Clemson Baseball preview vs. Duke |
DURHAM, N.C. - The Tigers travel to Durham, N.C., to take on Duke in a three-game series at Jack Coombs Field this weekend.
SERIES SETUP • Who - Clemson (22-7, 7-5 ACC) vs. Duke (15-14, 4-8 ACC) • Rankings - CU - No. 21 BA, No. 17 CB, No. 16 USA; DUK - NR • When - Friday (6 p.m.), Saturday (1 p.m.), Sunday (1 p.m.) • Where - Durham, N.C. (Jack Coombs Field) • Listen - TigerCast, Clemson Tiger Sports Network • Live Stats - ClemsonTigers.com • Social Media - Twitter/Instagram (@ClemsonBaseball) SERIES HISTORY • Overall Record - Clemson leads 129-66-2 (1904-2015) • Record at Duke - Clemson leads 50-28-1 (1916-12) STARTING PITCHERS • Friday - RHP Clate Schmidt (CU) vs. RHP Bailey Clark (DUK) • Saturday - LHP Charlie Barnes (CU) vs. LHP Trent Swart (DUK) • Sunday - TBA (CU) vs. RHP Brian McAfee (DUK) CLEMSON OVERVIEW • Clemson rallied to defeat Georgia 11-6 on the road on Tuesday night. • The Tigers are averaging 7.3 runs per game and hitting .287 with a .400 on-base percentage and 25 steals. • The pitching staff has a 3.60 ERA, .243 opponents’ batting average and 2.42 strikeout-to-walk ratio and Clemson is fielding .961. DUKE OVERVIEW • Duke is led by fourth-year head coach Chris Pollard. • The Blue Devils downed UNC Greensboro 7-4 on Tuesday. They are hitting .252 and have a 3.71 ERA and .974 fielding percentage. • Justin Bellinger is batting .410, Chris Proctor is hitting .313, Jimmy Herron has 10 steals and Zack Kone has four homers and 25 RBIs. QUICK HITS • Clemson pitching coach Andrew See was the pitching coach at Duke from 2013-15. • Clemson has trailed entering the seventh inning of a game 10 times this season and has won five of those games. • Seth Beer (25) and Chase Pinder (23) both have active on-base streaks of 23+ games. GREENE STEPPING UP AT THIRD BASE • Freshman Jordan Greene played sparingly in the first quarter of the season. But with no one taking command at third, he has stepped up. • He has started the last six games at third and has played 12 games overall (seven starts). Clemson is 6-1 with him in the starting lineup. • He is hitting .269 with one double, four RBIs, seven runs, a .424 on-base percentage and one steal. • He has reached base in all five plate appearances when leading off an inning. • He hit the go-ahead, run-scoring single in the eighth to give Clemson a 4-3 win over Pittsburgh on April 3. • The next game, he led off the ninth inning with a walk in a tie game and came around to score the winning run at Georgia on April 5.
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