Clemson Baseball Preview vs. FSU & Notes |
CLEMSON, S.C. - First place in the ACC Atlantic Division up for grabs as top-ranked Florida State comes to Tigertown for a three-game series this weekend.
SERIES SETUP • Who - Florida State (17-3, 5-1 ACC) at Clemson (13-7, 5-1 ACC) • Rankings - FSU - No. 2 BA, No. 2 CB, No. 1 USA; CU - No. 13 BA, No. 18 USA • When - Friday (6:30 p.m.), Saturday (6:30 p.m.), Sunday (1 p.m.) • Where - Clemson, S.C. (Doug Kingsmore Stadium) • Watch - ESPN3, CSS (Sunday) • Listen - TigerCast, Clemson Tiger Sports Network • Live Stats - ClemsonTigers.com • Social Media - Twitter/Instagram (@ClemsonBaseball) • Tickets - ClemsonTigers.com, 1-800-CLEMSON • Promotion (Sunday) - Social Sunday. Show coupon on Twitter/Instagram at @ClemsonBaseball and receive $2 mini pretzels. SERIES HISTORY • Overall Record - Florida State leads 68-59-1 (1958-13) • Record at Clemson - Clemson leads 30-19 (1962-12) STARTING PITCHERS • Friday - RHP Luke Weaver (FSU) vs. RHP
Daniel Gossett • Saturday - LHP Brandon Leibrandt (FSU) vs. LHP
Matthew Crownover • Sunday - RHP Mike Compton (FSU) vs. RHP
Jake Long CLEMSON OVERVIEW • Clemson split a pair of midweek games at Georgia Southern after winning two of three games at Wake Forest last weekend. • The Tigers are averaging 7.0 runs per game and hitting .299 with a .370 on-base percentage and 40 steals. • The pitching staff has a 4.68 ERA, .254 opponents’ batting average, 2.25 strikeout-to-walk ratio and .961 fielding percentage. FLORIDA STATE OVERVIEW • Florida State is led by 35th-year Head Coach Mike Martin. • The Seminoles fell at Florida 3-1 Tuesday after sweeping N.C. State. They are hitting .305 and have a 2.72 ERA and .971 fielding percentage. • DJ Stewart is hitting .378 with nine doubles, three homers, 19 RBIs, 23 runs and a .505 on-base percentage in 20 games. QUICK HITS • Clemson or Florida State has finished first in the ACC Atlantic Division standings every year since division format started in 2006. • Two of the top-10 winningest all-time head coaches will match up this weekend, Mike Martin (third - 1,787) and Jack Leggett (10th - 1,277). • All 76 of Head Coach Jack Leggett’s games (35-41 record) coached against Florida State have been against a top-25 ranked Seminole team. • Jack Leggett is 4-5 against a top-ranked Florida State team as Clemson’s head coach. •
Tyler Slaton OKEY BETTER THAN OK AS FRESHMAN • Freshman catcher
Chris Okey • The last Tiger freshman to lead or tie for the team lead in RBIs is
Jeff Baker
Daniel Gossett
Jr. RH Pitcher
#23 6-0, 180
Lyman, SC
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(CU) 
Matthew Crownover
So. LH Pitcher
#44 5-11, 205
Ringgold, GA
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(CU) 
Jake Long
RS Jr. RH Pitcher
#39 5-10, 180
Anderson, SC
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(CU)
Tyler Slaton
Jr. Outfielder
#18 5-7, 200
Cumming, GA
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’s grandfather, Paul Slaton, played football at Florida State and was a roommate of Burt Reynolds.
Chris Okey
Fr. Catcher
#25 6-0, 180
Mount Dora, FL
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is hitting .267, but he leads the team in RBIs with 24 along with one homer and three doubles. 
Jeff Baker
1st Base
# 6-2, 210
Clemson, SC
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, who tied sophomore Khalil Greene with 64 RBIs in 2000.
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