Clemson will host Charleston Southern Tuesday at Doug Kingsmore Stadium in Clemson. It will be the Tigers home finale of the regular season. First pitch is set for 6:30 p.m.
Charleston Southern (18-31) at No.18 Clemson (34-18)
Doug Kingsmore Stadium v Clemson, SC v Tuesday, 6:30PM
Rankings: CSU – NR Clemson – #23 BA, #19, D1, #18 USA
The Series
Meetings: 18 (first met in 1976)
Series Record: Clemson leads 17-1
Record at Clemson: Clemson leads 14-1 (Clemson leads 14-1 at DKS)
Last Meeting(s): Charleston Southern won 4-3 (10 inn) at Clemson in 2015
- Lee: Lee leads 14-1
The Buccaneers
Head Coach: Stuart Lake (8th season at CSU)
2015 Record: 23-30 (10-14; 7th Big South) – no postseason – NR
Preseason: 7th in Big South (out of 11 teams)
Road Record: 4-16 (9-14 in 2015)
Last Week: Won 1-0 at North Carolina Central on Wednesday before dropping 2 of 3 games to #20 Coastal Carolina (6-4, 3-9, 0-6) last weekend
2016 Batting Stats: .277 (4.5 RPG) with 63 2B, 12 3B, 16 HR, 160 BB, 34 HBP, 281 K, 32-45 SB
2016 Pitching Stats: 4.59 ERA, .282 OBA (475 hits), 172 BB & 380 K in 429.1 innings
2016 Fielding Stats: .961 (70 errors in 1795 chances)
The Tigers
2015 Record: 32-29 (16-13; 4th in ACC Atlantic) – Fullerton Regional – NR
Preseason: 5th in ACC Atlantic Division (7 teams)
Home Record: 23-7 (16-14 in 2015)
Last Week: Split midweek home series with College of Charleston (13-4, 4-11) before winning 2 of 3 games at Georgia Southern (12-1, 6-7, 17-4) last weekend
2016 Batting Stats: .277 (7.0 RPG) with 82 2B, 8 3B, 53 HR, 278 BB, 58 HBP, 355 K, 48-68 SB
2016 Pitching Stats: 4.46 ERA, .266 OBA (481 hits), 180 BB & 383 K in 466.0 innings
2016 Fielding Stats: .960 (79 errors in 1991 chances)
Projected Starting Lineups
Charleston Southern
C #25 Mike Sconzo (SO/.295 BA with 5 2B, 17 RBI, & 18 R in 47 games in 2016)
1B #42 Bryan Dye (SR/.231 BA with 3 2B, 3 HR, & 18 RBI in 37 games in 2016)
2B #8 Ryan Maksim (SR/.248 BA with 6 2B, 21 RBI, & 14 R in 46 games in 2016)
SS #10 Cole Murphy (SR/.239 BA with 6 2B, 2 HR, & 16 RBI in 49 games in 2016)
3B #12 Nate Blanchard (JR/.310 BA with 10 2B, 2 HR, & 22 RBI in 49 games in 2016)
LF #9 Sly Edwards (SR/.348 BA with 6 2B, 6 3B, & 22 RBI in 49 games in 2016)
CF #1 Brandon Burris (SR/.256 BA with 4 2B, 8 RBI, & 14 R in 42 games in 2016)
RF #3 Chris Singleton (SO/.343 BA with 11 2B, 4 HR, & 34 RBI in 49 games in 2016)
DH #13 Mason McClellan (SO/.293 BA with 3 2B, 2 HR, & 10 RBI in 31 games in 2016)
Clemson
C #25 Chris Okey (JR/.345 BA with 12 2B, 11 HR, & 57 RBI in 52 games in 2016)
1B #27 Chris Williams (SO/.236 BA with 4 2B, 5 HR, & 27 RBI in 45 games in 2016)
2B #8 Weston Wilson (JR/.282 BA with 11 2B, 5 HR, & 36 RBI in 52 games in 2016)
SS #4 Eli White (JR/.253 BA with 8 2B, 2 HR, & 22 RBI in 52 games in 2016)
3B #9 Jordan Greene (FR/.264 BA with 4 2B, 1 HR, & 7 RBI in 32 games in 2016)
LF #26 Reed Rohlman (*SO/.294 BA with 18 2B, 34 RBI, & 32 R in 52 games in 2016)
CF #5 Chase Pinder (SO/.308 BA with 6 2B, 9 HR, & 35 RBI in 52 games in 2016)
RF #28 Seth Beer (FR/.392 BA with 11 2B, 15 HR, & 57 RBI in 50 games in 2016)
DH #6 Andrew Cox (*JR/.243 BA with 2 2B, 2 HR, & 14 RBI in 26 games in 2016)
Projected Starting Pitchers
SR RHP #24 Jon Piriz (2-4/14 app/7 GS/5.07 ERA (49.2 IP)/.292 OBA (57 hits)/16 BB/40 K)
SR RHP #32 Clate Schmidt (5-4/14 app/11 GS/5.18 ERA (64.1 IP)/.319 OBA (82 hits)/18 BB/51 K)
Worth Noting
- Clemson is 17-11 all-time on May 17 with a 4-1 mark at home.
- The Tigers have faced two Big South opponents in 2016, beating Winthrop 4-3 on March 9 and Presbyterian College 8-4 on March 22.
- Clemson has faced nine of the 11 programs currently in the Big South (missing Longwood & Radford). The Tigers are 172-46 all-time against those schools, including a 126-25 mark at home.
- Coach Lee has faced eight of the nine current Big South programs (missing Gardner-Webb, Liberty, & Longwood), going 44-17 against those schools.
Tiger Career Stats vs. Charleston Southern
Player AVG G-S AB R H RBI BB K HR Other
Chris Okey .600 1-1 5 0 3 0 0 0 0
Drew Wharton .333 1-1 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 SH
Adam Renwick .250 1-1 4 1 1 0 0 1 0
Reed Rohlman .200 1-1 5 0 1 2 0 2 0
Glenn Batson .000 1-1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 SH
Andrew Cox .000 1-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mike Triller .000 1-1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Eli White .000 1-1 4 1 0 0 1 2 0
Weston Wilson .000 1-0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0
Player ERA G-S W-L IP H R ER BB SO OBA
Patrick Andrews 0.00 1-0 1-0 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 .333
Clate Schmidt 1.29 1-1 0-0 7.0 8 2 1 2 3 .286
Pat Krall 6.75 1-0 0-0 1.1 1 1 1 0 1 .200
Alex Bostic 9.00 1-0 0-1 1.0 2 1 1 1 0 .500