The best baseball series in the nation begins on Friday at Doug Kingsmore Stadium when No. 4 South Carolina visits No. 12 Clemson in Game 1 of the three-game series. The Clemson Insider previews the Reedy River Series.
No. 12 Clemson (6-2) vs. No. 4 South Carolina (6-3)
Friday, 6:30 p.m., Doug Kingsmore Stadium, Clemson
Saturday, 1 p.m., Flour Field, Greenville
Sunday, 1:30 p.m., Founders Park, Columbia
Rankings: CU – #12 USA, #15 BA, #20 D1, #22 CB SC – #4 USA, #5 BA/D1, #13 CB
The Series
Meetings: 312 (first met in 1899)
Series Record: Clemson leads 174-136-2
Record at Clemson: Clemson leads 98-44 (CU leads 51-27 at DKS)
Record at neutral: South Carolina leads 10-9 (SC leads 4-3 in Greenville; 4-2 at Fluor Field)
Record at SC: South Carolina leads 82-67-2 (SC leads 8-3 at Founders Park)
Last Meeting(s): Clemson won 2 of 3 games in 2016 (1-8 at SC, 5-0 at Fluor, 4-1 at CU)
- Lee: Lee trails 4-12 (2-1 at CU; 2-11 at CofC)
The Gamecocks
Head Coach: Chad Holbrook (5th season at SC)
2016 Record: 46-18 (20-9; 1st East) – Columbia Super Regional – #12 CB, #13 D1, #14 BA/USA
Preseason: 2nd in SEC East (out of 7 teams)
Road Record: 0-0 (12-7 in 2016)
Neutral Record: 0-0 (0-4 in 2016)
Home Record: 6-3 (34-7 in 2016)
Last Week: Beat Appalachian State 8-4 on Tuesday after taking two of three home games from #25 Wright State (4-3, 10-5, 1-5) last weekend
2017 Batting Stats: .280 (5.0 RPG) with 14 2B, 1 3B, 7 HR, 28 BB, 7 HBP, 53 K, 4-7 SB
2017 Pitching Stats: 2.56 ERA, .190 OBA (56 hits), 25 BB & 96 K in 81.0 innings
2017 Fielding Stats: .974 (9 errors in 341 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: 6-2 (26-9 in 2016)
Neutral Record: 0-0 (13-11 in 2016)
Road Record: 0-0 (5-0 in 2016)
Last Week: Beat Wofford at home 9-2 on Tuesday after sweeping a three-game home series from Elon (1-0 in 13, 13-5, 3-0) last weekend
2017 Batting Stats: .302 (6.1 RPG) with 14 2B, 1 3B, 5 HR, 43 BB, 10 HBP, 51 K, 6-13 SB
2017 Pitching Stats: 2.96 ERA, .239 OBA (67 hits), 15 BB & 99 K in 76.0 innings
2017 Fielding Stats: .977 (7 errors in 305 chances)
Projected Starting Lineups
South Carolina
C #33 Chris Cullen (SO/.200 BA with 1 HR, 3 RBI, & 3 R in 7 games in 2017)
1B #48 Matt Williams (JR/.381 BA with 1 2B, 4 RBI, & 2 R in 9 games in 2017)
2B #11 LT Tolbert (SO/.318 BA with 3 RBI, 3 R, & 1 BB in 7 games in 2017)
SS #14 Madison Stokes (JR/.229 BA with 3 2B, 1 HR, & 3 RBI in 9 games in 2017)
3B #20 Jonah Bride (JR/.250 BA with 2 RBI, 2 R, & 3 BB in 9 games in 2017)
LF #4 Danny Blair (SO/.357 BA with 3 RBI, 3 R, & 2 BB in 9 games in 2017)
CF #5 TJ Hopkins (SO/.241 BA with 2 2B, 1 3B, & 2 RBI in 9 games in 2017)
RF #7 Jacob Olson (SO/.333 BA with 2 2B, 3 HR, & 6 RBI in 9 games in 2017)
DH #24 Alex Destino (JR/.313 BA with 2 2B, 2 HR, & 10 RBI in 9 games in 2017)
Clemson
C #12 Robert Jolly (JR/.500 BA with 2 2B, 2 RBI, & 10 R in 6 games in 2017)
1B #6 Andrew Cox (*GR/.357 BA with 1 2B, 4 RBI, & 2 R in 7 games in 2017)
2B #4 Grayson Byrd (*SO/.333 BA with 2 2B, 6 RBI, & 1 R in 8 games in 2017)
SS #8 Logan Davidson (FR/.323 BA with 2 2B, 1 HR, & 7 RBI in 8 games in 2017)
3B #25 Patrick Cromwell (JR/.240 BA with 1 HR, 1 RBI, & 2 R in 7 games in 2017)
LF #15 Weston Jackson (*GR/.174 BA with 1 HR, 6 RBI, & 3 R in 7 games in 2017)
CF #5 Chase Pinder (JR/.400 BA with 2 2B, 8 RBI, & 7 R in 7 games in 2017)
RF #28 Seth Beer (SO/.269 BA with 1 2B, 2 HR, & 6 RBI in 8 games in 2017)
DH #26 Reed Rohlman (*JR/.375 BA with 2 2B, 2 RBI, & 5 R in 8 games in 2017)
Projected Starting Pitchers
Game One
JR RHP #6 Clarke Schmidt (1-0/2 app/2 GS/0.69 ERA (13.0 IP)/.146 OBA (7 hits)/3 BB/14 K)
JR LHP #23 Charlie Barnes (0-0/2 app/2 GS/1.46 ERA (12.1 IP)/.292 OBA (14 hits)/1 BB/17 K)
Game Two
SR LHP #36 Pat Krall (2-0/2 app/2 GS/3.86 ERA (11.2 IP)/.262 OBA (11 hits)/4 BB/10 K)
JR RHP #37 Wil Crowe (2-0/2 app/2 GS/0.79 ERA (11.1 IP)/.171 OBA (7 hits)/2 BB/16 K)
Game Three
*SO RHP #15 Alex Eubanks (1-1/2 app/2 GS/3.97 ERA (11.1 IP)/.209 OBA (9 hits)/1 BB/13 K)
SO RHP #15 Adam Hill (0-2/2 app/2 GS/1.50 ERA (12.0 IP)/.100 OBA (4 hits)/4 BB/13 K)
Worth Noting
- Clemson is 21-9 all-time on March 3 with a 16-5 mark at home.
- The Tigers are 18-8 all-time on March 4 with a 0-0 mark at neutral sites.
- Clemson is 22-6 all-time on March 5 with a 4-2 mark on the road.
- The Tigers are 397-370-7 all-time against current SEC programs (have faced every program but LSU and Missouri). Clemson is 203-123-2 at home against SEC teams, 28-25 at neutral sites, and 166-222-5 on the road.
- Coach Lee has faced six SEC programs (Alabama, Auburn, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, & South Carolina). Lee is 11-17 all-time against current SEC teams (4-1 at CU, 7-16 at CofC).
Tiger Career Stats vs. South Carolina
Player AVG G-S AB R H RBI BB K HR Other
Seth Beer .429 3-3 7 2 3 1 1 1 1
Chase Pinder .350 6-6 20 4 7 4 3 3 1 2 3B, 2 HBP, 2-2 SB
Reed Rohlman .269 6-6 26 4 7 2 1 6 0 3 2B
Western Jackson .250 1-1 4 1 1 1 0 2 1
Andrew Cox .211 8-6 19 0 4 2 0 6 0 2 HBP, SH, 0-1 SB
Robert Jolly .111 3-2 9 1 1 0 0 0 0
Adam Renwick .000 3-3 8 1 0 0 1 2 0 HBP, SH
Chris Williams .000 2-2 6 0 0 0 0 3 0
KJ Bryant .000 2-0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0
Grayson Byrd .000 2-0 1 0 0 0 0 1 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
Alex Schnell ^ 0.00 1-0 0-0 4.0 2 0 0 1 1 .154
Pat Krall ^ 0.00 1-0 0-0 3.2 1 0 0 0 4 .083
Brooks Crawford 0.00 1-0 0-0 2.0 3 0 0 1 2 .333
Paul Campbell 0.00 1-0 0-0 1.2 0 0 0 0 1 .000
Alex Eubanks 1.17 1-1 1-0 7.2 6 1 1 1 8 .214
Charlie Barnes 5.40 1-1 0-1 5.0 7 6 3 0 4 .304
Tyler Jackson 6.00 2-1 0-1 6.0 8 4 4 0 8 .308
Patrick Andrews 6.75 2-0 0-0 4.0 6 3 3 0 2 .333
^ – Has one save.
** Western Jackson played at Presbyterian College from 2013-2016.
** Grayson Byrd played at LSU in 2015.
** Tyler Jackson played at USC Upstate from 2015-2016.
