April 2, 2017
Auburn Baseball Notebook
Overall: 23-7
Last Week: 3-1
SEC: 7-2
Non-Conference: 16-5
Streak: W1
Last Week's Results:
March 28 ÃÆ'Æ'¢ÃƒÆ'¢'¬" Capital City Classic vs. Alabama (W, 4-3)
March 31 ÃÆ'Æ'¢ÃƒÆ'¢'¬" vs. South Carolina (W, 5-4)
April 1 ÃÆ'Æ'¢ÃƒÆ'¢'¬" vs. South Carolina (L, 7-0)
April 2 ÃÆ'Æ'¢ÃƒÆ'¢'¬" vs. South Carolina (W, 6-5)
This Week's Schedule:
April 4 ÃÆ'Æ'¢ÃƒÆ'¢'¬" vs. Georgia Tech, 6 pm (SECN+)
April 7 ÃÆ'Æ'¢ÃƒÆ'¢'¬" at Texas A&M, 6:30 pm (SECN+)
April 8 ÃÆ'Æ'¢ÃƒÆ'¢'¬" at Texas A&M, 2 pm (SECN+)
April 9 ÃÆ'Æ'¢ÃƒÆ'¢'¬" at Texas A&M, 1 pm (SECN+)
Last Week's Top Performers
Daniel Robert ÃÆ'Æ'¢ÃƒÆ'¢'¬" Sr. ÃÆ'Æ'¢ÃƒÆ'¢'¬" UTIL ÃÆ'Æ'¢ÃƒÆ'¢'¬" Hoover, Ala.
- Hit .417 (5-for-12) with three runs and four RBI on the week including 3-for-3 on stolen bases
- Batted .444 (4-for-9) with two stolen bases and two RBI in the series win over No. 6 South Carolina
- Had two RBI in Sunday win over the Gamecocks and two RBI in the Tuesday defeat of Alabama
- Batting .321 on the year with a team-high 24 RBI, nine extra-base hits and a perfect 7-for-7 in stolen bases
Casey Mize ÃÆ'Æ'¢ÃƒÆ'¢'¬" So. ÃÆ'Æ'¢ÃƒÆ'¢'¬" RHP ÃÆ'Æ'¢ÃƒÆ'¢'¬" Springville, Ala.
- Pitched his first career complete game in Friday's 5-4 win over sixth-ranked South Carolina
- Tied his career high with 12 strikeouts in the game, the most for the sophomore in a SEC game
- Mize allowed just one extra-base hit while pitching Auburn's first CG of the season in his first-ever Friday start
- Holds a 4-1 record and 1.58 ERA on the season with SEC-leading 63 strikeouts in 45.2 innings
Team Notes
Auburn posted a 3-1 record on the week ÃÆ'¢Ãƒ¢'¬¦ The Tigers took down rival Alabama 4-3 on Tuesday in the ninth annual MAX Capital City Classic at Montgomery's Riverwalk Stadium ÃÆ'¢Ãƒ¢'¬¦ Auburn has won 8-of-9 in the non-conference series and third in a row ÃÆ'¢Ãƒ¢'¬¦ relievers Corey Herndon, Ryan Watson and Andrew Mitchell combined to pitch 4.2 innings with only one hit and one unearned run allowed ÃÆ'¢Ãƒ¢'¬¦ Herndon earned his first career win ÃÆ'¢Ãƒ¢'¬¦ a stadium record 7,605 attended the game ÃÆ'¢Ãƒ¢'¬¦ Auburn took 2-of-3 from No. 6 South Carolina on the weekend to improve to 7-2 in SEC action ÃÆ'¢Ãƒ¢'¬¦ Behind a complete-game effort from sophomore right-hander Casey Mize, Auburn held on for a 5-4 win on Friday ÃÆ'¢Ãƒ¢'¬¦ Mize tied his career high with 12 strikeouts in his first career Friday start ÃÆ'¢Ãƒ¢'¬¦ Josh Anthony had a key 2-run double ÃÆ'¢Ãƒ¢'¬¦ Auburn came up short 7-0 in the Saturday game ÃÆ'¢Ãƒ¢'¬¦ Blake Logan threw out three would-be base stealers in the game and has thrown out 7-of-9 this season ÃÆ'¢Ãƒ¢'¬¦ Conor Davis capped the series in style with a 3-run walk-off homer in the ninth for a 6-5 win on Sunday ÃÆ'¢Ãƒ¢'¬¦ It was the first walk-off home run for Auburn since February 15, 2013 when Damek Tomscha delivered a solo shot for a 3-2 win against Maine ÃÆ'¢Ãƒ¢'¬¦ Davis' homer was the first of his career ÃÆ'¢Ãƒ¢'¬¦ The victory gave the Tigers their first series win at Plainsman Park over South Carolina since 1996 ÃÆ'¢Ãƒ¢'¬¦ Auburn has won seven-straight series to open the season ÃÆ'¢Ãƒ¢'¬¦ the victory was Auburn's 23rd of the season matching its 2016 win total ÃÆ'¢Ãƒ¢'¬¦ Calvin Coker pitched two scoreless innings in the Sunday win ÃÆ'¢Ãƒ¢'¬¦ the junior has thrown 10.1 consecutive scoreless innings over six appearances dating back to March 10 ÃÆ'¢Ãƒ¢'¬¦ Cole Lipscomb tied his season high with four innings pitched ÃÆ'¢Ãƒ¢'¬¦ Ryan Watson pitched two innings after making his first career start ÃÆ'¢Ãƒ¢'¬¦ Daniel Robert had two RBI for the second time in four games ÃÆ'¢Ãƒ¢'¬¦ Jay Estes and Jonah Todd both had three hits ÃÆ'¢Ãƒ¢'¬¦ The final weekend attendance tally of 11,914 is the largest series total at Plainsman Park since 2003 and the third-largest in stadium history ÃÆ'¢Ãƒ¢'¬¦ Auburn sold out both the Friday and Saturday games ÃÆ'¢Ãƒ¢'¬¦ eight one-run wins on the year after going 1-11 in one-run games in 2016 ÃÆ'¢Ãƒ¢'¬¦ Sunday was Auburn's first win when trailing after eight ÃÆ'¢Ãƒ¢'¬¦ Daniel Robert has reached base in nine-straight games ÃÆ'¢Ãƒ¢'¬¦ The senior from Hoover also leads the team with nine multi-RBI games, no other player has more than four ÃÆ'¢Ãƒ¢'¬¦ Jonah Todd has a team-best 11 multi-hit games ÃÆ'¢Ãƒ¢'¬¦ Jay Estes is second with 10 ÃÆ'¢Ãƒ¢'¬¦ Dylan Ingram had his 11th two-out RBI of the season on Sunday ÃÆ'¢Ãƒ¢'¬¦ he's tied with Josh Anthony for the team lead ÃÆ'¢Ãƒ¢'¬¦ Conor Davis leads the team with three pinch hits on the season (3-for-9) ÃÆ'¢Ãƒ¢'¬¦ Auburn leads the SEC with 29 double plays turned ÃÆ'¢Ãƒ¢'¬¦ The Tigers have won 13 of their last 15 games ÃÆ'¢Ãƒ¢'¬¦ Jonah Todd leads Auburn with a .406 batting average and six doubles in SEC play ÃÆ'¢Ãƒ¢'¬¦ Auburn is second in the league with 61 doubles ... The Tigers are tied with Arkansas for the SEC West lead ... Auburn, Kentucky and Arkansas are tied for the SEC lead overall ... Auburn is ranked No. 31 in RPI as of Sunday night