AUBURN, Ala. - Auburn claimed its first home series win of the season, taking two of three from Texas A&M and putting itself in a position to clinch the last spot in the SEC Tournament with a series win at Missouri this weekend. Listen in as head coach Butch Thompson and Voice of the Auburn Tigers Andy Burcham discuss it all on the latest This Week in Auburn Baseball.
Overall: 22-25
SEC: 8-19
Last Week: 2-2
Streak: W1
Last Week's Results:
Wednesday – at Samford: L, 1-6
Friday – vs. Texas A&M: W, 5-4
Saturday – vs. Texas A&M: L, 9-11
Sunday – vs. Texas A&M: W, 8-5
This Week's Schedule:
Tuesday – vs. North Alabama (6 p.m.)
Thursday – at Missouri (6:30 p.m.)
Friday – at Missouri (6:30 p.m.)
Saturday – at Missouri (2 p.m.)
Last Week's Top Performers
Carson Skipper – Jr. – LHP – Trussville, Ala.
2 APP, 1-0, 2.08 ERA, 1 SV, 4.1 IP, 3 H, 1 R/ER, 0 BB, 7 K
- Picked up his second straight win in Friday's series opener, matching a season high with 3.0 innings pitched and four strikeouts
- After throwing a season-high 50 pitches Friday, bounced back and recorded the final four outs to earn the save in Sunday's finale
- Worked around a one-out single and struck out the side in the ninth
Joseph Gonzalez – Fr. – RHP – Humacao, PR
2 APP, 1-0, 1.93 ERA, 4.2 IP, 3 H, 2 R/1 ER, 0 BB, 3 K
- Worked a 1-2-3 sixth inning and needed just nine pitches to retire the side in Friday's series opener vs. Texas A&M
- Pitched 3.2 innings in relief and earned his second win of the season in Sunday's finale
- Allowed just two bloop singles and a double and struck out three
Rankin Woley – Gr. – IF – Atlanta, Ga.
3 GP/GS, .500/.643/1.100, 5 H, 5 R, 2 HR, 3 RBI, 4 BB
- Collected a hit, scored and drove in a run in all three games against Texas A&M
- Went 2-for-4 with a home run and scored what proved to be the game-winning run in the eighth inning of Friday's series opener
- Hit the third of back-to-back-to-back home runs in the bottom of the first inning Saturday, his second straight game with a homer
- Went 2-for-3 and reached base five times in Sunday's win
Team Notes
Auburn earned its first SEC series win of the season against Texas A&M … Friday's game was the team's 12th one-run game of SEC play and Saturday's contest was the 19th game decided by two runs or fewer … Auburn's bullpen went 2-1 with a 3.18 ERA in the series …. relievers pitched 17.0 of the 27.0 innings and struck out 21 … the Tigers homered eight times in the series, including six home runs Saturday … all six home runs came in the first five innings of the game … the six home runs were tied with a six-home-run effort against Northeastern in 2018 for the most home runs in a game since hitting a record seven home runs against Mississippi State in 2010 … Steven Williams homered twice Saturday, marking the 35th and 36th home runs of his Auburn career … he is now tied with Kevin Chabot (1993-95) for seventh in program history in the category … Auburn has now hit 78 home runs this season, eclipsing the 2018 team for the most home runs in a season since leading the nation with 131 home runs in 2010 … the 78 home runs are the fifth most in a season in program history … Ryan Bliss, Tyler Miller and Williams have all hit 13 or more home runs … it marks the first time since 2010 and fourth time in program history the Tigers have had three players with 13 or more home runs in a season … if the season ended today, the Tigers would claim the No. 12 seed in the SEC Tournament … if Auburn wins its final series of the regular season at Missouri, the only scenario in which the team wouldn't punch its ticket to Hoover would be if Texas A&M sweeps LSU.