42 RBI in 56 games in 2015)

DH     #12 Robert Jolly (FR/.368 BA with 3 2B, 6 RBI, & 11 R in 20 games in 2015)

Florida State

C        #13 Danny De La Calle (SR/.271 BA with 8 2B, 8 HR, & 31 RBI in 54 games in 2015)

1B      #29 Quincy Nieporte (SO/.301 BA with 7 2B, 5 HR, & 39 RBI in 52 games in 2015)

2B      #12 John Sansone (JR/.256 BA with 13 2B, 7 HR, & 32 RBI in 56 games in 2015)

SS      #10 Taylor Walls (FR/.210 BA with 4 2B, 1 3B, & 21 RBI in 56 games in 2015)

3B      #28 Dylan Busby (FR/.254 BA with 14 2B, 9 HR, & 44 RBI in 54 games in 2015)

LF      #9 DJ Stewart (JR/.326 BA with 9 2B, 13 HR, & 50 RBI in 55 games in 2015)

CF      #21 Ben DeLuzio (SO/.203 BA with 5 2B, 1 HR, & 19 RBI in 51 games in 2015)

RF      #2 Josh Delph (SR/.273 BA with 10 2B, 1 HR, & 22 RBI in 56 games in 2015)

DH     #23 Chris Marconcini (SR/.229 BA with 6 2B, 7 HR, & 31 RBI in 39 games in 2015)

Projected Starting Pitchers

JR LHP #44 Matthew Crownover (1.42 ERA/10-1/14 starts/95.0 IP/.187 OBA (64 hits)/33 BB/91 K)

vs.

SO RHP #36 Boomer Biegalski (3.19 ERA/5-4/14 starts/87.1 IP/.212 OBA (68 hits)/32 BB/99 K)

Tiger Career Stats vs. Florida State

Player                             AVG   G-S     AB      R        H       RBI     BB      K        HR     Other

Reed Rohlman        .636    3-3     11      3        7        7        0        1        1        3 2B, SF

Drew Wharton        .500    2-0     2        0        1        0        0        1        0        1-1 SB

Andrew Cox           .444    3-3     9        3        4        1        2        3        0        2B, SH

Chris Okey             .360    6-6     25      2        9        2        1        8        0        4 2B

Eli White                .308    4-3     13      3        4        1        2        2        0        SH, 0-1 SB

Robert Jolly           .300    3-3     10      1        3        0        2        2        0        SH

Steven Duggar        .294    9-9     34      8        10      3        6        8        1        6-7 SB

Weston Wilson       .238    6-6     21      1        5        1        0        4        0        2B, SH

Tyler Krieger          .216    9-9     37      2        8        7        3        7        0        3 2B, SH, SF, 2-2 SB

Tyler Slaton           .147    13-9    34      4        5        2        2        2        0        3 2B, HBP, 1-1 SB

Maleeke Gibson      .077    5-3     13      1        1        0        1        4        0        2B

Glenn Batson                   .000    2-0     2        0        0        0        0        1        0

Adam Renwick       N/A    2-0     0        0        0        0        0        0        0

Mike Triller            N/A    1-0     0        0        0        0        0        0        0

Player                             ERA    G-S     W-L    IP       H       R        ER      BB      SO      OBA

Taylor Vetzel          *        0.00    1-0     0-0     3.0     1        0        0        1        5        .100

Pat Krall *              0.00    2-0     0-0     2.1     0        0        0        0        3        .000

Jake Long              1.50    2-2     1-0     12.0    7        2        2        9        8        .175

Matthew Crownover         1.93    3-3     1-2     14.0    16      7        3        4        12      .271

Clate Schmidt                  2.45    2-0     0-1     3.2     1        1        1        1        1        .091

Patrick Andrews     4.50    4-0     1-0     10.0    9        5        5        6        4        .265

Kevin Pohle            5.40    2-1     1-0     10.0    14      8        6        2        1        .326

Zack Erwin             5.40    3-2     1-1     8.1     11      5        5        1        4        .333

Drew Moyer           7.71    1-0     0-0     2.1     4        2        2        4        3        .400

Clay Bates              13.50  2-0     0-0     1.1     2        2        2        3        1        .333

Brody Koerner        16.88  1-0     0-0     2.2     7        5        5        1        2        .467