No. 22 Clemson hosts Georgia Tech this weekend in a series that is critical to the Tigers postseason hopes. TCI previews the series with the Jackets.
Georgia Tech (25-12, 8-9) @ No. 22 Clemson (25-12, 8-10)
Doug Kingsmore Stadium v Clemson, SC
Friday, 6:30PM v Saturday, 6:30PM v Sunday, 1:00PM
Rankings: Georgia Tech – NR Clemson – #22 D1, #23 USA
The Series
Meetings: 217 (first met in 1902)
Series Record: Clemson leads 108-106-3
Record at Clemson: Clemson leads 47-24-1 (Clemson leads 37-17 at DKS)
Last Meeting(s): Georgia Tech won 2 of 3 home games (4-2, 3-11, 5-4 in 10) in 2015
- Lee: Lee trails 0-2
The Yellow Jackets
Head Coach: Danny Hall (23rd season at Georgia Tech)
2015 Record: 32-23 (13-17; 5th Coastal) – N/A – NR
Preseason: 4th in Coastal Division (7 teams)
Road Record: 8-5 (9-13 in 2015)
Last Week: Lost 9-8 to Mercer Tuesday & won 11-5 at Georgia State Wednesday after dropping two of three games to #12 NC State (3-8, 6-15, 16-7) last weekend
2016 Batting Stats: .308 (7.0 RPG) with 87 2B, 5 3B, 32 HR, 133 BB, 31 HBP, 264 K, 31-45 SB
2016 Pitching Stats: 4.31 ERA, .267 OBA (339 hits), 151 BB & 272 K in 336.0 innings
2016 Fielding Stats: .967 (51 errors in 1528 chances)
The Tigers
2015 Record: 32-29 (16-13; 4th Atlantic) – Fullerton Regional – NR
Preseason: 5th in Atlantic Division (7 teams)
Home Record: 16-2 (16-14 in 2015)
Last Week: Beat Georgia 12-0 Tuesday after being swept at #6 Louisville (2-15, 2-7, 8-9) last weekend
2016 Batting Stats: .279 (6.8 RPG) with 61 2B, 8 3B, 37 HR, 192 BB, 46 HBP, 276 K, 34-47 SB
2016 Pitching Stats: 3.92 ERA, .254 OBA (319 hits), 126 BB & 294 K in 328.1 innings
2016 Fielding Stats: .959 (57 errors in 1396 chances)
Projected Starting Lineups
Georgia Tech
C #7 Arden Pabst (JR/.250 BA with 2 2B, 2 HR, & 8 RBI in 23 games in 2016)
1B #11 Tristin English (FR/.333 BA with 15 2B, 1 HR, & 25 RBI in 34 games in 2016)
2B #3 Wade Bailey (SO/.301 BA with 9 2B, 4 HR, & 17 RBI in 37 games in 2016)
SS #15 Connor Justus (JR/.373 BA with 13 2B, 3 HR, & 25 RBI in 37 games in 2016)
3B #22 Trevor Craport (SO/.330 BA with 6 2B, 1 HR, & 15 RBI in 30 games in 2016)
LF #14 Matt Gonzalez (SR/.365 BA with 10 2B, 5 HR, & 30 RBI in 33 games in 2016)
CF #6 Ryan Peurifoy (JR/.225 BA with 6 2B, 1 HR, & 15 RBI in 35 games in 2016)
RF #25 Kel Johnson (SO/.333 BA with 11 2B, 8 HR, & 35 RBI in 36 games in 2016)
DH #9 Joey Bart (FR/.349 BA with 7 2B, 24 RBI, & 20 R in 29 games in 2016)
Clemson
C #25 Chris Okey (JR/.348 BA with 6 2B, 7 HR, & 37 RBI in 37 games in 2016)
1B #27 Chris Williams (SO/.235 BA with 4 2B, 2 HR, & 15 RBI in 33 games in 2016)
2B #8 Weston Wilson (JR/.301 BA with 9 2B, 3 HR, & 26 RBI in 37 games in 2016)
SS #4 Eli White (JR/.229 BA with 7 2B, 1 HR, & 11 RBI in 37 games in 2016)
3B #9 Jordan Greene (FR/.209 BA with 2 2B, 5 RBI, & 12 R in 18 games in 2016)
LF #26 Reed Rohlman (*SO/.283 BA with 13 2B, 24 RBI, & 22 R in 37 games in 2016)
CF #5 Chase Pinder (SO/.326 BA with 4 2B, 8 HR, & 24 RBI in 37 games in 2016)
RF #28 Seth Beer (FR/.427 BA with 8 2B, 14 HR, & 44 RBI in 35 games in 2016)
DH #10 K.J. Bryant (*FR/.256 BA with 1 HR, 7 RBI, & 11 R in 24 games in 2016)
Projected Starting Pitchers
Game One
JR RHP #10 Brandon Gold (4-2/9 app/9 GS/2.67 ERA (57.1 IP)/.276 OBA (59 hits)/14 BB/50 K)
SO LHP #23 Charlie Barnes (3-4/9 app/9 GS/4.67 ERA (52.0 IP)/.246 OBA (51 hits)/13 BB/48 K)
Game Two
*SR RHP #36 Cole Pitts (3-2/9 app/9 GS/5.68 ERA (38.0 IP)/.283 OBA (41 hits)/15 BB/38 K)
*FR RHP #16 Alex Eubanks (2-3/12 app/7 GS/4.56 ERA (47.1 IP)/.263 OBA (50 hits)/10 BB/46 K)
Game Three
Both team’s starters are listed as TBA
Worth Noting
- Clemson is 33-23 all-time on April 22 with a 14-5 mark at home.
- The Tigers are 31-20 all-time on April 23 with a 19-9 mark at home.
- Clemson is 34-22-2 all-time on April 24 with a 20-8-1 mark at home.
- The Yellow Jackets are making their first appearance in Clemson since 2013 while the Tigers have won four straight home series (2007, 2009, 2011, 2013) over Georgia Tech.
Tiger Career Stats vs. Georgia Tech
Player AVG G-S AB R H RBI BB K HR Other
Robert Jolly 1.000 1-0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
Maleeke Gibson .500 3-1 8 5 4 4 0 0 0 1-1 SB
Glenn Batson .500 1-1 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 2B, SF
Andrew Cox .333 4-3 12 2 4 2 0 1 0 1-1 SB
Eli White .308 3-3 13 4 4 4 1 4 2 3B, HBP, 0-1 SB
Reed Rohlman .231 3-3 13 0 3 1 1 2 0
Chase Pinder .200 3-3 10 0 2 0 1 2 0
Weston Wilson .200 3-3 10 2 2 2 2 4 1 2B
Chris Okey .167 4-4 12 3 2 0 5 1 0 HBP
Mike Triller .000 1-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Drew Wharton .000 1-0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
Adam Renwick N/A 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 HBP
Player ERA G-S W-L IP H R ER BB SO OBA
Pat Krall 0.00 1-0 0-0 0.2 1 0 0 1 0 .333
Patrick Andrews 2.45 1-0 0-0 3.2 2 1 1 1 3 .154
Clate Schmidt 4.80 4-2 0-3 15.0 23 11 8 3 11 .338