“I’m glad you mentioned his name [Clemson coach Erik Bakich] – he’s about as organized and thorough of a guy as they come. I think his team kind of mirrored that this year, if you had the chance to follow them. We are all wrapped up in the non-conference games too, but our league play. We keep an eye on people and when you get the bracket, we look at all three teams. Lipscomb and Charlotte, maybe a little bit more familiar because of the guys. But when you look at them, they play organized and well-coached ball. They rarely make mistakes. Today, I know it was back and forth, but obviously there was some separation between the two clubs when we were hitting in the cages. We almost got hit with a ball.”
Projected Pitching Matchups
RHP Chase Dollander (6-6, 4.28 ERA, 1.22 WHIP, 107 K, 25 BB, 73.2 IP) vs. LHP Caden Grice (8-1, 3.25 ERA, 1.16 WHIP, 91 K, 32 BB, 69.1 IP)
Bats To Know
Tennessee
Jared Dickey — .349 BA, .415 OBP, .994 OPS, 12 HR, 21 XBH, 47 RBI
Griffin Merritt — .304 BA, .387 OBP, 1.089 OPS, 18 HR, 28 XBH, 46 RBI
Christian Moore — .306 BA, .454 OBP, 1.044 OPS, 14 HR, 24 XBH, 43 RBI
Zane Denton — .273 BA, .408 OBP, .960 OPS, 12 HR, 24 XBH, 50 RBI
Maui Ahuna — .318 BA, .438 OBP 1.003 OPS, 7 HR, 27 XBH, 39 RBI
Clemson
Billy Amick — .416 BA, .462 OBP, 1.251 OPS, 13 HR, 32 XBH, 63 RBI
Cam Cannerella — .384 BA, .458 OBP, .997 OPS, 6 HR, 23 XBH, 43 RBI
Caden Grice — .309 BA, .417 OBP, 1.034 OPS, 17 HR, 32 XBH, 66 RBI
Will Taylor — .362 BA, .487 OBP, 1.016 OPS, 5 HR, 23 XBH, 46 RBI
Cooper Ingle — .337 BA, .426 OBP .902 OPS, 6 HR, 22 XBH, 34 RBI
