March 25, 2018
Auburn Baseball Notebook
Overall: 20-5
Last Week: 1-3
SEC: 3-3
Non-Conference: 17-2
Streak: L1
Last Week's Results:
Tuesday -- at Georgia Tech (L, 6-4)
Friday -- vs. No. 8 Kentucky (L, 5-4)
Sunday (Game One) -- vs. No. 8 Kentucky (W, 4-3)
Sunday (Game Two) -- vs. No. 8 Kentucky (L, 13-3)
This Week's Schedule:
Tuesday -- vs. Alabama (6:30 p.m.) -- Capital City Classic in Montgomery
Friday -- vs. Missouri (6 p.m.)
Saturday -- vs. Missouri (6 p.m.)
Sunday -- vs. Missouri (2 p.m.)
Last Week's Top Performers
Casey Mize - Jr. - RHP - Springville, Ala.
1 GS, 0-0, 2.57 ERA, 7.0 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 0 BB, 12 K
- Coming off back-to-back SEC Pitcher of the Week honors, Mize turned in his third straight quality outing in a no-decision at No. 8 Kentucky.
- Retired the last 11 Wildcat hitters he faced.
- Became the first Auburn pitcher to strike out 10-plus batters in three straight starts since John Powell did it in six straight games in 1994.
- His 38 strikeouts over the last three outings are the most by an Auburn pitcher in the Statcrew era (1993).
- Didn't issue a walk for the third straight start and eighth time since the start of last season and has now struck out a SEC-high 63 batters with only three walks this year.
Luke Jarvis -- R-Sr. -- IF -- San Diego, Calif.
3 GP/GS, .556/.600/.667, 5 H, 4 R, 1 2B, 1 RBI
- Turned in a hit in all three games at No. 8 Kentucky, including a pair of multi-hit games in the series opener and finale.
- Drove in the game-tying run on a RBI double in the top of the seventh inning in game two against the Wildcats.
- Scored the go-ahead run two pitches later in the frame.
Will Holland -- So. -- IF -- Lawrenceville, Ga.
4 GP/GS, .375/.412/.500, 6 H, 1 R, 2 2B, 5 RBI
- Hit safely in all four games during the week, including a pair of multi-hit games, and extended his hitting streak to a season-high six games.
- Drove in the go-ahead run on a RBI single in the top of the seventh inning in game two at No. 8 Kentucky.
- Has reached base in 24 of 25 games this season.
Team Notes
Auburn claimed its 20th win of the season in game two of its three-game series at Kentucky ... the Tigers' 20th win came in just the 24th game of the season, marking the fewest games to get to 20 wins since doing so in the first 22 games of the 1999 season ... Auburn's one-run win in the first of Sunday's doubleheader was its sixth of the season ... the team went 1-11 in one-run games under Coach Thompson in his first season at the helm and are 18-8 in such games since ... the win was also Auburn's eighth this season when trailing or tied in its last two at-bats ... right-hander Casey Mize struck out 12 batters Friday night, marking his third straight game with double-digit strikeouts ... he became the first Auburn pitcher to strike out 10-plus batters in three straight starts since 1994 ... his 38 strikeouts over the last three outings are the most by an Auburn pitcher in the Statcrew era (1993), and he hasn't issued a walk during the span ... Mize now leads the SEC with 63 strikeouts and has 12 more strikeouts than any other pitcher in the conference ... he has only issued three walks this season ... Luke Jarvis went 5-for-9 in the series in Lexington and raised his batting average .027 points ... Will Holland has reached safely in 24 of 25 games this season ... left-hander Welby Malczewski picked up the win in game two at Kentucky, marking his third win in as many outings since the middle of last week ... right-hander Davis Daniel allowed one run on three hits in 5.0 innings pitched against the Wildcats... he faced just two batters over the minimum in his last 4.0 innings of work.