By Trey McCurry
No. 14 Clemson travels to Wake Forest Friday evening as they look to continue their ACC win streak.
#14 Clemson (10-5) @ Wake Forest (12-6)
Wake Forest Baseball Park v Winston-Salem, NC
Friday, 6:00PM v Saturday, 4:00PM v Sunday, 1:00PM
Rankings: Clemson – #14 BA, #18 USA Wake Forest – NR
The Series
Meetings: 178 (first met in 1901)
Series Record: Clemson leads 124-53-1
Record at Wake: Clemson leads 46-30
Last Meeting(s): Clemson swept 3 games at Clemson in 2013 (8-2, 1-0, & 6-4 in 11 innings)
vs. Leggett: Leggett leads 46-22 (45-21 at Clemson, 1-1 at Western Carolina)
The Demon Deacons
Head Coach: Tom Walter (5th season at Wake Forest)
2013 Info: 28-27 (9-20 ACC)
Preseason: 6th in ACC Atlantic Division (7 teams)
2014 Home Record: 9-3
Last week: Won 5-4 over East Carolina at Wilson, NC on Wednesday
Lost 7-3 at Coastal Carolina on Tuesday
Won two of three games at Georgia Tech last weekend (9-2, 12-8, 1-5)
2014 Batting Stats: .264 (4.8 RPG) with 30 2B, 9 HR, 14-18 SB, 92 BB, 13 HBP, 144 K
2014 Pitching Stats: 3.13 ERA, .240 OBA (150 hits), 57 BB & 151 K in 167.0 innings
2014 Fielding Stats: .964 (27 errors in 744 chances)
The Tigers
Head Coach: Jack Leggett (21st season at Clemson)
2013 Info: 40-22 (18-12 ACC) – Columbia Regional – NR
Preseason: 3rd in ACC Atlantic Division (7 teams)
2014 Road Record: 0-3 (0-2 on road, 0-1 at neutral)
Last week: Won 2-1 at home over Appalachian State on Wednesday
Swept 3 games at home from Virginia Tech last weekend (7-6, 12-2, 11-4)
2014 Batting Stats: .301 (6.9 RPG) with 30 2B, 4 3B, 6 HR, 29-36 SB, 52 BB, 8 HBP, 82 K
2014 Pitching Stats: 4.23 ERA, .256 OBA (133 hits), 46 BB & 129 K in 134.0 innings
2014 Fielding Stats: .958 (25 errors in 591 chances)
Projected Starting Lineups
Clemson
C #30 Garrett Boulware (JR/.352 BA with 5 2B, 1 HR, & 16 RBI in 15 games in 2014)
1B #12 Jon McGibbon (SR/.095 BA with 1 2B, 1 HR, & 5 RBI in 15 games in 2014)
2B #17 Steve Wilkerson (SR/.325 BA with 3 2B, 1 HR, & 7 RBI in 12 games in 2014)
SS #3 Tyler Krieger (SO/.386 BA with 4 2B, 9 RBI, & 17 R in 15 games in 2014)
3B #8 Weston Wilson (FR/.303 BA with 1 2B, 2 HR, & 11 RBI in 12 games in 2014)
LF #13 Jay Baum (JR/.286 BA with 3 2B, 1 3B, & 7 RBI in 15 games in 2014)
CF #18 Tyler Slaton (JR/.369 BA with 3 2B, 1 3B, & 8 RBI in 15 games in 2014)
RF #9 Steven Duggar (SO/.327 BA with 5 2B, 1 3B, & 11 RBI in 15 games in 2014)
DH #25 Chris Okey (FR/.263 BA with 2 2B, 17 RBI, & 4 R in 15 games in 2014)
Wake Forest
C #9 Ben Breazeale (FR/.225 BA with 2 2B, 3 RBI, & 7 R in 16 games in 2014)
1B #25 Matt Conway (*SR/.338 BA with 4 2B, 2 HR, & 13 RBI in 17 games in 2014)
2B #23 Jimmy Redovian (SO/.200 BA with 1 HR, 5 RBI, & 9 R in 15 games in 2014)
SS #14 Conor Keniry (SR/.308 BA with 5 2B, 7 RBI, & 8 R in 18 games in 2014)
3B #22 Will Craig (FR/.382 BA with 2 2B, 3 HR, & 13 RBI in 17 games in 2014)
LF #11 Jonathan Pryor (FR/.238 BA with 2 RBI, 1 R, & 1 SB in 11 games in 2014)
CF #5 Evan Stephens (SR/.313 BA with 4 2B, 1 HR, & 7 RBI in 18 games in 2014)
RF #10 Nate Mondou (FR/.241 BA with 3 2B, 1 HR, & 5 RBI in 18 games in 2014)
DH #24 Charlie Morgan (SR/.258 BA with 4 2B, 1 HR, & 10 RBI in 17 games in 2014)
Projected Starting Pitchers
Game One
JR RHP #23 Daniel Gossett (1-0, 2.78 ERA (22.2 IP)/.195 OBA (17 hits)/6 BB/28 K)
vs.
SR RHP #15 Jack Fischer (1-1, 3.67 ERA (27.0 IP)/.330 OBA (36 hits)/6 BB/16 K)
Game Two
SO LHP #44 Matthew Crownover (3-1, 2.41 ERA (18.2 IP)/.299 OBA (23 hits)/5 BB/18 K)
vs.
*JR LHP #17 John McLeod (2-0, 1.09 ERA (24.2 IP)/.193 OBA (17 hits)/13 BB/24 K)
Game Three
*JR RHP #39 Jake Long (1-0, 5.00 ERA (18.0 IP)/.274 OBA (20 hits)/6 BB/11 K)
vs.
JR RHP #40 Connor Kaden (1-1, 3.48 ERA (20.2 IP)/.215 OBA (17 hits)/8 BB/24 K)
Worth Noting
Clemson is 25-5 all-time on March 14 with a 7-3 mark on the road.
The Tigers are 21-11-1 all-time on March 15 with a 8-3-1 mark on the road.
Clemson is 16-4 all-time on March 16 with a 4-9 mark on the road.
The Tigers and Demon Deacons have met every season since 1954.
Wake Forest swept a three-game series from Clemson in 2012 for the first time since the 1999 (both times in Winston-Salem).
Despite holding a 17-13 series lead under Jack Leggett at Winston-Salem, the Tigers have lost their last three series at Wake Forest.
Tiger Career Stats vs. Wake Forest
Player AVG G-S AB R H RBI BB K HR Other
Shane Kennedy .455 3-3 11 2 5 1 3 2 0 2B, 3B, SH, 2-2 SB
Tyler Slaton .364 4-3 11 1 4 1 5 1 0 1-1 SB
Steven Duggar .333 3-3 12 3 4 5 2 1 1 3B, SF, 3-3 SB
Tyler Krieger .333 3-3 9 1 3 1 3 2 0 SH, 0-1 SB
Steve Wilkerson .304 8-6 23 3 7 2 5 3 0 2B, 3B, SF, HBP, 2-3 SB
Garrett Boulware .231 4-3 13 3 3 1 2 2 1
Joe Costigan .182 5-3 11 1 2 1 0 4 0 3B, HBP
Jon McGibbon .174 8-6 23 1 4 3 1 1 0 SF
Jay Baum .000 5-3 9 0 0 0 2 3 0 SH, 1-1 SB
Mike Dunster .000 3-0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
Maleeke Gibson N/A 1-0 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
Matt Campbell 0.00 3-0 0-0 5.0 0 1 0 3 7 .000
Matthew Crownover 0.00 1-1 1-0 5.1 5 0 0 3 4 .278
Patrick Andrews 0.00 3-0 0-0 2.0 2 0 0 0 1 .222
Zack Erwin 0.00 1-0 0-0 1.0 1 0 0 1 0 .333
Daniel Gossett 2.03 2-2 1-1 13.1 14 4 3 4 16 .275
Clate Schmidt 4.26 1-1 0-0 6.1 7 4 3 3 2 .304
Kevin Pohle 9.95 2-1 0-1 6.1 8 8 7 3 5 .308