Tigers take five-game winning streak to Charlottesville
Riding a five-game winning streak, Clemson takes to the road for the second consecutive weekend, this time traveling to Charlottesville for a showdown with the Cavs.
Tale of the Tape
Clemson is now at .251 (incidentally the Tigers are hitting .251 against both LHPs and RHPs) after this weeks outburst. It'll be interesting to see if Clemson can continue the current roll given an ACC pitching staff as the opponent.
While Virginia's record is not the same as it has been recently, the Cavs WHIP is on par with Clemson's.
| Team | Batting | OBP | Slugging | ERA | WHIP | Fielding | Scoring |
| Clemson | .251 | .374 | .431 | 3.45 | 1.28 | .976 | 6.1 |
| Virginia | .271 | .369 | .371 | 3.75 | 1.30 | .970 | 5.6 |
Jacob Hennessy has been shaky early in his last two starts, so that's something to keep an eye on against Virginia Friday.
Pitching
The bullpen continues to do work, with the Strider/Miller combo again throwing shutout ball on Tuesday and Travis Marr, Mat Clark, Owen Griffith and Ryne Huggins giving up 2 runs in 6 innings on Wednesday.
This week's crazy stat belongs to Ryne Huggins: 7 appearances with a total of 1.2 innings pitched.
Leading Off
Kier Meredith didn't play Wednesday, but instead of moving Davidson back to leadoff Monte Lee kept him in the 2 hole and elevated Jordan Greene to leadoff, which worked well. That was against Presbyterian, and it would have been interesting to see what Lee would have done had the opponent been more of a threat.
Batting
Quality At Bats
This metric is calculated different ways by different teams and at times can be subjective depending on who is measuring the at-bat. The goal was to capture as much data as possible to better understand decisions made by the coaching staff.
Actual vs. Expected Record
The Tigers are 9-3 in one-run games and the expected record now sits at 39-17.
It's important to note that the expected record doesn't look at the schedule ahead and assign wins and losses, but predicts the number of wins and losses based on runs scored and runs given up and assumes the current rate of runs scored and given up will continue through the year.
| Actual Record | Expected Record | "Luck" | Expected Season Record |
| 31-11 | 29-13 | +2 | 39-17 |
Resume
The Tigers gained two wins this week, but the strength of schedule took a hit.
| Record | RPI | SOS | RPI 1-50 | RPI 51-100 | RPI 101-150 | RPI 151-297 |
| 31-11 | 16 | 44 | 9-7 | 11-4 | 1-0 | 10-0 |
Upcoming Schedule
After the weekend in Charlottesville, the Tigers are off until May 5th through 7th when they host Florida State at The Doug. That is a Saturday - Monday series with Monday's game scheduled for terrestrial TV (ESPNU).
| Date | Opponent | Location | Current Record | Current RPI |
| 4/27-4/29 | Virginia | Charlottsville | 24-17 (9-12 in ACC) | 77 |
| 5/5-5/7 | Florida State | Clemson | 29-13 (11-9 in ACC) | 13 |
| 5/9 | Western Carolina | Clemson | 4-35 | 270 |
| 5/11-513 | Austin Peay | Clemson | 23-18 | 89 |
*Baseball resume information via WarrenNolan.com.