Clemson goes for its sixth win in a row Tuesday afternoon when Wofford visits Doug Kingsmore for a 4 p.m. game. The Clemson Insider previews today’s contest.
Wofford (7-0) @ Clemson (5-1)
Doug Kingsmore Stadium v Clemson, SC v Tuesday, 4:00PM
The Series
Meetings: 103 (first met in 1898)
Series Record: Clemson leads 78-24-1
Record at Clemson: Clemson leads 41-8 (Clemson leads 11-0 at DKS)
Last Meeting(s): Teams split two meetings in 2015 (CU won 11-5 at CU/WC won 17-9 at WC)
- Lee: Lee leads 14-1
The Terriers
Head Coach: Todd Interdonato (9th season at WC)
2015 Record: 39-22 (13-10; 3rd SoCon) – no postseason – NR
2015 Road Record: 12-14 (9-12 on road, 3-2 at neutral sites)
Preseason: 3rd in both SoCon Coaches & Media polls (out of 9 teams)
Last Week: Won three home games over Rider (12-4), Evansville (7-5), & UNC Asheville (8-5) last weekend after beating USC Upstate 6-3 last Wednesday
2016 Batting Stats: .345 (8.3 RPG) with 16 2B, 3 3B, 4 HR, 41 BB, 9 HBP, 51 K, 24-27 SB
2016 Pitching Stats: 4.43 ERA, .227 OBA (53 hits), 29 BB & 81 K in 63.0 innings
2016 Fielding Stats: .984 (4 errors in 247 chances)
The Tigers
2015 Record: 32-29 (16-13; 4th in ACC Atlantic) – Fullerton Regional – NR
2016 Home Record: 5-1
Preseason: 5th in ACC Atlantic Division (7 teams)
Last Week: Swept three home games from James Madison last weekend (6-1, 10-1, 11-2)
2016 Batting Stats: .322 (9.7 RPG) with 13 2B, 1 3B, 7 HR, 35 BB, 10 HBP, 35 K, 8-9 SB
2016 Pitching Stats: 2.17 ERA, .213 OBA (42 hits), 21 BB & 59 K in 54.0 innings
2016 Fielding Stats: .973 (6 errors in 224 chances)
Projected Starting Lineups
Wofford
C #4 Carson Waln (JR/.286 BA with 1 2B, 1 3B, & 6 RBI in 7 games in 2016)
1B #27 Brett Hash (JR/.391 BA with 1 HR, 5 RBI, & 8 R in 7 games in 2016)
2B #15 Alec Paradowski (SR/.321 BA with 4 2B, 1 3B, & 4 RBI in 7 games in 2016)
SS #19 Alex Malsch (SO/.273 BA with 1 2B, 3 RBI, & 3 R in 7 games in 2016)
3B #26 Max McDougald (SO/.355 BA with 2 2B, 6 RBI, & 5 R in 7 games in 2016)
LF #1 Demetrius Jennings (SR/.286 BA with 1 HR, 5 RBI, & 4 R in 7 games in 2016)
CF #22 Kody Ruedisili (JR/.323 BA with 2 2B, 2 RBI, & 10 R in 2016)
RF #21 McClain Bradley (SO/.520 BA with 3 2B, 1 3B, & 8 RBI in 7 games in 2016)
DH #18 Cody Miller (SO/.476 BA with 2 2B, 1 HR, & 8 RBI in 6 games in 2016)
Clemson
C #25 Chris Okey (JR/.250 BA with 2 HR, 8 RBI, & 7 R in 6 games in 2016)
1B #27 Chris Williams (SO/.190 BA with 2 RBI, 5 R, & 4 HBPs in 6 games in 2016)
2B #8 Weston Wilson (JR/.500 BA with 2 2B, 3 RBI, & 7 R in 6 games in 2016)
SS #4 Eli White (JR/.318 BA with 2 2B, 4 RBI, & 10 R in 6 games in 2016)
3B #11 Adam Renwick (SO/.261 BA with 1 2B, 4 RBI, & 5 R in 6 games in 2016)
LF #26 Reed Rohlman (*SO/.381 BA with 3 2B, 7 RBI, & 3 R in 6 games in 2016)
CF #5 Chase Pinder (SO/.273 BA with 3 HR, 10 RBI, & 9 R in 6 games in 2016)
RF #10 K.J. Bryant (*FR/.286 BA with 3 R & 1 BB in 5 games in 2016)
DH #28 Seth Beer (FR/.400 BA with 1 2B, 2 HR, & 9 RBI in 6 games in 2016)
Projected Starting Pitchers
JR RHP #12 John Caskey (1-0/1.93 ERA (4.2 IP)/.211 OBA (4 hits)/1 BB/7 K)
SO LHP #47 Alex Schnell (0-0/0.00 ERA (1.1 IP)/.200 OBA (1 hit)/0 BB/2 K)
Worth Noting
- Clemson is 15-9 all-time on March 1 with a 11-4 mark at home.
- The Tigers have won 11 straight home games over Wofford, dating back to 1949.
- This is the first of seven games against SoCon opponents for Clemson in 2016. The Tigers will travel to The Citadel (March 15-16), face Furman at Fluor Field (March 29), play at Western Carolina (March 30), and host both Western Carolina (April 12) and Furman (May 4).
- Clemson has faced eight of the nine programs currently in the SoCon (missing Samford). The Tigers are 408-136-6 all-time against those schools, including a 239-51-1 mark at home.
- Coach Lee has faced seven of the nine current SoCon programs (missing East Tennessee State and VMI), going 74-35 against those schools.
Tiger Career Stats vs. Wofford
Player AVG G-S AB R H RBI BB K HR Other
Reed Rohlman .667 2-2 9 5 6 4 1 0 1 2 2B, 1-1 SB
Chris Okey .375 2-2 8 2 3 2 2 3 0 2 2B
Weston Wilson .286 2-2 7 2 2 3 1 2 1
Andrew Cox .125 2-2 8 1 1 0 0 2 0
Chase Pinder .125 2-2 8 0 1 0 1 2 0
Eli White .000 2-2 7 2 0 0 2 3 0
Mike Triller .000 2-0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0
Maleeke Gibson .000 1-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Robert Jolly .000 1-0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
Drew Wharton .000 1-0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
Adam Renwick N/A 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jackson Campana N/A 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Player ERA G-S W-L IP H R ER BB SO OBA
Charlie Barnes 0.00 2-0 1-0 3.2 0 0 0 0 3 .000
Patrick Andrews 0.00 1-0 0-0 3.0 2 1 0 1 0 .182
Alex Bostic 0.00 1-0 0-0 1.0 0 0 0 1 2 .000
Paul Campbell 3.86 1-0 0-0 2.1 3 1 1 2 1 .333
Clate Schmidt 7.71 1-1 0-0 4.2 6 5 4 3 3 .375
Pat Kall 12.27 1-0 0-1 3.2 5 5 5 1 5 .533