Auburn baseball notebook – Feb. 25

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Wade Rackley

Overall: 6-2
Last Week: 4-1
SEC: 0-0
Non-Conference: 6-2
Streak: W1

Last Week's Results:
Tuesday – vs. Alabama A&M (W, 10-1)
Wednesday – vs. Alabama A&M (W, 10-2)
Friday – at UCF (W, 4-1)
Saturday – at UCF (L, 1-6)
Sunday – at UCF (W, 13-9)

This Week's Schedule:
Friday – vs. Cincinnati (6 p.m.)
Saturday – vs. Cincinnati (5 p.m.)
Sunday – vs. Cincinnati (1 p.m.)

Last Week's Top Performers

Tanner Burns – So. – RHP – Decatur, Ala.

1 GS, 1-0, 1.59 ERA, 5.2 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 2 BB, 7 K

  • Picked up his first win of the season in the series opener at UCF
  • Struck out seven batters for the second straight start
  • Held opponents to a .105 average and retired 10 straight from the end of the first inning through the fourth

Rankin Woley – Jr. – 1B – Atlanta, Ga.

5 GP/GS, .389/.478/.778, 7-for-18, 6 R, 2 2B, 1 3B, 1 HR, 4 RBI, 3 BB, 1 HBP

  • Went 5-for-7 with two doubles, a triple and three RBI in two games vs. Alabama A&M
  • Hit his first home run in an Auburn uniform to cap off a four-run frame that gave the Tigers the lead for good in the series finale at UCF
  • Has reached base in eight straight games to start his Auburn career

Jack Owen – So. – LHP – Aliso Viejo, Calif.

1 APP, 0-0, 0.00 ERA, 4.1 IP, 3 H, 1 R (0 ER), 0 BB, 8 K

  • Struck out a career-high eight batters in relief at UCF, also matching an Auburn season-high in the category
  • Faced just four batters over the minimum and didn't issue a walk
  • Held opponents to a .176 average

Edouard Julien – So. – 3B – Quebec City, Quebec

4 GP/GS, .333/.579/1.083, 4-for-12, 5 R, 3 HR, 5 RBI, 7 BB, 1 SB

  • Julien homered twice in game two vs. Alabama A&M, marking his first career game with two home runs
  • He also homered in his first at-bat at UCF, marking his fourth home run of the season and his third in his last three at-bats
  • Reached base 11 times in 19 plate appearances throughout the week

Team Notes

Auburn went 4-1 on the week with a pair of midweek wins vs. Alabama A&M and a road series win at UCF … the series win was the Tigers 12th straight in non-conference play dating back to the season-opening series in 2016 … the Auburn pitching staff didn't allow an earned run in the two games against Alabama A&M … the offense turned in double-digit runs in back-to-back games for the first time this season … Carson Skipper pitched 4.0 innings and struck out eight batters while picking up his first career win … Auburn struck out 17 batters in game one against Alabama A&M, marking the most strikeouts in a game since 2009 … Garrett Wade pitched 4.0 scoreless innings of relief in game two and also earned his first career win … Edouard Julien homered twice in game two against the Bulldogs, marking the first time he hit two home run in a game in his Auburn career … it took Julien just 66 career games to hit his 20th career home run … he also homered in his first at-bat in the series opener at UCF, marking his fourth home run of the season and third in his last three at-bats … Burns shined on the mound in the series opener after escaping a bases-loaded jam in the first inning … he retired 10 straight batters at one point in the outing and allowed just two hits (.105 average against) … Jack Owen pitched 4.1 innings of relief Saturday and struck out a career-high eight batters … he allowed one unearned run on three hits … Auburn's 13 runs and 15 hits in the series finale at UCF were both season highs … six players turned in multiple hits, including five who also drove in multiple runs … Steven Williams and Matt Scheffler led the team and turned in a season-high three hits … Williams, Conor Davis and Rankin Woley each homered in the contest to highlight six extra-base hits for the Tigers … the home run for Woley was his first in an Auburn uniform … Judd Ward drove in a career-high three runs … Auburn hit for the cycle in the fourth inning of the contest – Scheffler (single), Will Holland (double), Ward (triple), Woley (home run) … it was the team's first cycle in an inning since also doing so in the sixth inning of the series finale vs. Mississippi State last season.