March 19, 2017
Auburn Baseball Notebook
Overall: 17-5
Last Week: 5-0
SEC: 3-0
Non-Conference: 14-5
Streak: W7
Last Week's Results:
March 14 ÃÆ'Æ'¢ÃƒÆ'¢'¬" vs. UAB (W, 4-0)
March 15 ÃÆ'Æ'¢ÃƒÆ'¢'¬" vs. Jacksonville St. (W, 10-1)
March 17 ÃÆ'Æ'¢ÃƒÆ'¢'¬" vs. Florida (W, 14-3)
March 18 ÃÆ'Æ'¢ÃƒÆ'¢'¬" vs. Florida (W, 2-1)
March 19 ÃÆ'Æ'¢ÃƒÆ'¢'¬" vs. Florida (W, 6-5)
This Week's Schedule:
March 21 ÃÆ'Æ'¢ÃƒÆ'¢'¬" at Georgia Tech, 5 pm (ESPN3)
March 24 ÃÆ'Æ'¢ÃƒÆ'¢'¬" at Georgia, 6 pm (SECN+)
March 25 ÃÆ'Æ'¢ÃƒÆ'¢'¬" at Georgia, 1 pm (SECN+)
March 26 ÃÆ'Æ'¢ÃƒÆ'¢'¬" at Georgia, 12 pm (SECN+)
Last Week's Top Performers
Jay Estes ÃÆ'Æ'¢ÃƒÆ'¢'¬" Jr. ÃÆ'Æ'¢ÃƒÆ'¢'¬" IF/OF ÃÆ'Æ'¢ÃƒÆ'¢'¬" Crawfordville, Fla.
- Started all five games in three different positions on the week (LF, RF, 2B) and batted .412 (7-for-17)
- Scored seven runs with four RBI on the week
- Had four doubles in the sweep over Florida while batting .556 (5-for-9) against his home-state team
- Now tied for the team lead with a .338 average and tops on the team with seven doubles
Will Holland ÃÆ'Æ'¢ÃƒÆ'¢'¬" Fr. ÃÆ'Æ'¢ÃƒÆ'¢'¬" IF ÃÆ'Æ'¢ÃƒÆ'¢'¬" Lawrenceville, Ga.
- Started four games on the week at second base and batted .400 (6-for-15)
- Homered, tripled and scored three times with four RBI on the week
- Perfect in the field in all four games with 13 assists and part of six double plays
- Hit key 2-run homer in Friday win over Florida and bunt in ninth inning Sunday set stage for walk-off win
- Batting .278 on the season with two homers, one double, one triple, five runs scored and nine RBI
Casey Mize ÃÆ'Æ'¢ÃƒÆ'¢'¬" So. ÃÆ'Æ'¢ÃƒÆ'¢'¬" RHP ÃÆ'Æ'¢ÃƒÆ'¢'¬" Springville, Ala.
- Dominated No. 5 Florida for seven innings to help Auburn win the series on Saturday
- Did not allow an earned run with eight strikeouts (SEC career high) and one walk
- Improved to 3-0 on the season and ranks second in the SEC with a 0.30 ERA
- Leads the SEC with 46 strikeouts; has allowed only four walks in 46.0 innings pitched
Team Notes
Auburn posted a perfect 5-0 record on the week ÃÆ'¢Ãƒ¢'¬¦ With the five wins, the Tigers rank their winning streak to seven ÃÆ'¢Ãƒ¢'¬¦ Auburn walked off with a 6-5 win on Sunday to complete its first three-game sweep over Florida since 1987 ÃÆ'¢Ãƒ¢'¬¦ it's just the second sweep of Florida in Auburn program history and it was the first time Florida had been swept since 2013 ÃÆ'¢Ãƒ¢'¬¦ Sunday's win was the first walk-off win for Auburn since a ninth-inning victory over Xavier in 2015 ÃÆ'¢Ãƒ¢'¬¦ The last time Auburn started 3-0 in SEC play was 2010 ÃÆ'¢Ãƒ¢'¬¦ The Tigers took three games from Georgia that season and went on to win the SEC West ÃÆ'¢Ãƒ¢'¬¦ Blake Logan had his first three hit game of the season in the finale including a triple and the game-tying run ÃÆ'¢Ãƒ¢'¬¦ The winning run was scored from Logan's place after he was replaced by pinch-runner JJ Shaffer ÃÆ'¢Ãƒ¢'¬¦ Calvin Coker pitched a career-long four innings in relief ÃÆ'¢Ãƒ¢'¬¦ Andrew Mitchell pitched a perfect ninth to pick up his fourth win ÃÆ'¢Ãƒ¢'¬¦ he has four wins in just 7.1 innings pitched over six games this season ÃÆ'¢Ãƒ¢'¬¦ Saturday's win was a classic pitcher's duel with Auburn taking a 2-1 win ÃÆ'¢Ãƒ¢'¬¦ Casey Mize dominated for seven innings with one unearned run allowed before giving way to Cole Lipscomb ÃÆ'¢Ãƒ¢'¬¦ Lipscomb secured his third save ÃÆ'¢Ãƒ¢'¬¦ Mize had eight strikeouts, the most for him in a SEC game in his career ÃÆ'¢Ãƒ¢'¬¦ the victory secured Auburn's first series win over a top 5 team since 2010 ÃÆ'¢Ãƒ¢'¬¦ Luke Jarvis had a career-best three hits in the game ÃÆ'¢Ãƒ¢'¬¦ Saturday's game was a 14-3 blowout in favor of the Tigers ÃÆ'¢Ãƒ¢'¬¦ The 11-run win was the largest margin of victory in the series for Auburn since 1956 ÃÆ'¢Ãƒ¢'¬¦ The 14 runs are the most Auburn has scored in an SEC game since April 18, 2015 against Ole Miss, the most runs scored against Florida since 1997 and the most scored against Florida at Plainsman Park since 1972 ÃÆ'¢Ãƒ¢'¬¦ Keegan Thompson struck out a season-high eight to get his fourth win ÃÆ'¢Ãƒ¢'¬¦ Will Holland hit his second homer and finished with Auburn's first four-RBI game of the season ÃÆ'¢Ãƒ¢'¬¦ Auburn has won all five series played so far in 2017 ÃÆ'¢Ãƒ¢'¬¦ Jay Estes had four doubles against Florida and leads the Tigers with seven on the season ÃÆ'¢Ãƒ¢'¬¦ Auburn's defense turned seven double plays on the week and leads the SEC with 21 ÃÆ'¢Ãƒ¢'¬¦ The Tigers have turned 12 double plays over the last eight games ÃÆ'¢Ãƒ¢'¬¦ The Auburn pitching staff posted a 1.05 ERA over the 5-0 week with 34 K and only seven walks ÃÆ'¢Ãƒ¢'¬¦ The Tigers held Florida to a .194 average ÃÆ'¢Ãƒ¢'¬¦ Luke Jarvis is Auburn's hottest hitter over the last five games (.438, 7-for-16) ÃÆ'¢Ãƒ¢'¬¦ Blake Logan is batting .393 with two doubles, one triple, one homer and seven RBI over his last 10 games ÃÆ'¢Ãƒ¢'¬¦ Auburn is now 4-2 in one-run games after a 1-11 mark in 2016 ÃÆ'¢Ãƒ¢'¬¦ Auburn is out-scoring its opponents 65-12 in the fourth and fifth inning ÃÆ'¢Ãƒ¢'¬¦ Estes leads the Auburn roster with nine multi-hit games ÃÆ'¢Ãƒ¢'¬¦ Auburn pitchers have allowed the fewest home runs in the league with five ÃÆ'¢Ãƒ¢'¬¦ Despite only holding a 1-0 record, Auburn is 5-1 in games started by freshman Davis Daniel ÃÆ'¢Ãƒ¢'¬¦ Dylan Ingram leads the Tigers with 10 2-out RBI ÃÆ'¢Ãƒ¢'¬¦ Auburn's 14 runs scored on Friday are a season high ÃÆ'¢Ãƒ¢'¬¦ The Tigers tallied nine doubles in the UF series ÃÆ'¢Ãƒ¢'¬¦ Entering Sunday, the Auburn pitching staff had allowed only three earned runs in its last 54 innings ÃÆ'¢Ãƒ¢'¬¦ The Tigers play the first four road games of the season after opening the year with 22 straight at home ÃÆ'¢Ãƒ¢'¬¦ Auburn visits longtime rival Georgia Tech on Tuesday and travels to Georgia on the weekend ÃÆ'¢Ãƒ¢'¬¦ Auburn and Georgia Tech first met in 1893 ÃÆ'¢Ãƒ¢'¬¦ the series was re-started in 2015 and is tied 2-2 since then ÃÆ'¢Ãƒ¢'¬¦ The Tigers last faced UGA in 2015, a three-game sweep in favor of Auburn at Plainsman Park