Clemson Baseball Travels to Ga. Southern
CLEMSON, S.C. – The Tigers travel to Statesboro, Ga. for the first time since 1995 to take on high-powered Georgia Southern in a two-game, midweek series. SERIES SETUP “¢ Who – Clemson (12-6) at Georgia Southern (16-4) “¢ Rankings – CU – No. 13 BA, No. 18 USA; GSU – NR “¢ When – Tuesday (6 p.m.), Wednesday (4 p.m.) “¢ Where – Statesboro, Ga. (J.I. Clements Stadium) “¢ Listen – TigerCast, WCCP (104.9 FM) “¢ Live Stats – ClemsonTigers.com “¢ Social Media – Twitter/Instagram (@ClemsonBaseball) SERIES HISTORY “¢ Overall Record – Clemson leads 54-27-1 (1959-13) “¢ Record at Georgia Southern – Clemson leads 19-15-1 (1960-95) STARTING PITCHERS “¢ Tuesday – LHP Zack Erwin (CU) vs. RHP Ryan Frederick (GSU) “¢ Wednesday – TBA (CU) vs. TBA (GSU) CLEMSON OVERVIEW “¢ Clemson won its final two games at Wake Forest by scores of 16-6 and 7-4 after losing the first game 4-3. “¢ The Tigers are averaging 7.2 runs per game and hitting .306 with a .374 on-base percentage and 37 stolen bases. “¢ The pitching staff has a 4.28 ERA, .252 opponents‘ batting average, 2.67 strikeout-to-walk ratio and .963 fielding percentage. GEORGIA SOUTHERN OVERVIEW “¢ Georgia Southern is led by 15th-year Head Coach Rodney Hennon. “¢ The Eagles won one of three games at Elon last weekend. They are hitting .327 and have a 2.59 ERA and .963 fielding percentage. “¢ Aaron Mizell is hitting .390 with five doubles, one triple, eight homers, 24 RBIs and three steals, while Garrett Chapman is batting .408. QUICK HITS “¢ Georgia Southern Head Coach Rodney Hennon was a player at Western Carolina under Head Coach Jack Leggett in 1990 and 1991. “¢ Jack Leggett has been a head coach for 1,999 career games. He also has 899 wins as Clemson‘s head coach. “¢ In six ACC games, Clemson is hitting .327 with a .532 slugging percentage, .387 on-base percentage and 16 steals. ACC STANDINGS “¢ Clemson is tied for first place with Florida State in the ACC Atlantic Division standings with a 5-1 league record. “¢ In the overall ACC standings, Clemson is tied for first place with Florida State and Virginia. BAUM KEY TO CLEMSON’S OFFENSE “¢ Junior infielder/outfielder Jay Baum has been Clemson‘s best hitter in league games, as he is hitting .500 in ACC games. “¢ He has five doubles, five RBIs, seven runs, a .538 on-base percentage and four steals in ACC games. “¢ Overall, he is hitting .324 with six doubles, one triple, 10 RBIs, 13 runs and six steals. “¢ He has started 10 games in left field and eight games at third base. “¢ Clemson is 5-0 when he totals multiple hits.
