WEEK AT A GLANCE
Overall: 17-7
Last Week: 3-1
SEC: 3-3
Non-Conference: 14-4
Streak: W1
Last Week's Results:
Tuesday – vs. South Alabama: W, 13-12 (in Montgomery)
Friday – at Texas A&M: W, 6-5 (10)
Saturday – at Texas A&M: L, 4-5 (11)
Sunday – at Texas A&M: W, 13-9
This Week's Schedule:
Tuesday – vs. Jacksonville State (6 p.m.)
Thursday – at No.13 LSU (6 p.m.)
Friday – at No. 13 LSU (6:30 p.m.)
Saturday – at No. 13 LSU (1 p.m.)OFFENSIVE PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
Mike Bello – Fr. – OF – Oak Ridge, N.J.
4 GP/GS, .333/.474/.600, 5-for-15, 7 R, 1 2B, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 4 BB, 1 SAC
- Recorded a hit in all four games, extending his hit streak to six contests since bursting onto the scene in the middle game against Ole Miss
- Tied for second in the league with seven runs during the week
- Drove in the game-winning run in the bottom of the eighth of Tuesday's 13-12 win against South Alabama
- Hit his first career home run in the middle game at Texas A&M
- Went 2-for-3 with a double, two walks and matched a season high with four runs in the series-clinching win at Texas A&M
Cole Foster – So. – 2B – Plano, Texas
2 GP/GS, .500/.500/1.200, 5-for-10, 3 R, 1 2B, 2 HR, 3 RBI
- Returned to the lineup for the first time in six games in the middle game against Texas A&M
- Collected multiple hits and homered in back-to-back games against the Aggies, including in his first SEC at-bat of the season
- Went 2-for-5 with a solo homer in the middle game and collected a career-high three hits with a go-ahead, two-run homer in the series finale – finishing a triple shy of the cycle
Nate LaRue – Jr. – C – Mobile, Ala.
4 GP/3 GS, .231/.333/.538, 3-for-13, 3 R, 1 2B, 1 HR, 5 RBI
- Caught the final four innings of Tuesday's game against South Alabama and all three games at Texas A&M
- Caught three of four base stealers at Texas A&M, who had stolen 36-of-44 bases entering the weekend
- Totaled career highs with three hits and five RBI in the series-clinching win against the Aggies, including a two-run homer, two-RBI single and go-ahead, ground-rule double in the seventh
PITCHER OF THE WEEK
Blake Burkhalter – Jr. – RHP – Dothan, Ala.
3 APP, 1-0, 1 SV, 1.93 ERA, 4.2 IP, 3 H, 2 R/1 ER, 1 BB, 8 K
- Pitched a career high 2.2 innings and earned his third win of the season against South Alabama
- Struck out the side looking in a 1-2-3 10th inning in Auburn's series-opening win at Texas A&M, marking his fourth save of the season
- Made his third appearance of the week and finished the series finale at Texas A&M with two strikeouts in the ninth
TEAM NOTES
Auburn's six-run comeback win against South Alabama in Montgomery marked the team's largest comeback win since coming back from a seven-run deficit against Florida A&M on Feb. 22, 2017 … the Tigers series win in College Station was the team's first since 2013 … dating back to the final two road series of last season, it marks the first time Auburn has won three straight SEC road series since 2004 … all three of the Tigers wins during the week were come-from-behind wins … Brooks Carlson hit a game-tying, two-RBI double with two outs and two strikes in the top of the ninth Friday ... Blake Rambusch hit the game-winning RBI single in the 10th … it marked Auburn's first SEC win when trailing after eight innings since the final game of the regular season at LSU in 2019 … Rambusch extended his hit streak to 14 games, marking the longest streak by an Auburn player since Jonah Todd's 16-game hit streak in 2017 … Rambusch has multiple hits in 13 games this season, including seven of the last eight … he is tied for the SEC lead with 40 hits overall and leads the way with 13 hits in league games … Sonny DiChiara continues to lead the conference in average (.452), on-base percentage (.609) and slugging percentage (.935) … Mike Bello leads the conference in average (.471) and runs (10) in SEC games … the Tigers lead the league in average (.308), runs (50), hits (72) and doubles (18) through two weeks of SEC play.