Wofford Preview

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)

  1. 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