FSU baseball: Noles look to stay hot against the Clemson Tigers

FSU baseball (23-13, 10-8 ACC) look to keep their five game winning streak going when they travel to face the Clemson Tigers.

Clemson batters are hitting .278 with an on-base percentage of .389 and have hit 55 home runs, 60 doubles, and four triples.

Clemson pitchers will enter the contest with a 4.34 ERA, with opposing teams batting .249, with 329 strikeouts and 149 walks in 329.2 innings. They have allowed 40 home runs.

Defensively, Clemson has 28 errors for a fielding percentage of .980.

FSU baseball pitchers enter the contest with a 3.94 ERA, with opposing teams batting .230, with 460 strikeouts and 135 walks in 338.1 innings.

FSU batters are hitting .268 with an on-base percentage of .376 and have 41 home runs, 78 doubles, and five triples.

Defensively, FSU has 42 errors for a fielding percentage of .970. Clemson has an RPI ranking of No. 34, compared to FSU’s No. 16 ranking.

Key To Victory

Clemson’s a solid team whose conference record doesn’t reflect it as they come into this game winners in five of their last six.

They don’t beat themselves with errors and several hitters in their lineup have some pop. However, they strikeout 30 percent of the time, which isn’t a good sign for them with the arms FSU has on the mound. As long as FSU pitchers work ahead in the count and avoid walks they should be fine.

Clemson pitchers issue a lot of free passes, while averaging a strikeout per inning. FSU has had better at-bats in the last few games and they’ll need that approach again in this series. They are at their best when they strike early in the games and give FSU pitchers some cushion. They’ll have a great shot at winning this series if they can get on top early and let FSU pitchers do their thing.

Friday’s game will begin at 6 p.m. ET and air on the ACCNX channel.