Clemson travels to Georgia Tuesday
CLEMSON, S.C. – Tigers and Bulldogs play the first game of a home-and-home series Tuesday night in Athens. GAME SETUP “¢ Who – Clemson (14-9) at Georgia (14-10-1) “¢ Rankings – CU – No. 20 BA, No. 22 USA; UGA – NR “¢ When – Tuesday (7 p.m.) “¢ Where – Athens, Ga. (Foley Field) “¢ Watch – CSS “¢ Listen – TigerCast “¢ Live Stats – ClemsonTigers.com “¢ Social Media – Twitter/Instagram (@ClemsonBaseball) SERIES HISTORY “¢ Overall Record – Georgia leads 119-103-2 (1900-2013) “¢ Record at Georgia – Georgia leads 68-45 (1900-2013) STARTING PITCHERS “¢ RHP Clate Schmidt (CU) vs. LHP Jared Walsh (UGA) CLEMSON OVERVIEW “¢ Clemson lost two of three games at home against top-ranked Florida State last weekend. “¢ The Tigers are averaging 6.7 runs per game and hitting .293 with a .362 on-base percentage and 42 steals in 2014. “¢ The pitching staff has a 4.68 ERA, .258 opponents‘ batting average, 2.08 strikeout-to-walk ratio and .963 fielding percentage. GEORGIA OVERVIEW “¢ Georgia is led by first-year Head Coach Scott Stricklin. “¢ The Bulldogs went 0-2-1 at Louisiana State last weekend. They are hitting .273 and have a 3.96 ERA and .970 fielding percentage. “¢ Hunter Cole is batting .337 with nine doubles, one homer, 15 RBIs, 15 runs and a .444 on-base percentage. QUICK HITS “¢ Clemson has won six of the last eight games against Georgia and has a four-game winning streak at Foley Field (2010-13). “¢ Clemson averaged just 1.97 extra-base hits per game in 2013, but is averaging 2.96 per game in 2014. “¢ Clemson has committed just nine errors in the last 11 games after committing 24 errors in the first 12 games. “¢ In 16.0 innings pitched against No. 1 Florida State, Tiger starters allowed just two earned runs (1.13 ERA) and 13 hits with 17 strikeouts. ACC STANDINGS “¢ Clemson is in second place in the ACC Atlantic Division standings with a 6-3 league record behind first-place Florida State (7-2). “¢ In the overall ACC standings, Clemson is in third place entering Monday‘s game between Virginia and Miami (Fla.). ACC SPEED “¢ Clemson is among the ACC leaders in stolen bases with 42, an average of 1.8 steals per game. “¢ Steven Duggar (12), Tyler Krieger (9) and Jay Baum (6) lead the team in steals. CAMPBELL CLOSING “¢ Senior righty Matt Campbell has allowed just one unearned run in 16.0 innings pitched (0.00 ERA) over 12 relief appearances as the closer. “¢ He is 2-0 and has given up just eight hits (.143 opponents‘ batting average) with 25 strikeouts (14.06 strikeouts per nine innings pitched). “¢ He has four of the team‘s seven saves. “¢ In 8.1 innings pitched over six relief outings in ACC games, he has allowed four hits (.143 opponents‘ batting average) with 13 strikeouts. “¢ In 92.2 innings pitched over 65 relief outings in his career, he is 5-3 with 15 saves, a 2.91 ERA and .180 opponents‘ batting average. “¢ His 15 career saves are seventh-most in Clemson history. “¢ He has 114 strikeouts in his career (11.07 strikeouts per nine innings pitched).
