Clemson opens conference play with a series at Wake Forest this weekend. TCI previews the series with the Deacons.
#20 Clemson (9-2) @ Wake Forest (10-4)
Wake Forest Baseball Park v Winston-Salem, NC
Friday, 6:00PM v Saturday, 4:00PM v Sunday, 1:00PM
Rankings: Clemson – #20 CB Wake Forest- NR
The Series
Meetings: 184 (first met in 1901)
Series Record: Clemson leads 127-56-1
Record at WF: Clemson leads 48-31
Last Meeting(s): Wake Forest won 2 of 3 games at Clemson last season (8-2, 7-3, 2-6)
- Lee: N/A
The Tigers
2015 Record: 32-29 (16-13; 4th in ACC Atlantic) – Fullerton Regional – NR
Preseason: 5th in ACC Atlantic Division (7 teams)
Road Record: 0-1 (12-9 in 2015)
Last Week: Beat Winthrop 4-3 at home on Wednesday after taking two of three games from #18 South Carolina over the weekend (1-8 at SC, 5-0 at Fluor Field, 4-1 at Clemson)
2016 Batting Stats: .286 (7.2 RPG) with 18 2B, 3 3B, 9 HR, 57 BB, 19 HBP, 71 K, 11-13 SB
2016 Pitching Stats: 2.02 ERA, .206 OBA (73 hits), 32 BB & 100 K in 98.0 innings
2016 Fielding Stats: .973 (11 errors in 406 chances)
The Demon Deacons
Head Coach: Tom Walter (7th season at WF)
2015 Record: 27-26 (12-18; 6th in ACC Atlantic) – no postseason – NR
Preseason: 5th in ACC Atlantic Division (7 teams)
Home Record: 8-1 (17-12 in 2015)
Last Week: Split two games at Coastal Carolina (11-0, 6-7) after winning two of three home games over the weekend (Towson 8-4, Harvard 3-6, Richmond 17-4)
2016 Batting Stats: .270 (7.1 RPG) with 34 2B, 2 3B, 12 HR, 78 BB, 21 HBP, 98 K, 13-16 SB
2016 Pitching Stats: 3.95 ERA, .240 OBA (109 hits), 68 BB & 109 K in 123.0 innings
2016 Fielding Stats: .981 (10 errors in 532 chances)
Projected Starting Lineups
Clemson
C #25 Chris Okey (JR/.257 BA with 1 2B, 2 HR, & 15 RBI in 11 games in 2016)
1B #6 Andrew Cox (*JR/.308 BA with 1 2B, 1 3B, & 4 RBI in 7 games in 2016)
2B #8 Weston Wilson (JR/.375 BA with 2 2B, 4 RBI, & 9 R in 11 games in 2016)
SS #4 Eli White (JR/.282 BA with 3 2B, 4 RBI, & 12 R in 11 games in 2016)
3B #11 Adam Renwick (SO/.194 BA with 1 2B, 5 RBI, & 7 R in 11 games in 2016)
LF #26 Reed Rohlman (*SO/.317 BA with 5 2B, 9 RBI, & 7 R in 11 games in 2016)
CF #5 Chase Pinder (SO/.368 BA with 1 3B, 4 HR, & 12 RBI in 11 games in 2016)
RF #28 Seth Beer (FR/.400 BA with 2 2B, 3 HR, & 12 RBI in 11 games in 2016)
DH #12 Robert Jolly (SO/.235 BA with 1 2B, 1 RBI, & 2 R in 10 games in 2016)
Wake Forest
C #9 Ben Breazeale (JR/.244 BA with 2 2B, 1 HR, & 12 RBI in 13 games in 2016)
1B #24 Gavin Sheets (SO/.273 BA with 2 2B, 1 HR, & 12 RBI in 14 games in 2016)
2B #10 Nate Mondou (JR/.277 BA with 2 2B, 1 HR, & 9 RBI in 14 games in 2016)
SS #2 Johnny Aiello (FR/.178 BA with 2 2B, 3 HR, & 5 RBI in 13 games in 2016)
3B #22 Will Craig (JR/.455 BA with 6 2B, 5 HR, & 22 RBI in 14 games in 2016)
LF #7 Kevin Conway (*SR/.333 BA with 6 2B, 1 HR, & 10 RBI in 14 games in 2016)
CF #4 Stuart Fairchild (SO/.186 BA with 3 2B, 7 RBI, & 10 R in 14 games in 2016)
RF #8 Joey Rodriguez (SR/.218 BA with 5 2B, 4 RBI, & 14 R in 14 games in 2016)
DH #11 Jonathan Pryor (JR/.344 BA with 4 2B, 4 RBI, & 11 R in 11 games in 2016)
Projected Starting Pitchers
Game One
SO LHP #23 Charlie Barnes (1-1/3 app/3 GS/3.31 ERA (16.1 IP)/.227 OBA (15 hits)/4 BB/18 K)
JR RHP #36 Parker Dunshee (2-1/3 app/3GS/3.71 ERA (17.0 IP)/.299 OBA (20 hits)/5 BB/22 K)
Game Two
SR RHP #32 Clate Schmidt (3-0/3 app/3GS/4.97 ERA (17.1 IP)/.203 OBA (12 hits)/8 BB/15 K)
JR RHP #3 Connor Johnstone (1-1/3 app/3 GS/7.41 EPA (17.0 IP)/.319 OBA (22 hits)/4 BB/8 K)
Game Three
*FR RHP #16 Alex Eubanks (2-1/4 app/1 GS/1.06 ERA (17.0 IP)/.167 OBA (10 hits)/2 BB/20 K)
SO RHP #23 Drew Loepprich (2-0/3 app/3 GS/1.80 ERA (20.0 IP)/.214 OBA (15 hits)/3 BB/13 K)
Worth Noting
- Clemson is 17-10 all-time on March 11 with a 0-3 mark on the road.
- The Tigers are 24-6 all-time on March 12 with a 3-4 mark on the road.
- Clemson is 22-6 all-time on March 13 with a 5-2 mark on the road.
- The Tigers and Demon Deacons have met every season since 1954.
- While this will be Coach Lee’s first ACC series at Clemson, he has faced six ACC programs and compiled a 5-10 record against them. (Clemson 1-4, Florida State 0-2, Georgia Tech 0-2, NC State 1-0, North Carolina 2-2, & Virginia Tech 1-0)
Tiger Career Stats vs. Wake Forest
Player AVG G-S AB R H RBI BB K HR Other
Chase Pinder .444 3-3 9 3 4 1 1 0 0 2B, 2 HBP
Eli White .300 4-3 10 1 3 3 1 3 1 2-2 SB
Reed Rohlman .250 3-3 12 1 3 0 0 3 0 2B
Chris Okey .217 6-6 23 4 5 8 1 3 1 2 SF, 1-1 SB
Andrew Cox .182 5-3 11 1 2 2 0 2 0 SF
Weston Wilson .176 5-5 17 3 3 1 3 4 0 SH, 1-1 SB
Drew Wharton .000 2-1 4 0 0 0 0 1 0
Mike Triller .000 4-0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
Maleeke Gibson N/A 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Adam Renwick N/A 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Player ERA G-S W-L IP H R ER BB SO OBA
Patrick Andrews 0.00 3-0 0-0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1 .111
Alex Bostic 0.00 1-0 0-0 0.2 1 2 0 1 1 .250
Paul Campbell 2.70 1-0 0-0 3.1 5 1 1 0 4 .333
Clate Schmidt 6.14 2-1 0-1 7.1 7 6 5 5 4 .269