Clemson Travels To #9 Florida State

CLEMSON, S.C. (CU SID) — The Tigers close the regular season with a three-game series at No. 8 Florida State from Thursday to Saturday. SERIES SETUP “¢ Who – Clemson (28-25, 13-13 ACC) vs. Florida State (37-16, 17-10 ACC) “¢ Rankings – CU – NR; FSU – No. 9 BA, No. 8 CB, No. 8 USA “¢ When – Thursday (6 p.m.), Friday (6 p.m.), Saturday (1 p.m.) “¢ Where – Tallahassee, Fla. (Dick Howser Stadium) “¢ Watch – ESPN3 “¢ TV Announcers – Chip Baker, Tom Block (Saturday), Ariya Massoudi (Friday), Jonathan Schillace (Thursday) “¢ Listen – TigerCast, Clemson Tiger Sports Network “¢ CTSN Affiliates – Camden, S.C. (WPUB-FM) – Thursday, Saturday; Charleston, S.C. (WQSC-AM) – Saturday; Clemson, S.C. (WCCP-FM) – All three games; Columbia, S.C. (WZMJ-FM) – All three games; Loris, S.C. (WLSC-AM) – All three games; Newberry, S.C. (WKDK-AM) – All three games “¢ Live Stats – ClemsonTigers.com “¢ Social Media – Twitter/Instagram (@ClemsonBaseball) SERIES HISTORY “¢ Overall Record – Florida State leads 70-60-1 (1958-14) “¢ Record at Florida State – Florida State leads 37-16-1 (1962-13) STARTING PITCHERS “¢ Thursday – LHP Matthew Crownover (CU) vs. RHP Boomer Biegalski (FSU) “¢ Friday – LHP Zack Erwin (CU) vs. RHP Mike Compton (FSU) “¢ Saturday – RHP Jake Long (CU) vs. RHP Drew Carlton (FSU) CLEMSON OVERVIEW “¢ Clemson rallied from a 10-0 deficit after two innings to defeat Furman 23-15 at Fluor Field in Greenville, S.C. on Tuesday night. “¢ The Tigers are averaging 6.5 runs per game and hitting .289 with a .380 on-base percentage and 55 steals. “¢ The pitching staff has a 4.09 ERA, .256 opponents‘ batting average and 2.52 strikeout-to-walk ratio and Clemson is fielding .959. FLORIDA STATE OVERVIEW “¢ Florida State is led by 36th-year head coach Mike Martin. “¢ The Seminoles lost two of three games at Louisville last weekend. They are hitting .261 and have a 3.93 ERA and .964 fielding percentage. “¢ DJ Stewart is batting .327 with 12 homers, 47 RBIs, 62 walks and a .525 on-base percentage to lead Florida State, who is 27-4 at home. QUICK HITS “¢ This series marks Clemson‘s third straight trip to Florida State that concludes the regular season. “¢ After hitting no home runs in its previous five games, the Tigers have hit six home runs in the last four contests. “¢ Tyler Slaton‘s grandfather, Paul Slaton, played football at Florida State and was Burt Reynolds‘ roommate. Paul will be at this series. ACC STANDINGS “¢ Clemson (13-13) is fifth in the Atlantic Division behind Louisville (23-4), Florida State (17-10), Notre Dame (15-12) and NC State (14-12). “¢ Clemson is tied for sixth in the overall ACC standings with North Carolina (13-13). “¢ Clemson can finish anywhere between fourth and 11th in the overall ACC standings based on results from the final regular-season weekend. “¢ Ten teams will participate in the 2015 ACC Tournament at Durham, N.C. “¢ The top-six seeds qualify for the tournament, while seeds 7-10 play two play-in games on May 19 to form the eight-team, round-robin tourney. DOUBLE-DIGIT COMEBACK WIN “¢ Facing Furman at Fluor Field in Greenville, S.C. on May 12, Clemson trailed 10-0 after two innings, but rallied to win 23-15. “¢ Clemson scored three in the third, two in both the fourth and fifth and four in the sixth, then eight in the seventh to take the lead. “¢ The Tigers added one run in the eighth inning and three runs in the ninth inning, as Clemson scored in each of the last seven innings. “¢ Tiger batters totaled 22 hits, 15 walks and two hit-by-pitches, meaning 39 Tigers reached base safely, including six times by Steven Duggar. “¢ Chris Okey went 3-for-6 with two homers and three RBIs, Tyler Krieger went 4-for-6 with three RBIs and Weston Wilson added three hits. “¢ Ten Tigers totaled at least one hit and scored at least one run. “¢ Furman used 11 pitchers, who combined to throw 282 pitches in the nine-inning game that lasted 4:42. “¢ It was the most runs scored by the Tigers since May 18, 2006, when they defeated Wake Forest 26-1.