Last year the end of season sweep of the Noles was critical to the Tigers just making the NCAA tournament. Once again the Atlantic Division showdown will be critical to whether Clemson makes the NCAA tournament and even the ACC tournament. TCI previews the critical series.
No. 3 Florida State (28-11, 13-4) @ Clemson (26-14, 9-12)
Doug Kingsmore Stadium v Clemson, SC
Saturday, 1:00PM v Sunday, 1:00PM v Monday, 7:00PM
Rankings: Florida State – #5 BA, #3 CB, #5 D1, #6 USA Clemson – NR
The Series
Meetings: 135 (first met in 1958)
Series Record: Florida State leads 71-63-1
Record at Clemson: Clemson leads 31-21 (Clemson leads 29-17 at DKS)
Last Meeting(s): Clemson swept 3 games at FSU (4-1, 7-0, 9-6) in the 2015 regular season before FSU won 3-1 at the 2015 ACC Baseball Championship in Durham
- Lee: Lee trails 0-2
The Seminoles
Head Coach: Mike Martin (37th season at FSU)
2015 Record: 44-21 (17-13; T-2nd Atlantic) – Gainesville SR – #15 BA, #12 CB, #13 USA
Preseason: 2nd in Atlantic Division (7 teams)
Road Record: 5-4 (9-14 in 2015)
Last Week: Swept 3 home games from Notre Dame (12-6, 7-6 in 12, 11-6) last weekend
2016 Batting Stats: .303 (8.0 RPG) with 89 2B, 6 3B, 33 HR, 226 BB, 56 HBP, 267 K, 48-59 SB
2016 Pitching Stats: 3.49 ERA, .241 OBA (324 hits), 142 BB & 344 K in 356.0 innings
2016 Fielding Stats: .968 (49 errors in 1530 chances)
The Tigers
2015 Record: 32-29 (16-13; 4th Atlantic) – Fullerton Regional – NR
Preseason: 5th in Atlantic Division (7 teams)
Home Record: 17-4 (16-14 in 2015)
Last Week: Lost 2 of 3 home games to Georgia Tech (8-7 in 10, 1-16, 5-7) last weekend
2016 Batting Stats: .275 (6.6 RPG) with 64 2B, 8 3B, 38 HR, 211 BB, 47 HBP, 294 K, 34-49 SB
2016 Pitching Stats: 4.32 ERA, .264 OBA (364 hits), 136 BB & 307 K in 356.1 innings
2016 Fielding Stats: .960 (61 errors in 1521 chances)
Projected Starting Lineups
Florida State
C #35 Cal Raleigh (FR/.322 BA with 10 2B, 9 HR, & 40 RBI in 39 games in 2016)
1B #28 Dylan Busby (SO/.302 BA with 9 2B, 6 HR, & 31 RBI in 39 games in 2016)
2B #24 Matt Henderson (JR/.248 BA with 3 2B, 10 RBI, & 35 R in 39 games in 2016)
SS #10 Taylor Walls (SO/.366 BA with 15 2B, 3 HR, & 27 RBI in 39 games in 2016)
3B #12 John Sansone (SR/.395 BA with 15 2B, 5 HR, & 48 RBI in 39 games in 2016)
LF #2 Jackson Lueck (FR/.418 BA with 5 2B, 1 HR, & 23 RBI in 29 games in 2016)
CF #21 Ben DeLuzio (JR/.230 BA with 8 2B, 1 HR, & 17 RBI in 39 games in 2016)
RF #13 Donovan Petrey (FR/.286 BA with 3 2B, 1 HR, & 4 RBI in 28 games in 2016)
DH #29 Quincy Nieporte (JR/.274 BA with 6 2B, 4 HR, & 26 RBI in 31 games in 2016)
Clemson
C #25 Chris Okey (JR/.342 BA with 7 2B, 7 HR, & 40 RBI in 40 games in 2016)
1B #27 Chris Williams (SO/.228 BA with 4 2B, 2 HR, & 15 RBI in 36 games in 2016)
2B #8 Weston Wilson (JR/.289 BA with 10 2B, 3 HR, & 26 RBI in 40 games in 2016)
SS #4 Eli White (JR/.243 BA with 7 2B, 1 HR, & 14 RBI in 40 games in 2016)
3B #9 Jordan Greene (FR/.191 BA with 2 2B, 5 RBI, & 13 R in 21 games in 2016)
LF #26 Reed Rohlman (*SO/.291 BA with 13 2B, 26 RBI, & 24 R in 40 games in 2016)
CF #5 Chase Pinder (SO/.316 BA with 4 2B, 9 HR, & 25 RBI in 40 games in 2016)
RF #28 Seth Beer (FR/.413 BA with 9 2B, 14 HR, & 46 RBI in 38 games in 2016)
DH #6 Andrew Cox (*FR/.310 BA with 2 2B, 1 HR, & 10 RBI in 15 games in 2016)
Projected Starting Pitchers
Game One
*SR RHP #17 Mike Compton (5-2/10 app/10 GS/3.81 ERA (49.2 IP)/.266 OBA (51 hits)/17 BB/28 K)
SO LHP #23 Charlie Barnes (3-4/10 app/10 GS/5.02 ERA (57.1 IP)/.255 OBA (59 hits)/14 BB/50 K)
Game Two
SO RHP #46 Drew Carlton (4-2/10 app/10 GS/4.72 ERA (47.2 IP)/.294 OBA (57 hits)/16 BB/43 K)
Clemson’s starter is TBA
Game Three
FR RHP #26 Cole Sands (3-4/11 app/10 GS/4.38 ERA (37.0 IP)/.291 OBA (41 hits)/21 BB/25 K)
SO LHP #47 Alex Schnell (0-0/14 app/2 GS/3.00 ERA (21.0 IP)/.211 OBA (16 hits)/9 BB/15 K)
Worth Noting
- Clemson is 24-15-1 all-time on April 30 with a 13-9-1 mark at home.
- The Tigers are 19-19 all-time on May 1 with a 7-9 mark at home.
- Clemson is 24-13 all-time on May 2 with a 11-5 mark at home.
- The Tigers look to win back-to-back series against the Seminoles for the first time since 2010-12 after sweeping Florida State in Tallahassee last season for the first time ever.
Tiger Career Stats vs. Florida State
Player AVG G-S AB R H RBI BB K HR Other
Reed Rohlman .600 4-4 15 3 9 7 0 1 1 3 2B, SF
Drew Wharton .500 2-0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 1-1 SB
Andrew Cox .364 4-4 11 3 4 1 2 4 0 2B, SH
Chris Okey .321 7-7 28 2 9 3 1 9 0 4 2B, HBP
Robert Jolly .286 4-4 14 1 4 0 2 3 0 SH
Eli White .235 5-4 17 3 4 1 3 4 0 SH, 0-1 SB
Weston Wilson .208 7-7 24 1 5 1 1 5 0 2B, SH
Maleeke Gibson .077 5-3 13 1 1 0 1 4 0 2B
Glenn Batson .000 3-0 4 0 0 0 0 2 0
Adam Renwick N/A 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mike Triller N/A 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Player ERA G-S W-L IP H R ER BB SO OBA
Pat Krall * 0.00 2-0 0-0 2.1 0 0 0 0 3 .000
Clate Schmidt 2.45 2-0 0-1 3.2 1 1 1 1 1 .091
Patrick Andrews 4.50 4-0 1-0 10.0 9 5 5 6 4 .265
* – has one save.