FSU Takes On Tigers At Home

CLEMSON SERIES

Florida State returns to Mike Martin Field for its final regular season home series of the season as the Seminoles welcome the Clemson Tigers to town for a three-game conference set beginning Friday, May 11. FSU leads the all-time series 57-46-1 including a record of 31-10-1 in games played at home. The Seminoles are 15-6 in their last 21 games against the Tigers but its Clemson who enters the weekend winners of four straight in the series. Florida State has won the last six series at home including a pair of three-game sweeps in 1995 and 2001. The Tigers took 2-for-3 from the Seminoles in Tallahassee back in 1993. Last year, Clemson won all three games on its home turf outscoring FSU 24-6.

AGAINST THE TIGERS

Tony Thomas, Jr. is the only player on the current Seminole roster that has played in every game against Clemson over the last two years. Jack Rye is a career .333 (5-for-15) hitter against the Tigers with three walks and two runs scored, while posting a perfect fielding percentage. Dennis Guinn hit .300 a season ago against Clemson, while Buster Posey drove in three of the six total runs scored last year.
On the mound, Bryan Henry is the lone pitcher on the Seminole staff with two starts against the Clemson Tigers. Michael Hyde made a start in 2005 earning a no decision after throwing 5.1 innings. Brian Chambers has three appearances to his record over the last two years. He has thrown a combined 2.1 innings giving up a run on three hits and two strikeouts.

FLORIDA STATE IN ACC PLAY

Florida State is 20-4 in the ACC and has won all eight, three-game series in 2007. The Seminoles reached the 20-win plateau with last Sunday's victory at Maryland. It marked the third time in school history that Florida State has won 20 or more ACC games in a season. The school record for the most league victories in a season is 22 set in 1999, that year the Seminoles finished league play at 22-2. The series against Clemson is the final three-game home set of the regular season. The Seminoles own an 11-1 mark at home in the ACC posting series sweeps against Wake Forest, Boston College and Virginia Tech, while taking 2-of-3 from North Carolina. With two victories over Miami in Coral Gables, Florida State surpassed last year's ACC win total of 16. Since joining the league in 1992, FSU is the only team in the ACC to post 14 or more league wins in each of the last 16 seasons. FSU started 9-0 at home for the fifth time overall and for the first time since 2002. In 2001 and 2002, the Seminoles went undefeated at home in conferece play posting a perfect 12-0 record. This year Florida State won its first seven conference games before falling at Duke in game two of the series. It was the Seminoles' best start in ACC play since 1999 when the Garnet and Gold started 13-0. Since joining the ACC in 1992, FSU started league play winning its first six games three times