Clemson hosts No. 6 NC State this weekend in a critical series. TCI previews the Atlantic Division showdown.
No. 6 NC State (31-12, 12-7) @ Clemson (29-15, 11-13)
Doug Kingsmore Stadium v Clemson, SC
Friday, 6:30PM v Saturday, 4:00PM v Sunday, 1:00PM
Rankings: NC State – #11 BA, #9 CB, #6 D1, #9 USA Clemson – NR
The Series
Meetings: 194 (first met in 1921)
Series Record: Clemson leads 114-79-1
Record at Clemson: Clemson leads 57-26-1 (Clemson leads 44-18 at DKS)
Last Meeting(s): NC State won 2 of 3 games (4-6, 8-3, 14-6) at NC State in 2015
- Lee: Lee leads 1-0
The Wolfpack
Head Coach: Elliott Avent (20th season at NC State)
2015 Record: 36-23 (15-14; 5th Atlantic) – Fort Worth Regional – NR
Preseason: 3rd in Atlantic Division (7 teams)
Road Record: 8-5 (9-14 in 2015)
Last Week: Won 2 of 3 home games over Duke (3-2, 12-2, 1-2) last weekend
2016 Batting Stats: .310 (7.0 RPG) with 98 2B, 9 3B, 38 HR, 188 BB, 23 HBP, 328 K, 38-49 SB
2016 Pitching Stats: 3.65 ERA, .248 OBA (355 hits), 172 BB & 373 K in 385.0 innings
2016 Fielding Stats: .974 (44 errors in 1666 chances)
The Tigers
2015 Record: 32-29 (16-13; 4th Atlantic) – Fullerton Regional – NR
Preseason: 5th in Atlantic Division (7 teams)
Home Record: 20-5 (16-14 in 2015)
Last Week: Beat Furman 7-6 (11) at home on Wednesday night after taking 2 of 3 home games from #3 Florida State (10-3, 2-11, 7-3) last weekend
2016 Batting Stats: .273 (6.6 RPG) with 72 2B, 8 3B, 41 HR, 235 BB, 50 HBP, 308 K, 39-54 SB
2016 Pitching Stats: 4.31 ERA, .264 OBA (402 hits), 153 BB & 327 K in 394.1 innings
2016 Fielding Stats: .960 (67 errors in 1683 chances)
Projected Starting Lineups
NC State
C #11 Andrew Knizner (JR/.290 BA with 5 2B, 4 HR, & 22 RBI in 43 games in 2016)
1B #12 Preston Palmeiro (JR/.318 BA with 18 2B, 5 HR, & 39 RBI in 43 games in 2016)
2B #7 Stephen Pitarra (SO/.326 BA with 7 2B, 1 3B, & 16 RBI in 36 games in 2016)
SS #3 Joe Dunand (SO/.305 BA with 13 2B, 3 HR, & 33 RBI in 43 games in 2016)
3B #18 Evan Mendoza (SO/.365 BA with 2 2B, 3 HR, & 17 RBI in 38 games in 2016)
LF #6 Brett Kinneman (FR/.338 BA with 9 2B, 2 HR, & 20 RBI in 25 games in 2016)
CF #15 Josh McLain (SO/.329 BA with 14 2B, 3 HR, & 29 RBI in 39 games in 2016)
RF #13 Brock Deatherage (SO/.336 BA with 6 2B, 4 HR, & 31 RBI in 43 games in 2016)
DH #24 Chance Shepard (SR/.286 BA with 11 2B, 11 HR, & 39 RBI in 42 games in 2016)
Clemson
C #25 Chris Okey (JR/.345 BA with 9 2B, 8 HR, & 46 RBI in 44 games in 2016)
1B #6 Andrew Cox (*FR/.236 BA with 2 2B, 1 HR, & 10 RBI in 19 games in 2016)
2B #8 Weston Wilson (JR/.278 BA with 10 2B, 4 HR, & 31 RBI in 44 games in 2016)
SS #4 Eli White (JR/.237 BA with 8 2B, 1 HR, & 14 RBI in 44 games in 2016)
3B #9 Jordan Greene (FR/.250 BA with 3 2B, 1 HR, & 6 RBI in 25 games in 2016)
LF #26 Reed Rohlman (*SO/.291 BA with 15 2B, 30 RBI, & 25 R in 44 games in 2016)
CF #5 Chase Pinder (SO/.320 BA with 5 2B, 9 HR, & 28 RBI in 44 games in 2016)
RF #28 Seth Beer (FR/.408 BA with 10 2B, 14 HR, & 51 RBI in 42 games in 2016)
DH #10 KJ Bryant (*FR/.250 BA with 1 HR, 7 RBI, & 12 R in 30 games in 2016)
Projected Starting Pitchers
Game One
JR RHP #35 Cory Wilder (3-1/10 app/8 GS/4.12 ERA (39.1 IP)/.232 OBA (33 hits)/19 BB/27 K)
SO LHP #23 Charlie Barnes (3-4/11 app/11 GS/5.11 ERA (61.2 IP)/.261 OBA (65 hits)/16 BB/53 K)
Game Two
SO LHP #38 Brian Brown (6-1/11 app/11 GS/2.29 ERA (59.0 IP)/.223 OBA (46 hits)/19 BB/61 K)
Clemson’s starter is TBA
Game Three
JR LHP #28 Ryan Williamson (7-1/11 app/9 GS/2.98 ERA (57.1 IP)/.236 OBA (49 hits)/34 BB/66 K)
Clemson’s starter is TBA
Worth Noting
- Clemson is 29-25 all-time on May 6 with a 14-11 mark at home.
- The Tigers are 35-16 all-time on May 7 with a 19-6 mark at home.
- Clemson is 26-28-1 all-time on May 8 with a 15-6-1 mark at home.
- NC State has won four of the past five series with the Tigers, including the last two series at Clemson (after the Tigers had won the previous seven series at home).
Tiger Career Stats vs. NC State
Player AVG G-S AB R H RBI BB K HR Other
Robert Jolly 1.000 1-0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0
Drew Wharton 1.000 1-0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
Glenn Batson .500 1-0 2 0 1 3 0 0 0 2B
Adam Renwick .500 1-0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0
Chris Okey .381 6-6 21 4 8 2 3 5 0 2 2B, HBP, 1-1 SB
Maleeke Gibson .333 4-4 15 4 5 2 0 2 0 2B
Reed Rohlman .333 3-3 12 1 4 1 1 1 1 2B
Weston Wilson .318 6-6 22 3 7 4 3 4 1 2 2B
Andrew Cox .300 3-3 10 0 3 0 0 4 0
Chase Pinder .286 3-3 7 0 2 1 3 1 0 HBP
Eli White .200 3-3 10 1 2 0 0 2 0 HBP, SH
Mike Triller .000 2-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jackson Campana .000 1-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Player ERA G-S W-L IP H R ER BB SO OBA
Patrick Andrews 0.00 2-0 0-0 3.1 0 0 0 1 2 .000
Hunter Van Horn 0.00 1-0 0-0 1.1 1 0 0 0 0 .200
Pat Krall 0.00 1-0 0-0 0.2 1 0 0 0 1 .333
Alex Bostic 0.00 1-0 0-0 0.1 2 0 0 0 0 .667
Clate Schmidt 3.45 3-2 0-1 15.2 21 9 6 7 13 .323
Paul Campbell 19.29 2-0 0-0 2.1 4 5 5 1 5 .364
Alex Schnell 27.00 1-0 0-0 1.1 4 4 4 2 0 .571