Clemson’s ACC Baseball Tournament Notes |
CLEMSON, S.C. - The Tigers head to Durham, N.C. for the 42nd ACC Tournament as the No. 5 seed.
TOURNAMENT SETUP • Who (Wednesday) - Clemson (31-25) vs. Florida State (37-19) • Who (Thursday) - Louisville (42-14) vs. Clemson (31-25) • Who (Friday) - North Carolina (32-22) or Virginia Tech (27-26) vs. Clemson (31-25) • Rankings - CU - NR; FSU - No. 17 BA, No. 10 CB, No. 14 USA; LOU - No. 3 BA, No. 5 CB, No. 4 USA; UNC - NR; VAT - NR • When - Wednesday (11 a.m.), Thursday (3 p.m.), Friday (3 p.m.) • Where - Durham, N.C. (Durham Bulls Athletic Park) • Watch - RSN • TV Announcers - Nick Belmonte (Thursday), Dan Bonner (Wednesday, Friday), Wes Durham (Thursday, Friday), Tom Werme (Wednesday) • Listen - TigerCast, Clemson Tiger Sports Network • CTSN Affiliates - Camden, S.C. (WPUB-FM), Clemson, S.C. (WCCP-FM), Columbia, S.C. (WZMJ-FM) • Live Stats - ClemsonTigers.com • Social Media - Twitter/Instagram (@ClemsonBaseball) SERIES HISTORY (FLORIDA STATE) • Overall Record - Florida State leads 70-63-1 (1958-15) • Record at Neutral - Clemson leads 13-12 (1958-12) • Record in ACC Tournament - Florida State leads 11-9 (1992-12) SERIES HISTORY (LOUISVILLE) • Overall Record - Clemson leads 7-2 (1970-15) • Record at Neutral - 0-0 • Record in ACC Tournament - 0-0 SERIES HISTORY (NORTH CAROLINA) • Overall Record - Clemson leads 99-88-1 (1901-2015) • Record at Neutral - Clemson leads 15-13 (1901-2013) • Record in ACC Tournament - Clemson leads 16-12 (1974-13) SERIES HISTORY (VIRGINIA TECH) • Overall Record - Clemson leads 41-24-2 (1902-2015) • Record at Neutral - Clemson leads 5-2 (1902-2010) • Record in ACC Tournament - Virginia Tech leads 1-0 (2010) STARTING PITCHERS • Wednesday - LHP
Matthew CrownoverMatthew Crownover • Thursday - RHP Kyle Funkhouser (LOU) vs. LHP
Zack ErwinZack Erwin • Friday - TBA (UNC or VAT) vs. RHP
Jake LongJake Long CLEMSON OVERVIEW • Clemson swept No. 8 Florida State by a combined score of 20-7 in a three-game series in Tallahassee last weekend. • The Tigers are averaging 6.5 runs per game and hitting .289 with a .379 on-base percentage and 59 steals. • The pitching staff has a 3.99 ERA, .253 opponents’ batting average and 2.51 strikeout-to-walk ratio and Clemson is fielding .960. FLORIDA STATE OVERVIEW • Florida State is led by 36th-year head coach Mike Martin. • The Seminoles were swept at home by Clemson last weekend. They are hitting .258 and have a 3.95 ERA and .963 fielding percentage. • DJ Stewart is hitting a team-high .326 with 13 homers, 50 RBIs, 54 runs, 62 walks and a .514 on-base percentage. LOUISVILLE OVERVIEW • Louisville is led by ninth-year head coach Dan McDonnell. • The Cardinals won two of three games at NC State last weekend. They are hitting .275 and have a 2.65 ERA and .966 fielding percentage. • Corey Ray is hitting a team-high .329 with 13 doubles, four triples, 11 homers, 48 RBIs, 45 runs and 31 stolen bases. NORTH CAROLINA OVERVIEW • North Carolina is led by 17th-year head coach Mike Fox. • The Tar Heels were swept at home by Virginia last weekend. They are hitting .265 and have a 3.54 ERA and .970 fielding percentage. • Tyler Ramirez is hitting .291 with nine homers, 39 RBIs and 17 steals, while Skye Bolt is batting .264 with nine homers and 39 RBIs. VIRGINIA TECH OVERVIEW • Virginia Tech is led by second-year head coach Pat Mason. • The Hokies won one of three games at Pittsburgh last weekend. They are hitting .266 and have a 5.17 ERA and .969 fielding percentage. • Erik Payne is hitting a team-high .347 with nine homers and 53 RBIs, while Brendon Hayden is batting .314 with 11 homers and 51 RBIs. QUICK HITS • Clemson is 7-3 against top-25 ranked teams and 6-3 against top-10 ranked teams. • Clemson (16-13) finished just 0.5 games out of third place in the overall ACC standings. • ACC Atlantic Division teams combined for a 50-33 record against ACC Coastal Division teams during the regular season. TIGERS TO PLAY IN 42ND ACC TOURNEY • Clemson (31-25), the No. 5 seed, opens its ACC Tourney by playing No. 4 seed Florida State (37-19) on Wednesday at 11 a.m. on RSN and ESPN3. • The Tigers will be the designated visiting team and occupy the first-base dugout Wednesday. • The Tigers play No. 1 seed Louisville (42-14) on Thursday at 3 p.m. on RSN and ESPN3. • Clemson will be the designated home team and occupy the third-base dugout Thursday. • Clemson’s third game is against either No. 8 seed North Carolina (32-22) or No. 9 seed Virginia Tech (27-26) on Friday at 3 p.m. • Clemson will be the designated visiting team and occupy the first-base dugout Friday for the game on RSN and ESPN3. • The games will be played at Durham Bulls Athletic Park in Durham, N.C. • It will be the ninth time the ACC Baseball Tournament is held in Durham and the first time since 2013. • For the second time under the current format, the tournament has a 10-team field, with two single-elimination games Tuesday. • The round-robin format, in its ninth year, features two four-team brackets that guarantees the eight teams play a minimum of three games. • The other bracket features No. 2 seed Miami, No. 3 seed Notre Dame, No. 6 seed NC State, No. 7 seed Virginia and No. 10 seed Georgia Tech. • The winner of each bracket meets in the ACC Championship Game on Sunday at 1 p.m. • The title game will be televised by ESPN2 and the winner of the game receives an automatic bid into the 2015 NCAA Tournament. • All of Clemson’s ACC Tournament games are broadcast live on the radio by Clemson Tiger Sports Network. • Live stats are available at ClemsonTigers.com for all Tiger games. CLEMSON’S ACC TOURNAMENT HISTORY • This is the 42nd ACC Tournament, and Clemson has been to the finals in 21 of the previous 41 tournaments, nine more than any other school. • Clemson has won an ACC-tying-high nine ACC Tournament titles in history, including 2006 when it defeated NC State 8-4 in the title game. • Clemson has a 105-66 record (.614) in ACC Tournament games. The Tigers also have the most All-ACC Tournament selections (56) in history. • Clemson’s nine ACC Tournament titles came in 1976, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1994 and 2006. • Clemson is one of only two teams to play in all 42 ACC Tournaments. The Tigers join Virginia as the only teams to play in every ACC Tourney. • This will be the 19th time the tournament is held in the state of North Carolina. • Only Florida State (62.5) and Virginia Tech (62.5) have a better winning percentage than Clemson (61.4) in ACC Tournament play. • The ACC Tournament began in 1973 and has been held every year but one (1979) since then. WINNING SEASONS THE NORM • The Tigers have had a winning record every year since 1965. • With its 31-25 record in 2015, Clemson is guaranteed a winning record for the 51st season in a row. • That 51-year winning season streak spans just two head coaches, Bill Wilhelm (29 seasons) and Jack Leggett (22 seasons). • Clemson’s 51-year streak is the third-longest active streak in the nation, trailing two ACC schools (Florida State 68, Miami (Fla.) 58). • Clemson has had a non-losing record, which includes seasons with equal number of wins and losses, every season since 1958. • Bill Wilhelm took over as head coach of the Clemson program in 1958, therefore the Tigers have not had a losing record since he took over. • Clemson’s 58-year streak of non-losing records is tied for the second-longest active streak in the nation, trailing only Florida State (68). SIX TIGERS NAMED TO ALL-ACC TEAM • Six Tigers earned First, Second or Third-Team All-ACC honors, third-most by an ACC team. • Matthew Crownover (SP) and
Chris OkeyChris Okey • Crownover became the first Tiger lefthander to earn First-Team All-ACC honors since 1995 (Jason Dawsey). • Okey became the first Tiger to be named the First-Team All-ACC catcher since 1997 (Matthew LeCroy). •
Tyler KriegerTyler Krieger •
Steven DuggarSteven Duggar • Five of Clemson’s nine position players were All-ACC. • Crownover, Duggar and Krieger all earned All-ACC honors for the second time in their careers. ACC STANDINGS • Clemson (15-14) finished fourth in the Atlantic Division standings behind Louisville (25-5), Notre Dame (17-13) and Florida State (17-13). • Clemson finished fifth in the overall ACC standings. • Clemson finished with a winning ACC regular-season record for the 21st time in 22 seasons under Head Coach Jack Leggett. HISTORIC SWEEP IN TALLAHASSEE • Clemson swept No. 8 Florida State in a three-game series at Tallahassee, Fla. from May 14-16 by a combined score of 20-7. • It was Clemson’s first three-game sweep in Tallahassee. • With Clemson leading 9-1, Florida State scored five of its seven runs in the series in the last inning of the final game. • The Tigers won by scores of 4-1, 7-0 and 9-6, as it was their first and only three-game ACC sweep of 2015. • Clemson handed Florida State its first three-game series sweep at Dick Howser Stadium since 2006. • Clemson had a 21-scoreless-innings-pitched streak during the three games. • Florida State had a 27-4 home record in 2015 entering the series. CROWNOVER ACC PITCHER-OF-THE-YEAR • Junior lefthander Matthew Crownover was named 2015 ACC Pitcher-of-the-Year in a vote by the 14 ACC head coaches. • He is 10-1 with a 1.42 ERA, .187 opponents’ batting average and 91 strikeouts in 95.0 innings pitched over 14 starts in 2015. • He became the Clemson’s first-ever ACC Pitcher-of-the-Year, as the ACC first named one in 2005. • Kris Benson was the last Tiger hurler to earn ACC Player-of-the-Year honors in 1996. LONG FILLING NO. 3 STARTER ROLE • Senior righthander Jake Long has become Clemson’s No. 3 starter on the weekend. • He is 2-0 with a 1.99 ERA, .202 opponents’ batting average and 33 strikeouts in 45.1 innings pitched over 11 appearances (six starts). • In 19.0 innings pitched over five appearances in ACC regular-season games, he was 1-0 with a 1.89 ERA and .185 opponents’ batting average. • He did not pitch during the first half of the season while recovering from injury, but is healthy for the postseason. • In his two years as a Tiger, he is 5-3 with a 3.82 ERA and .232 opponents’ batting average in 101.1 innings pitched over 27 appearances.
Jr. LH Pitcher
#44 6-0, 210
Ringgold, GA
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(CU) vs. RHP Boomer Biegalski (FSU)
Jr. LH Pitcher
#33 6-5, 195
Duluth, GA
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(CU)
RS Sr. RH Pitcher
#39 6-0, 190
Anderson, SC
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(CU)
So. Catcher
#25 5-11, 195
Mount Dora, FL
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(C) earned First-Team All-ACC honors.
Jr. Infielder
#3 6-1, 170
Johns Creek, GA
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(DH/utility) and
Reed RohlmanReed Rohlman
RS Fr. Outfielder
#26 6-0, 210
Moore, SC
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(OF) were named Second-Team All-ACC.
Jr. Outfielder
#9 6-2, 195
Moore, SC
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(OF) and
Eli WhiteEli White
So. Infielder
#4 6-2, 185
Easley, SC
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(SS) earned Third-Team All-ACC honors.
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