Clemson opens the Clemson Regional with a familiar foe tonight when it battles Western Carolina. The Clemson Insider previews the Western Carolina game, which begins at 7 p.m.
Western Carolina (30-29) at Clemson (42-18)
Doug Kingsmore Stadium, Clemson, SC, Friday, 7 p.m.
Rankings: WCU – NR CU – 9 BA, 11 CB, 7 D1, 10 USA
The Series
Meetings: 77 (first met in 1974)
Series Record: Clemson leads 61-16
Record at Clemson: Clemson leads 42-5 (Clemson leads 42-5 at DKS)
Last Meeting(s): Clemson swept both meetings in 2016 (10-8 at WCU/7-6 (10) at CU)
- Lee: Lee leads 12-8
The Catamounts
Head Coach: Bobby Moranda (9th season at WCU)
2015 Record: 21-30 (11-13; T-6th in SoCOn) – no postseason – NR
Preseason: 4th in Coaches & Media Polls (out of 9 teams)
Road Record: 12-17 (5-16 in 2015)
Last Week: Went 5-1 to win the SoCon Baseball Championship at Fluor Field (10-9 vs. Wofford on Wed, 14-4 vs. Samford on Thu, 8-9 vs. Mercer on Sat, 7-4 vs. Samford on Sat, 4-2 vs. Mercer on Sun, 3-2 vs. Mercer on Sun)
2016 Batting Stats: .304 (7.4 RPG) with 91 2B, 13 3B, 71 HR, 263 BB, 94 HBP, 329 K, 90-119 SB
2016 Pitching Stats: 5.96 ERA, .298 OBA (608 hits), 285 BB & 498 K in 514.2 innings
2016 Fielding Stats: .964 (78 errors in 2180 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: 24-7 (16-14 in 2015)
Last Week: Went 4-0 to win the ACC Baseball Championship at Durham Bulls Athletic Park (5-4 vs. Virginia on Thu, 5-3 vs. Louisville on Fri, 5-4 vs. Wake Forest on Sat, 18-13 vs. Florida State on Sun)
2016 Batting Stats: .271 (7.0 RPG) with 102 2B, 10 3B, 63 HR, 327 BB, 67 HBP, 416 K, 56-79 SB
2016 Pitching Stats: 4.33 ERA, .262 OBA (550 hits), 201 BB & 445 K in 540.0 innings
2016 Fielding Stats: .961 (90 errors in 2309 chances)
Projected Starting Lineups
Western Carolina
C #21 Danny Bermudez (SR/.295 BA with 11 2B, 6 HR, & 36 RBI in 58 games in 2016)
1B #17 Matt Smith (JR/.387 BA with 10 2B, 10 HR, & 52 RBI in 59 games in 2016)
2B #3 J.D. Long (*JR/.230 BA with 6 2B, 5 HR, & 38 RBI in 55 games in 2016)
SS #5 Brett Pope (SO/.288 BA with 3 2B, 2 3B, & 10 RBI in 28 games in 2016)
3B #15 Caleb Robinson (SO/.291 BA with 10 2B, 5 HR, & 35 RBI in 57 games in 2016)
LF #2 Kramer Ferrell (JR/.332 BA with 9 2B, 8 HR, & 63 RBI in 57 games in 2016)
CF #10 Garrett Brown (SR/.325 BA with 11 2B, 4 HR, & 34 RBI in 55 games in 2016)
RF #12 Bryson Bowman (*JR/.336 BA with 13 2B, 19 HR, & 58 RBI in 58 games in 2016)
DH #36 Andrew Bullock (FR/.338 BA with 1 2B, 6 HR, & 16 RBI in 33 games in 2016)
Clemson
C #25 Chris Okey (JR/.330 BA with 16 2B, 12 HR, & 66 RBI in 60 games in 2016)
1B #6 Andrew Cox (*JR/.222 BA with 2 2B, 2 HR, & 15 RBI in 33 games in 2016)
2B #8 Weston Wilson (JR/.275 BA with 12 2B, 6 HR, & 39 RBI in 59 games in 2016)
SS #4 Eli White (JR/.263 BA with 13 2B, 2 HR, & 27 RBI in 60 games in 2016)
3B #27 Chris Williams (SO/.231 BA with 5 2B, 7 HR, & 32 RBI in 53 games in 2016)
LF #26 Reed Rohlman (*SO/.279 BA with 20 2B, 2 HR, & 41 RBI in 60 games in 2016)
CF #5 Chase Pinder (SO/.297 BA with 8 2B, 10 HR, & 43 RBI in 60 games in 2016)
RF #28 Seth Beer (FR/.372 BA with 12 2B, 16 HR, & 63 RBI in 58 games in 2016)
DH #35 Mike Triller (*GR/.263 BA with 4 2B, 3 HR, & 9 RBI in 24 games in 2016)
Projected Starting Pitchers
JR LHP #32 Bryan Sammons (8-3/17 app/17 GS/5.51 ERA (98.0 IP)/.297 OBA (113 hits)/55 BB/88 K)
SO LHP #23 Charlie Barnes (5-4/15 app/15 GS/4.48 ERA (88.1 IP)/.253 OBA (89 hits)/21 BB/78 K)
Tiger Career Stats vs. Western Carolina
Player AVG G-S AB R H RBI BB K HR Other
Seth Beer .667 1-1 3 1 2 2 2 0 1 1-1 SB
Mike Triller .600 6-0 10 3 6 3 1 1 0 2B
Chris Williams .571 2-2 7 5 4 2 0 2 0 2B, HBP
Glenn Batson .500 2-1 6 0 3 3 0 1 0 2 2B, SF
KJ Bryant .500 1-1 2 1 1 2 1 1 0 HBP, SH
Chris Okey .458 6-6 24 11 11 7 3 2 1 2 2B, HBP, 0-1 SB
Reed Rohlman .364 4-4 11 5 4 3 6 4 0 HBP
Eli White .333 6-5 21 5 7 6 1 6 0 2 2B, SF, 3-3 SB
Adam Renwick .250 2-0 4 0 1 1 0 2 0
Weston Wilson .222 6-6 18 3 4 4 4 7 0 SH, 1-2 SB
Drew Wharton .182 4-2 11 2 2 3 0 4 0 2B, 2 SF
Jordan Greene .125 2-2 8 1 1 1 1 1 0 SH
Chase Pinder .091 4-4 11 5 1 3 9 3 0 SH, SF
Jackson Campana .000 1-0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
Andrew Cox .000 3-2 3 1 0 1 1 1 0
Robert Jolly .000 4-0 6 0 0 0 0 1 0
Player ERA G-S W-L IP H R ER BB SO OBA
Pat Krall 0.00 2-0 1-0 4.0 2 0 0 0 2 .154
Alex Schnell 0.00 1-0 1-0 2.0 0 0 0 4 4 .000
Jackson Campana 0.00 1-0 0-0 1.0 2 0 0 0 1 .400
Paul Campbell 0.00 1-0 0-0 1.0 0 0 0 0 3 .000
Brooks Crawford 0.00 1-0 0-0 1.0 2 1 0 2 2 .500
Ryley Gilliams 4.26 1-1 1-0 6.1 6 4 3 3 2 .273
Charlie Barnes 4.50 1-0 0-0 2.0 1 1 1 0 3 .143
Patrick Andrews 5.06 5-0 1-1 5.1 6 7 3 4 9 .261
Clate Schmidt 5.40 1-0 0-0 1.2 4 2 1 0 3 .400
Alex Bostic 11.57 3-1 0-1 4.2 4 8 6 5 5 .222