Auburn baseball notebook – Mar. 21

This Week in Auburn Baseball
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WEEK AT A GLANCE
Overall: 14-6
Last Week: 1-2
SEC: 1-2
Non-Conference: 13-4
Streak: L1

Last Week's Results:
Thursday – vs. No. 1 Ole Miss: L, 6-13
Friday – vs. No. 1 Ole Miss: W, 19-5
Saturday – vs. No. 1 Ole Miss: L, 2-15

This Week's Schedule:
Tuesday – vs. South Alabama in Montgomery (6 p.m.)
Friday – at Texas A&M (6:30 p.m.)
Saturday – at Texas A&M (2 p.m.)
Sunday – at Texas A&M (1 p.m.)OFFENSIVE PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
Blake Rambusch – R-Jr. – 3B – Austin, Texas
 
3 GP/GS, .571/.625/.857, 8-for-14, 4 R, 4 2B, 6 RBI, 1 BB, 1 HBP

  • Collected multiple hits in all three games against Ole Miss, including a season-high four hits, two doubles and four RBI in Friday's 19-5 win against the Rebels.
  • Has multiple hits in four straight games and seven of the last nine, pushing his team-best total to 10 multi-hit games this season.
  • Extended his hitting streak to 10 games, the longest by an Auburn player this season, and is hitting .500 (20-for-40) with 11 runs, five doubles and 12 RBI during the streak.

Mike Bello – Fr. – OF – Oak Ridge, N.J.

2 GP/GS, .667/.778/.833, 4-for-6, 4 R, 1 2B, 2 RBI, 2 BB, 1 HBP

  • Made his first career start in left field and went 3-for-3 with four runs, a double, walk, hit-by-pitch and two RBI in Friday's 19-5 win against Ole Miss.
  • Became the first Auburn freshman to reach base five times in a game since Steven Williams against Northeastern on June 1, 2018.
  • Was also the first freshman with three hits and four runs this season.
  • Made his second start in the series finale and went 1-for-3 with a walk.

Sonny DiChiara – Sr. – 1B – Hoover, Ala.

3 GP/GS, .444/.600/1.111, 4-for-9, 2 R, 2 HR, 7 RBI, 5 BB

  • Homered in the first two games of the series against Ole Miss, marking his sixth and seventh home runs in a span of 12 games.
  • Led the team with seven RBI in the series, including a season-high four RBI in Friday's 19-5 win against the Rebels.
  • Reached base a total of nine times in the series and has now reached base multiple times in 15 of 16 games this season.

PITCHERS OF THE WEEK
Hayden Mullins – Jr. – LHP – Gallatin, Tenn.

1-0, 1.80 ERA, 5.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R/1 ER, 4 BB, 3 K

  • Made his first career SEC start and earned his first career win in conference play.
  • Pitched a career-high 5.0 innings and threw a career-high 88 pitches.
  • Held an Ole Miss offense that returned seven everyday players from a year ago to just one run on two hits.

TEAM NOTES
Auburn's 19 runs in game two of the series against Ole Miss marked the team's most since defeating Alabama, 20-5, in Tuscaloosa on Apr. 21, 2018 … the 14-run margin of victory was the largest in league play since defeating Vanderbilt, 14-0, on May 6, 2018 … the sellout at Plainsman Park in the series finale Saturday marked the program's first since Feb. 16, 2019 … the three-day total of 11,457 was 57 shy of cracking a the top five for series attendance in program history … Sonny DiChiara leads the SEC in batting average (.458), on-base percentage (.606) and slugging percentage (1.042) … Blake Rambusch is second in the league lead with 33 hits.