AUBURN, Ala. – Auburn is set to take on No. 20 Georgia in a three-game series in Athens, Georgia this weekend.
First pitches between the Tigers (17-20, 3-15 SEC) and Bulldogs (26-14, 9-9 SEC) at Foley Field are scheduled for Thursday at 6 p.m. CT, Friday at 6 p.m. and Saturday at 11 a.m.
All three contests can be heard on the Auburn Sports Network. Thursday and Saturday's games will be broadcast nationally on SEC Network. Friday's game will air digitally on SEC Network+.
PROBABLE STARTERS
Thursday – Sr. LHP Jack Owen (1-2, 6.04) vs. Sr. LHP Ryan Webb (2-3, 3.42)
Friday – Jr. RHP Richard Fitts (0-3, 7.82) vs. So. RHP Jonathan Cannon (2-2, 4.25)
Saturday – TBA vs. TBA
QUICK HITTERS
Georgia represents Auburn's fifth ranked opponent in the first seven weeks of SEC play.
Fifteen of Auburn's first 18 SEC games have been decided by two runs or less, including 10 games that have been decided by one run and three that have gone to extra innings.
The Tigers rank third in the SEC and fifth in the country with 59 home runs.
The team has homered in 17 of the last 20 games with multiple home runs in 11 of those contests.
Seven players have five or more home runs for the first time in a season since 2010 (10).
Tyler Miller's 12 home runs are the most by an Auburn player through 37 games since Brian Fletcher (12) in 2010 and his 49 RBI are the most since Joseph Sanders (51) in 2009.
Jack Owen is 1-0 with a 3.21 ERA in his last two starts. He has turned in back-to-back quality outings and has 15 strikeouts with just one walk in 14.0 innings in the last two weeks.
Georgia is Auburn's most-played opponent as the two teams have squared off 351 times in the series that dates back to 1896.
SCOUTING THE BULLDOGS
Georgia enters the weekend with a 26-14 overall record and 9-9 mark in conference play.
The Bulldogs have won three straight SEC series against Vanderbilt, Kentucky and Missouri.
Offensively, Georgia is led by junior infielder Connor Tate, who ranks fifth in the SEC with a .359 batting average. Tate is tied for the league lead with 56 hits and also leads the Bulldogs in runs (29) and home runs (nine).
On the mound, Georgia has turned in the league's fifth-best ERA with a 3.69 clip. The Bulldogs have struck out 402 batters but have also issued 179 walks, the second most in the league.
Auburn readies for road series at Georgia
