The Clemson baseball team will begin ACC play today when it hosts the first game of a three-game series at 6:30 p.m. at Doug Kingsmore Stadium against Notre Dame.
The ninth-ranked Tigers have won eight of their last nine games, including a series win over No. 10 South Carolina last weekend.
Notre Dame (3-8) at No. 9 Clemson (9-3)
Doug Kingsmore Stadium, Clemson, SC
Friday, 6:30 p.m.; Saturday, 4 p.m.; Sunday, 1 p.m.
Rankings: NR – NR Clemson – No. 9 BA, No. 11 USA, No. 14 D1, No. 15 CB
The Series
Meetings: 210 (first met in 1994)
Series Record: Series tied 5-5
Record at Clemson: Notre Dame leads 3-1 (Notre Dame leads 3-1 at DKS)
Last Meeting(s): Clemson swept three games at Notre Dame in 2017 (2-1 in 11, 11-1, 6-2)
- Lee: Lee leads 3-0 (3-0 at Clemson)
The Fighting Irish
Head Coach: Mik Aoki (7th season at ND)
2016 Record: 27-27 (11-17; 7th Atlantic) – N/A – NR
Preseason: T-6th in ACC Atlantic (out of 7 teams)
Road Record: 0-2 (7-12 in 2016)
Last Week: Split four games at the USA Baseball-Irish Classic in Cary, NC last weekend (3-4 vs. Maryland, 0-8 vs. UMASS-Lowell, 8-4 vs. Rhode Island, 4-0 vs. Monmouth)
2017 Batting Stats: .234 (4.5 RPG) with 19 2B, 4 3B, 6 HR, 34 BB, 7 HBP, 91 K, 16-17 SB
2017 Pitching Stats: 6.75 ERA, .293 OBA (116 hits), 64 BB & 98 K in 96.0 innings
2017 Fielding Stats: .945 (22 errors in 402 chances)
The Tigers
2016 Record: 44-20 (16-14; 4th Atlantic) – Clemson Regional – #15 USA, 17 BA, #18 CB/D1
Preseason: 3rd in ACC Atlantic Division (7 teams); 1 vote for Overall Champion
Home Record: 6-3 (26-9 in 2016)
Last Week: Beat Michigan State 9-2 on Wednesday at Fluor Field after taking two of three games from #4 South Carolina (0-2 at Clemson, 8-7 at Fluor Field, 5-3 in 11 at South Carolina)
2017 Batting Stats: .274 (5.9 RPG) with 18 2B, 2 3B, 10 HR, 70 BB, 13 HBP, 90 K, 14-21 SB
2017 Pitching Stats: 2.68 ERA, .239 OBA (101 hits), 29 BB & 136 K in 114.0 innings
2017 Fielding Stats: .968 (15 errors in 464 chances)
Projected Starting Lineups
Notre Dame
C #36 Ryan Lidge (SR/.143 BA with 1 2B, 4 RBI, & 5 R in 11 games in 2017)
1B #14 Connor Power (FR/.167 BA with 2 2B, 3 RBI, & 3 R in 9 games in 2017)
2B #6 Cole Daily (SO/.267 BA with 2 2B, 4 RBI, & 5 R in 10 games in 2017)
SS #20 Kyle Fiala (SR/.277 BA with 3 2B, 2 HR, & 9 RBI in 11 games in 2017)
3B #7 Nick Podkul (SO/.341 BA with 3 2B, 1 3B, & 1 RBI in 11 games in 2017)
LF #39 Jake Johnson (JR/.281 BA with 2 2B, 2 3B, & 4 RBI in 10 games in 2017)
CF #24 Matt Vierling (SO/.326 BA with 2 2B, 2 HR, & 12 RBI in 11 games in 2017)
RF #0 Jake Shepski (JR/.103 BA with 1 2B, 4 RBI, & 3 R in 11 games in 2017)
DH #13 Nick Neville (FR/.095 BA with 2 2BI & 1 R in 7 games in 2017)
Clemson
C #27 Chris Williams (JR/.364 BA with 1 2B, 3 RBI, & 1 R in 5 games in 2017)
1B #6 Andrew Cox (*GR/.296 BA with 2 2B, 1 HR, & 6 RBI in 11 games in 2017)
2B #4 Grayson Byrd (*SO/.275 BA with 2 2B, 7 RBI, & 1 R in 11 games in 2017)
SS #8 Logan Davidson (FR/.271 BA with 2 2B, 1 HR, & 7 RBI in 12 games in 2017)
3B #25 Patrick Cromwell (JR/.184 BA with 2 HR, 2 RBI, & 4 R in 12 games in 2017)
LF #28 Seth Beer (SO/.256 BA with 1 2B, 5 HR, & 13 RBI in 12 games in 2017)
CF #5 Chase Pinder (JR/.348 BA with 2 2B, 12 RBI, & 8 R in 11 games in 2017)
RF #15 Weston Jackson (*GR/.229 BA with 1 HR, 6 RBI, & 4 R in 11 games in 2017)
DH #26 Reed Rohlman (*JR/.357 BA with 3 2B, 1 3B, & 3 RBI in 12 games in 2017)
Projected Starting Pitchers
Game One
JR RHP #12 Brandon Bielak (0-2/3 app/3 GS/6.39 ERA (12.2 IP)/.288 OBA (15 hits)/12 BB/15 K)
JR LHP #23 Charlie Barnes (0-1/3 app/3 GS/0.92 ERA (19.2 IP)/.236 OBA (17 hits)/3 BB/24 K)
Game Two
JR RHP #35 Peter Solomon (1-1/3 app/3 GS/4.15 ERA (17.1 IP)/.222 OBA (14 hits)/11 BB/19 K)
SR LHP #36 Pat Krall (2-0/3 app/3 GS/4.32 ERA (16.2 IP)/.297 OBA (19 hits)/5 BB/14 K)
Game Three
JR RHP #45 Brad Bass (1-1/3 app/2 GS/4.80 ERA (15.0 IP)/.271 OBA (16 hits)/5 BB/20 K)
*SO RHP #15 Alex Eubanks (1-1/3 app/3 GS/4.15 ERA (17.1 IP)/.246 OBA (17 hits)/4 BB/17 K)
Worth Noting
- Clemson is 27-7 all-time on March 10 with a 23-3 mark at home.
- The Tigers are 17-11 all-time on March 11 with a 16-6 mark at home.
- Clemson is 25-6 all-time on March 12 with a 21-2 mark at home.
Tiger Career Stats vs. Notre Dame
Player AVG G-S AB R H RBI BB K HR Other
Reed Rohlman .269 6-6 26 2 7 6 0 4 0 2 2B
Chase Pinder .261 6-6 23 4 6 4 2 4 1 2 2B, HBP, SH, 2-2 SB
Seth Beer .250 3-3 12 3 3 3 3 3 2 2B
Chris Williams .250 3-3 12 2 3 3 1 2 2 HBP
Andrew Cox .167 7-5 18 2 3 0 3 3 0 1-1 SB
Robert Jolly .000 2-1 4 0 0 0 0 1 0
KJ Bryant .000 1-1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jordan Greene .000 1-0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
Drew Wharton .000 1-0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0
Adam Renwick N/A 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Player ERA G-S W-L IP H R ER BB SO OBA
Alex Eubanks 0.00 1-1 1-0 7.0 7 0 0 1 9 .269
Pat Krall * 0.00 3-0 0-1 4.2 2 2 0 2 3 .118
Charlie Barnes 1.13 1-1 0-0 8.0 6 1 1 0 7 .194
Brooks Crawford 5.40 2-0 1-0 3.1 4 2 2 0 1 .286
Alex Schnell 9.00 1-0 0-0 1.0 2 2 1 0 1 .500
* – Also has one save.