AUBURN, Ala. – Coming off conference opening weekend, Auburn (14-6) will look to get back in the win column with an in-state midweek matchup against South Alabama (15-3) Tuesday. First pitch at Riverwalk Stadium in Montgomery is scheduled for 6 p.m. CT.
Next Game:
South Alabama
Mar. 22, 2022
6 p.m. CT
Radio: Auburn Sports Network
"We're excited to play South Alabama tomorrow in Montgomery," head coach Butch Thompson said. "That's always been fun to go over there."
The game will be broadcast on the Auburn Sports Network and can be heard locally on 93.9 FM.PROBABLE STARTERS
Tuesday – Jr. RHP Mason Barnett (1-1, 4.60) vs R-Jr. LHP Tyler Lehrmann (1-0, 2.55)
QUICK HITTERS
Auburn is 4-0 in midweek games this season and has outscored its midweek opponents 46-12.
The Tigers are hitting .345 and have turned in a 2.50 ERA in midweek games.
Blake Rambusch leads the way with a .529 average (9-for-17) in midweek contests.
Rambusch is currently riding a 10-game hitting streak and is 20-for-40 with 11 runs, five doubles, one triple, one home run and 12 RBI during the span.
He has multiple hits a team-best 10 games, including four straight and seven of the last nine.
Sonny DiChiara has homered in seven of the last 13 games. He is tied for third among active players with 48 career home runs.
Mason Barnett is set to make his third midweek start of the season. Barnett is 1-0 with a 2.79 ERA and 13 strikeouts to two walks in 9.2 innings in midweek starts.
Auburn is 3-1 in neutral-site games this season and has allowed just eight runs in four games.
The Tigers are 80-25 (.762) against non-conference opponents in the regular season since the start of the 2018 season, including 44-14 (.759) on the weekend.
Auburn has won three straight meetings against South Alabama, but the Jaguars are 50-27 in the all-time series.
Tuesday's game begins a stretch of eight games away from home in the next two weeks. Sixteen of Auburn's last 17 games have been played at Plainsman Park.
SCOUTING THE JAGUARS
South Alabama enters the week with a 15-3 overall record, riding a seven-game win streak and having won 14 of its last 15 contests.
The Jaguars swept UT Arlington and outscored the Mavericks 35-10 in the Sun Belt opener last weekend.
Offensively, South Alabama is hitting .294 as a team and is led by Miles Simington's .455 clip, which ranks 16th in the NCAA.
On the mound, the Jaguars rank in the top 10 in the country in ERA (2.64), hits allowed per nine innings (6.20) and WHIP (1.05).
KNOW BEFORE YOU GO
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