DURHAM, N.C. — Clemson battles Atlantic Division rival Florida State for the ACC Championship on Sunday. The Clemson Insider previews the title game as the Tigers look to secure a national seed.
No. 6 Clemson (41-18) vs. No. 4 Florida State (37-19)
Sunday; 10 am at Durham Bulls Athletic Park, Durham, NC
Rankings: Clemson – No. 15 BA, No. 12 D1, No. 15 USA FSU – No. 18 BA, No. 11 CB, No. 16 D1, No. 13 USA
The Series
Meetings: 138 (first met in 1958)
Series Record: Florida State leads 72-65-1
Neutral Record: Series tied 13-13 (FSU lead 12-9 in ACCT, 3-1 in Durham, and 3-1 at DBAP)
Last Meeting(s): Clemson won 2 of 3 games at Clemson in 2016 (10-3, 2-11, 7-3)
- Lee: Lee trails 2-3
ACC Baseball Championship Games
Clemson Record: 9-12 (never as #6 seed)
Clemson Titles: 1976, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1994, 2006
Florida State Record: 6-5 (1-1 as the #4 seed)
Florida State Titles: 1995, 1997, 2002, 2004, 2010, 2015 (1 in Durham/1 at DBAP)
Record Against: Florida State leads 3-1 (CU title in 1994/FSU titles in 1995, 1997, 2002)
The Tigers
2015 Record: 32-25 (16-13; 4th Atlantic) – Fullerton Regional – NR
Preseason: 5th in ACC Atlantic Division (7 teams)
Neutral Record: 4-0 (4-6 in 2015)
ACC Tournament: Defeated #3 Virginia 5-4 Thursday, #2 Louisville 5-3 Friday, and #10 Wake Forest 5-4 Saturday
2016 Batting Stats: .269 (6.8 RPG) with 95 2B, 9 3B, 63 HR, 320 BB, 65 HBP, 405 K, 55-78 SB
2016 Pitching Stats: 4.19 ERA, .262 OBA (530 hits), 190 BB & 428 K in 522.0 innings
2016 Fielding Stats: .961 (89 errors in 2274 chances)
The Seminoles
Head Coach: Mike Martin (37th season at Florida State)
2015 Record: 44-21 (17-13; T-2nd Atlantic) – Gainesville SR – #15 BA, #12 CB, #13 USA
Preseason: 2th in ACC Atlantic Division (7 teams)
Neutral Record: 3-1 (5-0 in 2015)
ACC Tournament: Defeated #5 NC State 7-3 Wednesday, #9 Georgia Tech 6-1 Thursday, and #1 Miami (FL) 5-4 Saturday
2016 Batting Stats: .295 (7.2 RPG) with 122 2B, 11 3B, 46 HR, 292 BB, 83 HBP, 372 K, 60-76 SB
2016 Pitching Stats: 3.56 ERA, .240 OBA (455 hits), 201 BB & 462 K in 506.0 innings
2016 Fielding Stats: .970 (65 errors in 2184 chances)
Projected Starting Lineups
Clemson
C #25 Chris Okey (JR/.330 BA with 14 2B, 12 HR, & 62 RBI in 59 games in 2016)
1B #6 Andrew Cox (*JR/.222 BA with 2 2B, 2 HR, & 15 RBI in 32 games in 2016)
2B #8 Weston Wilson (JR/.277 BA with 12 2B, 6 HR, & 39 RBI in 58 games in 2016)
SS #4 Eli White (JR/.256 BA with 11 2B, 2 HR, & 24 RBI in 59 games in 2016)
3B #27 Chris Williams (SO/.229 BA with 4 2B, 7 HR, & 30 RBI in 52 games in 2016)
LF #26 Reed Rohlman (*SO/.281 BA with 20 2B, 2 HR, & 39 RBI in 59 games in 2016)
CF #5 Chase Pinder (SO/.295 BA with 8 2B, 10 HR, & 39 RBI in 59 games in 2016)
RF #28 Seth Beer (FR/.367 BA with 12 2B, 16 HR, & 62 RBI in 57 games in 2016)
DH #35 Mike Triller (*GR/.219 BA with 2 2B, 3 HR, & 9 RBI in 23 games in 2016)
Florida State
C #35 Cal Raleigh (FR/.300 BA with 15 2B, 9 HR, & 45 RBI in 56 games in 2016)
1B #28 Dylan Busby (SO/.310 BA with 13 2B, 10 HR, & 44 RBI in 56 games in 2016)
2B #24 Matt Henderson (JR/.224 BA with 5 2B, 1 3B, & 11 RBI in 53 games in 2016)
SS #10 Taylor Walls (SO/.356 BA with 16 2B, 6 HR, & 40 RBI in 56 games in 2016)
3B #12 John Sansone (SR/.370 BA with 22 2B, 9 HR, & 60 RBI in 56 games in 2016)
LF #2 Jackson Lueck (FR/.413 BA with 8 2B, 2 HR, & 27 RBI in 40 games in 2016)
CF #21 Ben DeLuzio (JR/.251 BA with 11 2B, 1 HR, & 24 RBI in 56 games in 2016)
RF #7 Steven Wells (FR/.197 BA with 1 2B, 10 RBI, & 11 R in 44 games in 2016)
DH #29 Quincy Nieporte (JR/.294 BA with 11 2B, 5 HR, & 35 RBI in 47 games in 2016)
Projected Starting Pitchers
FR RHP #19 Brooks Crawford (3-0/23 app/1 GS/3.07 ERA (41.0 IP)/.256 OBA (41 hits)/15 BB/22 K)
*SR RHP #17 Mike Compton (5-3/13 app/12 GS/4.42 ERA (59.0 IP)/.273 OBA (64 hits)/18 BB/30 K)
Tiger Career Stats vs. Florida State
Player AVG G-S AB R H RBI BB K HR Other
Jordan Greene .571 3-2 7 1 4 0 1 0 0 2B, 1-1 SB
Seth Beer .500 3-3 10 2 5 4 4 0 0 2B
Reed Rohlman .500 7-7 26 4 13 11 2 1 1 5 2B, 2 SF
Drew Wharton .500 2-0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 1-1 SB
KJ Bryant .333 3-3 9 1 3 0 1 1 0 SH
Chris Okey .333 10-10 39 6 13 8 4 11 1 5 2B, HBP, 1-1 SB
Chase Pinder .333 3-3 12 3 4 1 2 0 0 2B
Robert Jolly .267 5-4 15 1 4 0 2 3 0 SH
Eli White .226 8-7 31 6 7 1 3 6 0 2B, SH, 1-2 SB
Weston Wilson .216 10-10 37 3 8 6 2 7 1 2B, SH
Andrew Cox .182 7-7 22 3 4 1 2 6 0 2B, 2 SH
Glenn Batson .000 3-0 4 0 0 0 0 2 0
Adam Renwick .000 3-1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 HBP
Mike Triller .000 2-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chris Williams .000 1-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Player ERA G-S W-L IP H R ER BB SO OBA
Pat Krall * 0.00 3-0 1-0 9.1 3 0 0 1 11 .094
Alex Eubanks 0.00 1-0 1-0 2.2 1 0 0 2 2 .167
Brooks Crawford 0.00 1-0 0-0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1 .125
Ryley Gilliam 0.00 1-0 0-0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1 .143
Patrick Andrews 4.50 4-0 1-0 10.0 9 5 5 6 4 .265
Clate Schmidt 4.91 3-1 0-2 7.1 8 6 4 1 2 .320
Charlie Barnes 6.23 1-1 0-0 4.1 6 3 3 2 3 .333
Alex Schnell 9.00 1-1 0-0 2.0 5 3 2 1 0 .556
Paul Campbell 13.50 1-0 0-0 0.2 0 1 1 2 0 .000
Alex Bostic 20.25 1-0 0-0 1.1 3 4 3 3 1 .375
* – has one save.