This Week in Auburn Baseball - May 3

This Week in Auburn Baseball
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AUBURN, Ala. - Coming off a road win against a top-25 team, the Tigers return to Plainsman Park for four games this week, starting with a midweek matchup vs. UAB Tuesday before hosting LSU for three games from Thursday-Saturday. 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: 19-21
SEC: 5-16
Last Week: 2-1
Streak: W2

Last Week's Results:
Thursday – at No. 20 Georgia: L, 0-4
Friday – at No. 20 Georgia, W, 10-6 (14)
Saturday – at No. 20 Georgia: W, 9-7

This Week's Schedule:
Tuesday – vs. UAB (6 p.m.)
Thursday – vs. LSU (6:30 p.m.)
Friday – vs. LSU (7 p.m.)
Saturday – vs. LSU (2 p.m.)

Last Week's Top Performers

Ryan Bliss – Jr. – IF – LaGrange, Ga.

3 GP/GS, .333/.375/.667, 5 H, 2 2B, 1 HR, 5 RBI

  • Collected multiple hits in his SEC best 20th and 21st games of the season
  • Went 5-for-11 with two doubles, a homer and five RBI in the last two games
  • Hit the go-ahead, two-run double in the 12th and a two-run homer in the 14th in Friday's 14-inning win
  • Now has four or more hits in six of seven SEC series this season and is second in the league with 33 hits in conference play

Will Morrison – R-So. – RHP – Cullman, Ala.

2 APP, 1-0, 0.00 ERA, 4.2 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K

  • Matched a season-high with 2.0 scoreless innings, allowing just one hit with a strikeout, in the series opener Thursday
  • Bounced back the following day to eclipse his season high with 2.2 innings and earned his first career win in Friday's 14-inning win
  • Allowed just one unearned run and is yet to allow an earned run in eight appearances during SEC play

Peyton Glavine – R-Jr. – LHP – Alpharetta, Ga.

1 APP, 0-0, 0.00 ERA, 3.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 5 K

  • Pitched 3.0 perfect innings to keep the game tied in the late stages of Friday's 14-inning win
  • Matched a season and career high in innings and strikeouts
  • Struck out multiple batters in the 8th and 9th innings and needed just 41 pitches to retire the nine batters faced

Team Notes
Auburn picked up its first SEC series win of the season by defeating No. 20 Georgia in the final two games of the weekend … the series win marked Auburn's first regular season series win against a ranked opponent since taking two of three at Mississippi State in 2017 … the Tigers were held to a season-low two hits in Thursday's opener but bounced back to collect a combined 26 hits in the next two games … Friday's 14-inning win was tied for the program's seventh longest game all-time … it marked the longest game in which the team won since a 17-inning win vs. Arkansas in 1994 … the Tigers homered three times in Friday's marathon win, marking the 11th game this season with three or more home runs … redshirt freshman catcher Ryan Dyal hit his first career home run in the fifth inning of Friday's game, becoming the 12th player to homer this season.