Feb. 18, 2018
Auburn Baseball Notebook
Overall: 3-0
Last Week: 3-0
SEC: 0-0
Non-Conference: 3-0
Streak: W3
Last Week's Results:
Friday - vs. Longwood (W, 6-0)
Saturday - vs. Longwood (W, 25-1)
Sunday - vs. Longwood (W, 3-0)
This Week's Schedule:
Tuesday - vs. Georgia State (4 p.m.)
Wednesday - vs. Troy (4 p.m.)
Friday - vs. Bryant (5 p.m.)
Saturday - vs. Bryant (1 p.m.)
Sunday - vs. Bryant (12 p.m.)
Last Week's Top Performers
Tanner Burns - Fr. - RHP - Decatur, Ala.
- Tossed 5.0 shutout innings and earned the win in his Auburn debut
- Struck out five of the first six batters he faced and six overall while not allowing a walk
- Escaped a bases-loaded jam with nobody out in his final inning of work
Calvin Coker - Sr. - RHP - Kyle, Texas
- Made two appearances on the weekend and didn't allow a run
- Earned his first save of the season and third of his career in the finale
- Retired 12 of the 13 batters he faced and struck out eight
Will Holland - So. - IF - Lawrenceville, Ga.
- Collected two or more hits in all three games - finishing the weekend with seven hits, including three for extra bases
- Went 3-for-6 with a home run and two RBI in Saturday's series-clinching win
- Hit a career high two doubles in the series finale
Team Notes
Auburn's sweep of Longwood was the Tigers' first on Opening Weekend since taking four games against Maine in 2013 ÃÆ'¢Ãƒ¢'¬¦ the Auburn pitching staff allowed just one run on the weekend, marking the fewest runs allowed in a series since also allowing one run in a series against Ole Miss from Mar. 12-13, 1988 ÃÆ'¢Ãƒ¢'¬¦ the Tigers also scored 34 runs, marking the most runs scored in a series since scoring 35 runs against Oral Roberts on Mar. 11-13, 2016 ÃÆ'¢Ãƒ¢'¬¦ Auburn ace Casey Mize turned in 6.0 shutout innings and struck out seven while earning the win in the season opener ÃÆ'¢Ãƒ¢'¬¦ catcher Brett Wright went 2-for-3 with a double, home run and two RBI in his Auburn debut ÃÆ'¢Ãƒ¢'¬¦ the Tigers clinched the series with a 25-1 win Saturday afternoon ÃÆ'¢Ãƒ¢'¬¦ as far as records indicate, the 24-run margin of victory was the most in program history ÃÆ'¢Ãƒ¢'¬¦ the 25 runs scored were also the most since scoring 26 runs against Troy on Apr. 9, 2009 ÃÆ'¢Ãƒ¢'¬¦ freshman Steven Williams homered in his first collegiate at-bat and finished the game 4-for-4 with three runs and seven RBI ÃÆ'¢Ãƒ¢'¬¦ his seven RBI were the most by an Auburn player since Tony Caldwell drove in seven at Kentucky on Apr. 9, 2011 ÃÆ'¢Ãƒ¢'¬¦ infielder Brendan Venter also drove in five runs in the game ÃÆ'¢Ãƒ¢'¬¦ he and Williams became the first Auburn duo to drive in five or more runs in the same game since Justin Bryant (eight) and Hunter Morris (five) at UGA on Mar. 19, 2010 ÃÆ'¢Ãƒ¢'¬¦ freshman right-hander Tanner Burns made his Auburn debut in the series finale and earned the win after pitching 5.0 scoreless inning and striking out six ÃÆ'¢Ãƒ¢'¬¦ as a pitching staff, Auburn finished the weekend with 32 strikeouts compared to five walks ÃÆ'¢Ãƒ¢'¬¦ offensively, the team collected 14 extra-base hits, including four home runs in the first 11 innings from the plate ÃÆ'¢Ãƒ¢'¬¦ it took last year's team 14 games to hit four home runs.