Clemson travels to Statesboro, Ga., today to take on Georgia Southern in a three-game series this weekend.
No. 23 Clemson (32-17) at Georgia Southern (30-20)
J.I. Clements Stadium Statesboro, GA
Friday, 7:00PM Saturday, 7:00PM Sunday, 1:00PM
Rankings: Clemson – #23 BA, #24 USA GS – NR
The Series
Meetings: 87 (first met in 1959)
Series Record: Clemson leads 57-29-1
Record at GS: Clemson leads 20-16-1
Last Meeting(s): Clemson won 2 of 3 games (13-5, 5-4, 4-6) at Clemson in 2015
- Lee: Lee leads 12-11
The Tigers
2015 Record: 32-29 (16-13; 4th Atlantic) – Fullerton Regional – NR
Preseason: 5th in Atlantic Division (7 teams)
Road Record: 8-10 (12-9 in 2015)
Last Week: Split a midweek home series with College of Charleston (13-4, 4-11) after taking 2 of 3 home games from #6 NC State (10-5, 9-20, 2-1) last weekend
2016 Batting Stats: .277 (6.7 RPG) with 79 2B, 8 3B, 45 HR, 266 BB, 53 HBP, 331 K, 44-62 SB
2016 Pitching Stats: 4.53 ERA, .267 OBA (457 hits), 173 BB & 361 K in 439.1 innings
2016 Fielding Stats: .959 (78 errors in 1881 chances)
The Eagles
Head Coach: Rodney Hennon (17th season at Georgia Southern
2015 Record: 30-27 (18-12; 4th Sun Belt) – N/A – NR
Preseason: 5th in Sun Belt (11 teams)
Home Record: 14-12 (21-10 in 2015)
Last Week: Split a midweek H-&-H series with North Florida (4-14 A, 2-0 H) after taking 2 of 3 games at South Alabama (4-3 (10), 11-9, 0-10) last weekend
2016 Batting Stats: .258 (5.7 RPG) with 61 2B, 10 3B, 24 HR, 185 BB, 78 HBP, 401 K, 63-86 SB
2016 Pitching Stats: 3.78 ERA, .221 OBA (359 hits), 204 BB & 392 K in 452.1 innings
2016 Fielding Stats: .968 (61 errors in 1887 chances)
Projected Starting Lineups
Clemson
C Chris Okey (JR/.332 BA with 11 2B, 9 HR, & 49 RBI in 49 games in 2016)
1B Andrew Cox (*FR/.234 BA with 2 2B, 1 HR, & 11 RBI in 23 games in 2016)
2B Weston Wilson (JR/.286 BA with 11 2B, 4 HR, & 33 RBI in 49 games in 2016)
SS Eli White (JR/.249 BA with 8 2B, 2 HR, & 19 RBI in 49 games in 2016)
3B Jordan Greene (FR/.257 BA with 4 2B, 1 HR, & 7 RBI in 30 games in 2016)
LF Reed Rohlman (*SO/.293 BA with 16 2B, 31 RBI, & 31 R in 49 games in 2016)
CF Chase Pinder (SO/.318 BA with 6 2B, 9 HR, & 35 RBI in 49 games in 2016)
RF Seth Beer (FR/.395 BA with 11 2B, 14 HR, & 55 RBI in 47 games in 2016)
DH Robert Jolly (SO/.241 BA with 3 2B, 10 RBI, & 10 R in 43 games in 2016)
Georgia Southern
C CJ Brazil (JR/.245 BA with 5 2B, 4 HR, & 14 RBI in 45 games in 2016)
1B Ryan Cleveland (JR/.298 BA with 16 12, 12 HR, & 49 RBI in 50 games in 2016)
2B Cal Baker (JR/.261 BA with 3 2B, 1 3B, & 20 RBI in 43 games in 2016)
SS Evan McDonald (JR/.271 BA with 5 2B, 1 HR, & 22 RBI in 47 games in 2016)
3B Kent Rollins (SR/.232 BA with 6 2B, 19 RBI, & 24 R in 45 games in 2016)
LF CJ Ballard (FR/.261 BA with 3 2B, 1 3B, & 18 RBI in 48 games in 2016)
CF Logan Baldwin (SO/.310 BA with 12 2B, 3 3B, & 28 RBI in 50 games in 2016)
RF Jordan Wren (JR/.275 BA with 3 2B, 1 HR, & 20 RBI in 45 games in 2016)
DH Hunter Thomas (*SR/.246 BA with 1 2B, 4 HR, & 18 RBI in 35 games in 2016)
Projected Starting Pitchers
Game One
SO LHP Charlie Barnes (4-4/12 app/12 GS/5.19 ERA (67.2 IP)/.262 OBA (72 hits)/18 BB/59 K)
*JR LHP Evan Challenger (5-3/12 app/12 GS/2.50 ERA (79.1 IP)/.216 OBA (61 hits)/20 BB/60 K)
Game Two
JR LHP Pat Krall (8-1/21 app/1 GS/0.73 ERA (61.2 IP)/.184 OBA (39 hits)/14 BB/51 K)
FR RHP Chase Cohen (4-2/12 app/12 GS/2.23 ERA (60.2 IP)/.178 OBA (38 hits)/25 BB/52 K)
Game Three
Both team’s starters are listed as TBA
Worth Noting
Clemson is 36-15 all-time on May 13 with a 11-10 mark on the road.
The Tigers are 25-24 all-time on May 14 with a 9-15 mark on the road.
Clemson is 27-10 all-time on May 15 with a 16-6 mark on the road.
The Tigers have faced eight of the 11 programs in the Sun Belt (missing Georgia State, Little Rock, and UL Monroe). Clemson is 87-40-1 all-time against those schools, including a 26-19-1 mark on the road.
Coach Lee has only faced three Sun Belt teams (Appalachian State, Georgia Southern, & South Alabama), going 26-19 against the schools.
Tiger Career Stats vs. Georgia Southern
Player AVG G-S AB R H RBI BB K HR Other
Robert Jolly .429 2-2 7 3 3 3 1 1 0 2B
Weston Wilson .375 4-4 16 2 6 1 0 3 0 2B, 1-2 SB
Chris Okey .353 5-5 17 4 6 5 3 3 2 2B, 2 SF, 1-1 SB
Eli White .273 4-3 11 3 3 2 3 1 1 HBP, SF, 1-1 SB
Reed Rohlman .250 3-3 12 1 3 3 1 4 0
Mike Triller .214 5-3 14 1 3 2 0 4 0 2B, 0-1 SB
Andrew Cox .200 3-1 5 1 1 0 1 1 0 HBP
Glenn Batson .000 3-2 4 0 0 0 1 0 0
Adam Renwick .000 1-0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
Drew Wharton .000 2-1 4 0 0 0 1 1 0
Player ERA G-S W-L IP H R ER BB SO OBA
Garrett Lovorn 0.00 1-0 0-0 1.1 0 1 0 1 1 .000
Patrick Andrews 0.00 1-0 0-0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Jackson Campana 0.00 1-0 0-0 1.0 1 0 0 1 2 .250
Hunter Van Horn 0.00 1-0 0-0 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 .000
Alex Bostic 0.00 2-0 0-0 0.2 2 1 0 2 1 .500
Clate Schmidt 0.00 1-0 0-0 0.1 0 0 0 2 0 .000
Pat Krall 10.80 1-0 0-1 1.2 1 2 2 1 1 .200