No.8 Auburn at Missouri
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AUBURN, Ala. - No. 8 Auburn softball will head to Columbia, Mo. to face the Missouri Tigers for a three-game series beginning April 13 at 6:30 p.m. CT.
The Tigers are fresh off a top-15 series win over Tennessee, their fourth-straight SEC series win of the season.
All three games will be broadcasted SEC Network+ and available on the WatchESPN app. The Tigers will square off at 6:30 p.m. on Friday, 2 p.m. on Saturday and 12 p.m. on Sunday. All times central.
Additionally, all games can be heard on FM Talk 95.9. Brad Law will have the call.
Auburn enters the weekend 36-8 and 9-6 in SEC play while Missouri holds a 22-21, 4-11 record.
Player to Watch: Taylon Snow
Freshman Taylon Snow has continued her impressive season after returning from injury four games ago. The Chino Hills, Calif. product leads the team with a .402 batting clip, including a .429 mark in home games. She currently ranks 10th overall in the SEC and 2nd among freshmen.
Quick Hitters
- A series win would give the Tigers their fifth-straight SEC series win. It would be Auburn's third-straight of the series with Missouri.
- The pair of Tigers have met 13 times with the Auburn variety holding a 7-6 advantage, including a 2-1 mark in games played in Columbia.
- Auburn is 8-2 in their last 10 games played (6-1 at home, 3-1 at Ole Miss). Alyssa Rivera tallied a .281 batting clip in the stretch with four home runs in eight RBI while Casey McCrackin batted .357 with two dingers. Kaylee Carlson (4-1) and Makayla Martin (4-0) continued their dominant work in the circle over the stretch allowing just eight runs between them.
- Senior Kaylee Carlson won her 63rd career game at Auburn in their 6-0 win over Tennessee to become the school's all-time wins leader.
- Carlson and Makayla Martin have led the charge behind the Tigers posting the third-lowest ERA in the nation this season at 0.92 trailing only Washington (0.85) and Oklahoma (0.91). That 0.92 ERA is by far the best in program history. The next closest mark came in 2004 (1.40).
- Auburn's 21 shutouts this season are the second-most in program history.