Tigers face Spartans on Wednesday |
CLEMSON, S.C. - The Tigers play at Fluor Field for the second time this season to face Michigan State.
GAME SETUP • Who - Clemson (8-6) vs. Michigan State (6-7) • Rankings - CU - NR; MSU - NR • When - Wednesday (7 p.m.) • Where - Greenville, S.C. (Fluor Field) • Listen - TigerCast, Clemson Tiger Sports Network • Live Stats - ClemsonTigers.com • Social Media - Twitter/Instagram (@ClemsonBaseball) SERIES HISTORY • Overall Record - Michigan State leads 9-7-1 (1935-11) • Record at Neutral - Clemson leads 3-0 (2009-11) STARTING PITCHERS • LHP
Charlie Barnes CLEMSON OVERVIEW • Clemson is coming off one win in three games at NC State last weekend. • The Tigers are averaging 5.6 runs per game and hitting .291 with a .374 on-base percentage and 13 stolen bases. • The pitching staff has a 3.59 ERA, .236 opponents’ batting average and 3.03 strikeout-to-walk ratio and Clemson is fielding .968. MICHIGAN STATE OVERVIEW • Michigan State is led by seventh-year Head Coach Jake Boss. • The Spartans won three games in the Coastal Carolina Invitational. They are hitting .236 and have a 3.56 ERA and .974 fielding percentage. • Chad Roskelly is hitting .355 with two homers and seven RBIs, while Mark Weist is batting .333 with three steals. QUICK HITS • For the first time since 1991, Clemson is playing 14 of its first 23 games away from home. • Clemson has not allowed a run in the sixth inning this season and is outscoring the opposition 22-5 in the seventh inning. • Clemson’s freshman batters (6) have combined to hit .345 this season, led by
Reed Rohlman TIGERS 16-5 AT FLUOR FIELD • Clemson has a 16-5 all-time record at Fluor Field in Greenville, S.C. • The only teams to defeat Clemson at Fluor Field are South Carolina (2010,11,14,15) and Presbyterian College (2011). • Clemson is 3-0 against Michigan State at Fluor Field. KOERNER BLANKS GAMECOCKS • Junior righty
Brody Koerner • His performance enabled the Tigers to win the regular-season series over the Gamecocks for the first time since 2010. • He won the Bob Bradley Award as Clemson’s MVP of the three-game series. • He was the biggest reason South Carolina did not score a run in a home game for the first time since 1998. • He became the first Tiger to pitch a shutout in Columbia since 1968 (John Curtis). • On the season, he is 2-2 with a 3.97 ERA and .241 opponents’ batting average in 22.2 innings pitched over four starts.
Charlie Barnes
Fr. LH Pitcher
#23 6-1, 170
Sumter, SC
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Charlie Barnes
Fr. LH Pitcher
#23 6-1, 170
Sumter, SC
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(CU) vs. RHP Andrew Gonzalez (MSU)
Reed Rohlman
RS Fr. Outfielder
#26 6-0, 210
Moore, SC
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’s .400 batting average.
Brody Koerner
Jr. RH Pitcher
#19 6-2, 200
Concord, NC
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pitched a four-hit shutout in Clemson’s 7-0 win at No. 8 South Carolina on March 2. He also struck out seven.
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