Tigers Travel to No. 8 Florida State |
CLEMSON, S.C. - The Tigers close the regular season with a three-game series at No. 8 Florida State from Thursday to Saturday.
SERIES SETUP • Who - Clemson (28-25, 13-13 ACC) vs. Florida State (37-16, 17-10 ACC) • Rankings - CU - NR; FSU - No. 9 BA, No. 8 CB, No. 8 USA • When - Thursday (6 p.m.), Friday (6 p.m.), Saturday (1 p.m.) • Where - Tallahassee, Fla. (Dick Howser Stadium) • Watch - ESPN3 • TV Announcers - Chip Baker, Tom Block (Saturday), Ariya Massoudi (Friday), Jonathan Schillace (Thursday) • Listen - TigerCast, Clemson Tiger Sports Network • CTSN Affiliates - Camden, S.C. (WPUB-FM) - Thursday, Saturday; Charleston, S.C. (WQSC-AM) - Saturday; Clemson, S.C. (WCCP-FM) - All three games; Columbia, S.C. (WZMJ-FM) - All three games; Loris, S.C. (WLSC-AM) - All three games; Newberry, S.C. (WKDK-AM) - All three games • Live Stats - ClemsonTigers.com • Social Media - Twitter/Instagram (@ClemsonBaseball) SERIES HISTORY • Overall Record - Florida State leads 70-60-1 (1958-14) • Record at Florida State - Florida State leads 37-16-1 (1962-13) STARTING PITCHERS • Thursday - LHP Matthew Crownover • Friday - LHP Zack Erwin • Saturday - RHP Jake Long CLEMSON OVERVIEW • Clemson rallied from a 10-0 deficit after two innings to defeat Furman 23-15 at Fluor Field in Greenville, S.C. on Tuesday night. • The Tigers are averaging 6.5 runs per game and hitting .289 with a .380 on-base percentage and 55 steals. • The pitching staff has a 4.09 ERA, .256 opponents’ batting average and 2.52 strikeout-to-walk ratio and Clemson is fielding .959. FLORIDA STATE OVERVIEW • Florida State is led by 36th-year head coach Mike Martin. • The Seminoles lost two of three games at Louisville last weekend. They are hitting .261 and have a 3.93 ERA and .964 fielding percentage. • DJ Stewart is batting .327 with 12 homers, 47 RBIs, 62 walks and a .525 on-base percentage to lead Florida State, who is 27-4 at home. QUICK HITS • This series marks Clemson’s third straight trip to Florida State that concludes the regular season. • After hitting no home runs in its previous five games, the Tigers have hit six home runs in the last four contests. • Tyler Slaton ACC STANDINGS • Clemson (13-13) is fifth in the Atlantic Division behind Louisville (23-4), Florida State (17-10), Notre Dame (15-12) and NC State (14-12). • Clemson is tied for sixth in the overall ACC standings with North Carolina (13-13). • Clemson can finish anywhere between fourth and 11th in the overall ACC standings based on results from the final regular-season weekend. • Ten teams will participate in the 2015 ACC Tournament at Durham, N.C. • The top-six seeds qualify for the tournament, while seeds 7-10 play two play-in games on May 19 to form the eight-team, round-robin tourney. DOUBLE-DIGIT COMEBACK WIN • Facing Furman at Fluor Field in Greenville, S.C. on May 12, Clemson trailed 10-0 after two innings, but rallied to win 23-15. • Clemson scored three in the third, two in both the fourth and fifth and four in the sixth, then eight in the seventh to take the lead. • The Tigers added one run in the eighth inning and three runs in the ninth inning, as Clemson scored in each of the last seven innings. • Tiger batters totaled 22 hits, 15 walks and two hit-by-pitches, meaning 39 Tigers reached base safely, including six times by Steven Duggar • Chris Okey • Ten Tigers totaled at least one hit and scored at least one run. • Furman used 11 pitchers, who combined to throw 282 pitches in the nine-inning game that lasted 4:42. • It was the most runs scored by the Tigers since May 18, 2006, when they defeated Wake Forest 26-1.
Matthew Crownover
Jr. LH Pitcher
#44 6-0, 210
Ringgold, GA
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Zack Erwin
Jr. LH Pitcher
#33 6-5, 195
Duluth, GA
View Full Profile (CU) vs. RHP Mike Compton (FSU)
Jake Long
RS Sr. RH Pitcher
#39 6-0, 190
Anderson, SC
View Full Profile (CU) vs. RHP Drew Carlton (FSU)
Tyler Slaton
Sr. Outfielder
#18 5-8, 200
Cumming, GA
View Full Profile’s grandfather, Paul Slaton, played football at Florida State and was Burt Reynolds’ roommate. Paul will be at this series.
Steven Duggar
Jr. Outfielder
#9 6-2, 195
Moore, SC
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Chris Okey
So. Catcher
#25 5-11, 195
Mount Dora, FL
View Full Profile went 3-for-6 with two homers and three RBIs, Tyler Krieger
Tyler Krieger
Jr. Infielder
#3 6-1, 170
Johns Creek, GA
View Full Profile went 4-for-6 with three RBIs and Weston Wilson
Weston Wilson
So. Infielder
#8 6-3, 195
High Point, NC
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