No. 2 Louisville visits No. 7 Clemson for a three-game series that begins today at 1 p.m. at Doug Kingsmore Stadium.
No. 2 Louisville (43-6, 20-4) at No. 7 Clemson (37-12, 16-8)
Doug Kingsmore Stadium, Clemson, S.C.
Friday, 1 p.m. Saturday, 4 p.m. Sunday, noon (ESPN2)
Rankings: Louisville – No. 2 BA/CB/D1/USA Clemson – No. 7 USA, No. 8 D1, No. 9 CB, No. 11 BA
The Series
Meetings: 14 (first met in 1970
Series Record: Clemson leads 9-5
Record at Clemson: Clemson leads 7-2 (Clemson leads 7-2 at DKS)
Last Meeting(s): Louisville swept three games at Louisville (15-2, 7-2, 9-8) while Clemson won 5-3 at the ACC Baseball Championship in Durham
- Lee: Lee trails 1-3 (1-3 at CU)
The Cardinals
Head Coach: Dan McDonnell (11th season at Louisville)
2016 Record: 50-14 (22-8; 1st Atlantic) – Louisville Super Regional – #10 USA, #11 BA/CB/D1
Preseason: 2nd in ACC Atlantic (out of 7 teams); 1 vote for overall ACC Champion
Road Record: 11-4 (13-9 in 2016)
Last Week: Beat Vanderbilt 6-2 at home on Tuesday after sweeping three games at Notre Dame (2-0, 5-1, 9-4) last weekend
2017 Batting Stats: .295 (7.5 RPG) with 95 2B, 16 3B, 53 HR, 231 BB, 65 HBP, 285 K, 74-93 SB
2017 Pitching Stats: 2.58 ERA, .212 OBA (339 hits), 153 BB & 461 K in 443.0 innings
2017 Fielding Stats: .980 (37 errors in 1825 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: 25-6 (26-9 in 2016)
Last Week: Beat Furman 10-5 at Fluor Field on Tuesday after winning two of three home games from Nevada last weekend (5-2, 5-7, 9-4)
2017 Batting Stats: .286 (6.4 RPG) with 94 2B, 6 3B, 53 HR, 244 BB, 53 HBP, 331 K, 43-58 SB
2017 Pitching Stats: 3.12 ERA, .246 OBA (417 hits), 114 BB & 455 K in 446.2 innings
2017 Fielding Stats: .969 (58 errors in 1869 chances)
Projected Starting Lineups
Louisville
C #42 Colby Fitch (JR/.250 BA with 8 2B, 8 HR, & 35 RBI in 49 games in 2017)
1B #10 Drew Ellis (SO/.384 BA with 16 2B, 13 HR, & 45 RBI in 49 games in 2017
2B #7 Devin Mann (SO/.278 BA with 8 2B, 7 HR, & 36 RBI in 48 games in 2017)
SS #29 Devin Hairston (JR/.330 BA with 14 2B, 3 HR, & 46 RBI in 49 games in 2017)
3B #2 Tyler Fitzgerald (FR/.224 BA with 6 2B, 1 3B, & 11 RBI in 39 games in 2017)
LF #25 Josh Stowers (SO/.290 BA with 8 2B, 3 HR, & 19 RBI in 49 games in 2017)
CF #24 Logan Taylor (SR/.289 BA with 10 2B, 2 3B, & 32 RBI in 45 games in 2017)
RF #35 Colin Lyman (SR/.275 BA with 6 2B, 1 HR, & 26 RBI in 49 games in 2017)
DH #38 Brendan McKay (JR/.379 BA with 10 2B, 15 HR, & 46 RBI in 48 games in 2017)
Clemson
C #49 Kyle Wilkie (FR/.222 BA with 1 3B & 3 RBI in 10 games in 2017)
1B #6 Andrew Cox (*GR/.275 BA with 6 2B, 3 HR, & 24 RBI in 48 games in 2017)
2B #9 Jordan Greene (SO/.284 BA with 8 2B, 16 RBI, & 18 R in 45 games in 2017)
SS #8 Logan Davidson (FR/.273 BA with 7 2B, 8 HR, & 33 RBI in 49 games in 2017)
3B #4 Grayson Byrd (*SO/.292 BA with 4 2B, 1 HR, & 17 RBI in 43 games in 2017)
LF #26 Reed Rohlman (*JR/.398 BA with 17 2B, 5 HR, & 28 RBI in 48 games in 2017)
CF #5 Chase Pinder (JR/.295 BA with 10 2B, 4 HR, & 25 RBI in 48 games in 2017)
RF #28 Seth Beer (SO/.288 BA with 16 2B, 12 HR, & 41 RBI in 49 games in 2017)
DH #27 Chris Williams (JR/.296 BA with 13 2B, 13 HR, & 47 RBI in 39 games in 2017)
Projected Starting Pitchers
Game One
JR LHP #38 Brendan McKay (7-3/11 app/11 GS/1.92 ERA (75.0 IP)/.160 OBA (41 hits)/20 BB/103 K)
JR LHP #23 Charlie Barnes (5-3/12 app/12 GS/2.93 ERA (76.2 IP)/.234 OBA (65 hits)/17 BB/89 K)
Game Two
JR RHP #19 Kade McClure (6-1/12 app/12 GS/3.07 ERA (67.1 IP)/.221 OBA (54 hits)/25 BB/73 K)
*SO RHP #15 Alex Eubanks (6-4/12 app/12 GS/3.76 ERA (76.2 IP)/.248 OBA (74 hits)/10 BB/79 K)
Game Three
FR LHP #8 Nick Bennett (4-0/12 app/10 GS/2.42 ERA (52.0 IP)/.230 OBA (43 hits)/11 BB/48 K)
SR LHP #36 Pat Krall (7-1/12 app/12 GS/2.49 ERA (72.1 IP)/.259 OBA (73 hits)/20 BB/53 K)
Worth Noting
- Clemson is 29-18-1 all-time on May 12 with a 13-5-1 mark at home.
- The Tigers are 37-15 all-time on May 13 with a 17-3 mark at home.
- Clemson is 25-25 all-time on May 14 with an 8-6 mark at home.
- Louisville has won both regular-season series between the teams since the Cardinals joined the ACC, but the Tigers have won both meetings in the ACC Baseball Championship.
Tiger Career Stats vs. Louisville
Player AVG G-S AB R H RBI BB K HR Other
KJ Bryant .667 2-2 6 2 4 1 1 1 0 2B
Seth Beer .333 4-4 12 1 4 4 3 1 1 2 HBP
Robert Jolly .333 4-1 6 0 2 2 1 0 0
Chase Pinder .261 7-7 23 2 6 3 6 4 0 2B, 2 HBP
Reed Rohlman .258 8-8 31 4 8 12 3 4 2 SF, 1-1 SB
Adam Renwick .167 4-2 6 0 1 0 0 3 0
Jordan Greene .167 3-3 6 2 1 0 1 1 0 2B, SH
Chris Williams .143 4-4 14 0 2 1 0 4 0 SH, SF
Andrew Cox .000 3-2 7 2 0 0 2 2 0
Drew Wharton N/A 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Player ERA G-S W-L IP H R ER BB SO OBA
Patrick Andrews 0.00 1-0 0-0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Pat Krall ^ 2.61 7-0 0-1 10.1 17 6 3 2 3 .362
Charlie Barnes 3.86 2-1 0-1 7.0 9 5 3 0 4 .310
Alex Eubanks 8.31 1-1 0-0 4.1 7 6 4 1 1 .318
Alex Schnell 9.00 1-0 0-0 3.0 2 3 3 0 0 .222
Brooks Crawford 9.00 1-0 0-0 1.0 1 1 1 0 0 .250
Paul Campbell 81.00 1-0 0-0 0.2 5 6 6 0 1 .714
^ – has two saves.
* Pat Krall played at Temple in 2014.