April 16, 2017
Auburn Baseball Notebook
Overall: 27-11
Last Week: 3-1
SEC: 10-5
Non-Conference: 17-6
Streak: W1
Rank: 10 (BA), 11 (D1), 16 (NCBWA), 9 (CB), 13 (USAT)
Last Week's Results:
April 11 ÃÆ'Æ'¢ÃƒÆ'¢'¬" at Samford (W, 16-15)
April 13 ÃÆ'Æ'¢ÃƒÆ'¢'¬" at Tennessee (W, 3-2)
April 14 ÃÆ'Æ'¢ÃƒÆ'¢'¬" at Tennessee (L, 5-4 [10])
April 15 ÃÆ'Æ'¢ÃƒÆ'¢'¬" at Tennessee (W, 8-1)
This Week's Schedule:
April 18 ÃÆ'Æ'¢ÃƒÆ'¢'¬" at Kennesaw State, 5 pm (ESPN3)
April 21 ÃÆ'Æ'¢ÃƒÆ'¢'¬" vs. Arkansas, 6 pm (SECN+)
April 22 ÃÆ'Æ'¢ÃƒÆ'¢'¬" vs. Arkansas, 1 pm (SECN+)
April 23 ÃÆ'Æ'¢ÃƒÆ'¢'¬" vs. Arkansas, 3 pm (SECN)
Last Week's Top Performers
Jonah Todd ÃÆ'Æ'¢ÃƒÆ'¢'¬" Jr. ÃÆ'Æ'¢ÃƒÆ'¢'¬" OF ÃÆ'Æ'¢ÃƒÆ'¢'¬" Birmingport, Ala.
- Batted .688 (11-for-16) on the week as Auburn posted a 3-1 record with nine runs scored
- Recorded two doubles, one triple, three walks, four RBI and three stolen bases in four road games
- Had two four-hit games on the week setting a new career high
- Against Tennessee, batted .583 (7-for-12) with five runs, two doubles, two RBI and one stolen bases
- Drove in or scored seven of Auburn's 15 runs in its series win at Tennessee.
- Raised his batting average 40 points this week and now ranks second in the SEC with a .381 BA
Davis Daniel ÃÆ'Æ'¢ÃƒÆ'¢'¬" Fr. ÃÆ'Æ'¢ÃƒÆ'¢'¬" RHP ÃÆ'Æ'¢ÃƒÆ'¢'¬" Montgomery, Ala.
- Pitched a career-best eight innings with no runs allowed in an 8-1 win at Tennessee to clinch the series
- Struck out five and allowed only three singles as he improved to 3-2 on the season
- Lowered his ERA nearly a full run as he clinched a road SEC series for the Tigers for the second time
- Daniel needed just 53 pitches to complete the third through eighth innings inducing 12 groundball outs
- The freshman is now 3-2 on the season with a 4.00 ERA
Team Notes
Auburn posted a 3-1 record on the week ÃÆ'¢Ãƒ¢'¬¦ The Tigers won a wild one at Samford on Tuesday knocking off the Bulldogs 16-15 ÃÆ'¢Ãƒ¢'¬¦ Daniel Robert hit a 3-run homer in Birmingham and recorded his first career save ÃÆ'¢Ãƒ¢'¬¦ Auburn scored a season-high 16 runs in the victory ÃÆ'¢Ãƒ¢'¬¦ Robert tied his career high with four RBI in the game ÃÆ'¢Ãƒ¢'¬¦ Auburn tied its season high with eight runs scored in the second inning ÃÆ'¢Ãƒ¢'¬¦ Dylan Ingram hit a grand slam, the first for the Tigers since 2012 ... Zach Alvord hit the previous grand slam against Presbyterian on May 8, 2012 ÃÆ'Æ'¢ÃƒÆ'¢'¬" a span of 276 games ÃÆ'¢Ãƒ¢'¬¦ Auburn's 3-4-5 hitters of Robert, Conor Davis and Dylan Ingram each tallied four RBI ÃÆ'¢Ãƒ¢'¬¦ 4 RBI was a career high for all three ÃÆ'¢Ãƒ¢'¬¦ Auburn's 16 runs were the most scored in a game since totaling 18 vs. Oral Roberts in 2016 ÃÆ'¢Ãƒ¢'¬¦ The 31 combined runs in the game were the most by the Tigers and their opponent since Auburn defeated Troy 26-6 in 2009 ÃÆ'¢Ãƒ¢'¬¦ Jonah Todd set a new career high four hits in the game ÃÆ'¢Ãƒ¢'¬¦ Luke Jarvis homered and tripled as Auburn defeated UT 3-2 ÃÆ'¢Ãƒ¢'¬¦ Casey Mize pitched six shutout innings and improved to 6-1 on the season ÃÆ'¢Ãƒ¢'¬¦ Mize has not allowed a run in his last 16 innings ÃÆ'¢Ãƒ¢'¬¦ He leads the SEC with 82 strikeouts ÃÆ'¢Ãƒ¢'¬¦ Josh Anthony had two doubles ÃÆ'¢Ãƒ¢'¬¦ Six of Auburn's seven hits in the game went for extra bases ÃÆ'¢Ãƒ¢'¬¦ Keegan Thompson allowed only one run in six innings on Friday, but the Tigers were walked off 5-4 ÃÆ'¢Ãƒ¢'¬¦ Freshman Davis Daniel pitched a career-long eight shutout innings Saturday as the Tigers took the series with a 8-1 win ÃÆ'¢Ãƒ¢'¬¦ The lone run was scored in the ninth off reliever Ryan Watson ÃÆ'¢Ãƒ¢'¬¦ Todd has four hits for the second time in four games ÃÆ'¢Ãƒ¢'¬¦ Jay Estes tied his career high with three runs scored ÃÆ'¢Ãƒ¢'¬¦ Bo Decker hit his first career homer ÃÆ'¢Ãƒ¢'¬¦ Dylan Ingram hit a 3-run shot ÃÆ'¢Ãƒ¢'¬¦ Auburn starting pitchers Casey Mize, Keegan Thompson and Davis Daniel allowed only one earned run in 20 combined innings in the Tennessee series ÃÆ'¢Ãƒ¢'¬¦ The series win was Auburn's eighth in nine attempts in 2017 ÃÆ'¢Ãƒ¢'¬¦ Casey Mize accepted an invite to the USA Collegiate National Team ÃÆ'¢Ãƒ¢'¬¦ Mize and Keegan Thompson were both named to the Golden Spikes Award watch list ÃÆ'¢Ãƒ¢'¬¦ Freshman Conor Davis batted .368 (7-for-19) with six RBI on the week ÃÆ'¢Ãƒ¢'¬¦ He's riding a six-game hitting streak ÃÆ'¢Ãƒ¢'¬¦ The Georgia native has multiple hits in four of the six ÃÆ'¢Ãƒ¢'¬¦ Auburn wraps up its season-long eight game winning streak Tuesday at Kennesaw State ÃÆ'¢Ãƒ¢'¬¦ The Tigers are 4-3 thus far ÃÆ'¢Ãƒ¢'¬¦ Daniel Robert (94 RBI) needs just six for 100 in his career ÃÆ'¢Ãƒ¢'¬¦ Auburn has turned 41 double plays on the season, including 12 in the last eight games ÃÆ'¢Ãƒ¢'¬¦ Jonah Todd is hitting .392 in 25 games in the lead-off spot ÃÆ'¢Ãƒ¢'¬¦ Dylan Ingram leads the team with 18 two-out RBI ÃÆ'¢Ãƒ¢'¬¦ Todd leads the team with 15 multi-hit games ÃÆ'¢Ãƒ¢'¬¦ Daniel Robert is tops on the team with 11 multi-RBI games ÃÆ'¢Ãƒ¢'¬¦ Todd has hit in five straight and has reached base in 11 consecutive games ÃÆ'¢Ãƒ¢'¬¦ The Tigers are 11-3 in one-run games ÃÆ'¢Ãƒ¢'¬¦ Auburn is out-scoring its opponents 65-22 in the third and fourth innings ÃÆ'¢Ãƒ¢'¬¦ Auburn is 10-5 in SEC play at the midway point, the best for the Tigers since opening 2004 at 11-4 ÃÆ'¢Ãƒ¢'¬¦ Auburn entered the week with 10 home runs as a team, but hit five in four games ÃÆ'¢Ãƒ¢'¬¦ Jonah Todd drove in or scored seven of Auburn's 15 runs in its series win at Tennessee ÃÆ'¢Ãƒ¢'¬¦ Todd ranks in the top five in the SEC in batting average (.381, 2nd), runs (37, 5th), doubles (12, 5th), hits (53, 4th) and on-base percentage (.470, 4th)