No. 12 Clemson travels to Duke for an ACC that begins Friday at 6 PM. TCI previews the critical series.
No. 12 Clemson (22-7, 7-5) @ Duke (15-14, 4-8)
Jack Coombs Field v Durham, NC
Friday, 6:00PM v Saturday, 1:00PM v Sunday, 1:00PM
Rankings: Clemson – #21 BA, #17 CB, #12 D1, #16 USA Duke – NR
The Series
Meetings: 197 (first met in 1904)
Series Record: Clemson leads 129-66-2
Record at Duke: Clemson leads 50-28-1
Last Meeting(s): Clemson swept rain shortened two-game series at Clemson in 2015 (6-2, 8-1)
- 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: 7-5 (12-9 in 2015)
Last Week: Won 11-6 at Georgia on Tuesday after taking two of three home games from Pittsburgh (14-6, 5-15, 4-3) last weekend
2016 Batting Stats: .287 (7.3 RPG) with 51 2B, 5 3B, 34 HR, 152 BB, 43 HBP, 214 K, 25-38 SB
2016 Pitching Stats: 3.60 ERA, .243 OBA (239 hits), 105 BB & 254 K in 259.2 innings
2016 Fielding Stats: .961 (43 errors in 1089 chances)
The Blue Devils
Head Coach: Chris Pollard (4th season at Duke)
2015 Record: 31-22 (10-19; 6th ACC Coastal) – no postseason – NR
Preseason: 5th in ACC Coastal Division (7 teams)
Home Record: 11-8 (25-8 in 2015)
Last Week: Beat UNC Greensboro 7-4 at home on Tuesday after taking two of three games at #18 Georgia Tech (2-3, 14-13 in 10, 10-4) last weekend
2016 Batting Stats: .252 (4.4 RPG) with 57 2B, 2 3B, 11 HR, 107 BB, 20 HBP, 178 K, 26-39 SB
2016 Pitching Stats: 3.71 ERA, .244 OBA (237 hits), 107 BB & 226 K in 259.1 innings
2016 Fielding Stats: .974 (30 errors in 1138 chances)
Projected Starting Lineups
Clemson
C #25 Chris Okey (JR/.348 BA with 6 2B, 5 HR, & 28 RBI in 29 games in 2016)
1B #27 Chris Williams (SO/.227 BA with 2 2B, 2 HR, & 12 RBI in 25 games in 2016)
2B #8 Weston Wilson (JR/.307 BA with 8 2B, 3 HR, & 23 RBI in 29 games in 2016)
SS #4 Eli White (JR/.243 BA with 5 2B, 1 HR, & 10 RBI in 29 games in 2016)
3B #9 Jordan Greene (FR/.269 BA with 1 2B, 4 RBI, & 7 R in 12 games in 2016)
LF #26 Reed Rohlman (*SO/.304 BA with 10 2B, 19 RBI, & 20 R in 29 games in 2016)
CF #5 Chase Pinder (SO/.342 BA with 4 2B, 8 HR, & 23 RBI in 29 games in 2016)
RF #28 Seth Beer (FR/.430 BA with 8 2B, 13 HR, & 37 RBI in 27 games in 2016)
DH #10 K.J. Bryant (*FR/.207 BA with 1 HR, 6 RBI, & 9 R in 21 games in 2016)
Duke
C #23 Chris Proctor (FR/.313 BA with 1 2B, 8 RBI, & 11 R in 22 games in 2016)
1B #3 Justin Bellinger (SO/.410 BA with 1 2B, 2 HR, & 10 RBI in 15 games in 2016)
2B #5 Max Miller (SO/.226 BA with 5 2B, 7 RBI, & 11 R in 29 games in 2016)
SS #2 Zack Kone (FR/.262 BA with 2 2B, 6 RBI, & 14 R in 28 games in 2016)
3B #6 Jack Labosky (SO/.274 BA with 9 2B, 4 HR, & 25 RBI in 28 games in 2016)
LF #16 Michael Smiciklas (SO/.250 BA with 3 2B, 3 RBI, & 3 R in 13 games in 2016)
CF #30 Jimmy Herron (FR/.290 BA with 9 2B, 7 RBI, & 14 R in 29 games in 2016)
RF #10 Peter Zyla (SO/.253 BA with 2 2B, 11 RBI, & 5 R in 26 games in 2016)
DH #18 Cris Perez (JR/.286 BA with 10 2B, 1 HR, & 8 RBI in 25 games in 2016)
Projected Starting Pitchers
Game One
SR RHP #32 Clate Schmidt (5-0/7 app/7 GS/4.38 ERA (37.0 IP)/.262 OBA (37 hits)/14 BB/35 K)
JR RHP #36 Bailey Clark (2-3/7 app/7 GS/5.40 ERA (35.0 IP)/.271 OBA (36 hits)/17 BB/39 K)
Game Two
SO LHP #23 Charlie Barnes (2-3/7 app/7 GS/5.26 ERA (37.2 IP)/.255 OBA (39 hits)/12 BB/41 K)
GR LHP #20 Trent Swart (1-1/6 app/6 GS/2.77 ERA (26.0 IP)/.224 OBA (22 hits)/10 BB/21 K)
Game Three
Clemson’s Starter is TBA
GR RHP #28 Brian McAfee (4-2/7 app/7 GS/4.02 ERA (47.0 IP)/.261 OBA (47 hits)/7 BB/34 K)
Worth Noting
- Clemson is 43-16 all-time on April 8 with a 14-9 mark on the road.
- The Tigers are 36-19 all-time on April 9 with a 10-12 mark on the road.
- Clemson is 31-26 all-time on April 10 with a 12-13 mark on the road.
- The series will be played on Duke’s campus at Jack Coombs Field, the only ACC home series for the Blue Devils that will not be played at Durham Bulls Athletic Park.
Tiger Career Stats vs. Duke
Player AVG G-S AB R H RBI BB K HR Other
Drew Wharton 1.000 1-0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
Chase Pinder .500 2-2 6 1 3 2 1 1 0 2B
Chris Okey .455 3-3 11 5 5 2 1 1 0
Weston Wilson .333 2-1 3 2 1 0 1 1 0
Glenn Batson .286 2-2 7 0 2 0 0 1 0 HBP
Reed Rohlman .250 2-2 8 1 2 1 0 1 0
Andrew Cox .000 3-2 8 0 0 0 0 0 0
Eli White .000 2-2 7 2 0 1 3 3 0
Mike Triller .000 3-0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
Maleeke Gibson .000 2-0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Adam Renwick .000 1-0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
Player ERA G-S W-L IP H R ER BB SO OBA
Pat Krall 0.00 1-0 0-0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Patrick Andrews * 2.45 2-0 0-0 3.2 3 1 1 0 1 .250
Clate Schmidt 7.71 1-1 0-0 4.2 9 4 4 1 3 .409
Jackson Campana 9.00 1-0 0-0 1.0 1 1 1 2 0 .333
* – has one save.