Clemson Baseball Preview vs. Furman |
CLEMSON, S.C. - The Tigers and Paladins conclude their home-and-home season series at Fluor Field on Tuesday night.
GAME SETUP • Who - Clemson (36-12) vs. Furman (25-22) • Rankings - CU - No. 11 BA, No. 9 CB, No. 7 USA; FUR - NR • When - Tuesday (7 p.m.) • Where - Greenville, S.C. (Fluor Field) • Listen - TigerCast, WCCP (105.5 FM) • Live Stats - ClemsonTigers.com • Social Media - ClemsonBaseball SERIES HISTORY • Overall Record - Clemson leads 149-57-4 (1896-2017) • Record at Furman - Clemson leads 60-28-2 (1896-2016) STARTING PITCHERS • RHP Tyler Jackson (CU) vs. RHP Jake Crawford (FUR) CLEMSON OVERVIEW • Clemson won two of three games at home against Nevada from Saturday to Monday. • The Tigers are averaging 6.3 runs per game and hitting .283 with a .386 on-base percentage and 41 steals. • The pitching staff has a 3.11 ERA, .246 opponents’ batting average and 4.02 strikeout-to-walk ratio and Clemson is fielding .969. FURMAN OVERVIEW • Furman, who has won 14 of its last 16 games, is led by first-year head coach Brett Harker. • The Paladins won two of three games at Samford last weekend. They are hitting .309 and have a 4.68 ERA and .969 fielding percentage. • Brandon Elmy is hitting .354 with nine homers and 42 RBIs, while Carter Grote is batting .353 with seven homers and 48 RBIs. QUICK HITS • The Tigers defeated Furman 8-0 at Clemson on March 28 in their first meeting of 2017. Weston Jackson had two homers and five RBIs. • Taylor Harbin, an assistant coach at Furman, played three seasons (2005-07) at Clemson. • Carson Spiers made his first career appearance versus Nevada on Sunday. He became the 31st Tiger and 16th pitcher to play in a game in 2017. JOLLY GOOD TIME • Junior catcher Robert Jolly is having one of his best seasons as a Tiger, mainly as the designated hitter. • He has become the everyday DH during the second half of the season and is batting .299 with nine doubles, and a .389 on-base percentage. • In 34 games (25 starts) in 2017, he has 25 runs and two steals. • He is second on the team in batting average. • He is hitting .370 with two outs. • He hit a pinch-hit home run, the first long ball of his career, in the sixth inning to tie the score at Florida State on April 17. • In his career, he is batting .280 with 15 doubles, a homer, 34 RBIs, 47 runs and a .377 on-base percentage in 110 games (57 starts).
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