Clemson Baseball Makes Trip To Boston

CLEMSON, S.C. (CU SID) — Clemson hits the road for the first time since March 24 to play Boston College in Chestnut Hill this weekend. SERIES SETUP “¢ Who – Clemson (16-17, 7-8 ACC) vs. Boston College (15-16, 5-9 ACC) “¢ Rankings – CU – NR; BOC – NR “¢ When – Friday (2:30 p.m.), Saturday (1:30 p.m.), Sunday (Noon) “¢ Where – Chestnut Hill, Mass (Commander Shea Field) “¢ Listen – TigerCast, Clemson Tiger Sports Network (Friday, Sunday) “¢ Live Stats – ClemsonTigers.com “¢ Social Media – Twitter/Instagram (@ClemsonBaseball) SERIES HISTORY “¢ Overall Record – Clemson leads 20-7 (2006-14) “¢ Record at Boston College – Clemson leads 10-2 (2006-13) STARTING PITCHERS “¢ Friday – LHP Matthew Crownover (CU) vs. RHP Mike King (BOC) “¢ Saturday – LHP Zack Erwin (CU) vs. RHP John Gorman (BOC) “¢ Sunday – TBA (CU) vs. TBA (BOC) CLEMSON OVERVIEW “¢ Clemson lost a pair of midweek home games against Georgia (3-2) and Charleston Southern (4-3). “¢ The Tigers are averaging 5.6 runs per game and hitting .276 with a .359 on-base percentage and 39 steals. “¢ The pitching staff has a 3.65 ERA, .253 opponents‘ batting average and 2.62 strikeout-to-walk ratio and Clemson is fielding .962. BOSTON COLLEGE OVERVIEW “¢ Boston College is led by fifth-year head coach Mike Gambino. “¢ The Eagles won both midweek games versus Dartmouth and Northeastern. They are hitting .265 and have a 4.71 ERA and .976 fielding percentage. “¢ Chris Shaw is hitting .339 with eight doubles, 11 homers, 41 RBIs and a .696 slugging percentage. QUICK HITS “¢ Clemson has a 10-2 record in its four previous road series at Boston College. “¢ Freshman righthander Paul Campbell is a native of Malden, Mass., the same state where the Tigers face Boston College this weekend. “¢ Boston College freshman righthander Kyle Dunster is the brother of former Tiger infielder Mike Dunster (2011-14). ROAD BATS “¢ Clemson is hitting 24 points higher in games away from home compared to home games in 2015. “¢ In 14 games away from home (8-6 record), the Tigers are hitting .289, led by Tyler Krieger‘s .379 mark. “¢ In 19 games at home (8-11 record), Clemson is hitting .265, led by Tyler Krieger and Reed Rohlman, who are both hitting .362 at home. “¢ Clemson is averaging 7.1 runs per game away from home compared to 4.5 runs per game at home. THREE TIGERS ON MLB ROSTERS “¢ Former Tigers Jeff Baker (Marlins), Brad Miller (Marineres) and Tony Sipp (Astros) are on 2015 MLB rosters. “¢ Baker is in his 11th MLB season, Miller is in his third MLB season and Sipp is in his seventh MLB season. “¢ Baker batted .334 in his Clemson career, is tied for the Tiger record with 59 career homers and was a two-time, first-team All-American. “¢ Miller, the 2011 ACC Player-of-the-Year, hit .339 with 36 doubles, eight triples, 16 homers, 135 RBIs and 46 steals in 191 games as a Tiger. “¢ Sipp batted .280 and had a 2-2 pitching record for the Tigers in 2004. “¢ Every Tiger team from 1974 to 2012 has had at least one future major leaguer on its roster.