WEEK AT A GLANCE
Overall: 5-1-1
Last Week: 3-0-1
SEC: 0-0
Non-Conference: 5-1-1
Streak: T1
Last Week's Results:
Tuesday – vs. North Alabama: W, 13-1 (7)
Friday – vs. USC: W, 5-3
Saturday – vs. USC: W, 12-6
Sunday – vs. USC: T, 12-12 (9)
This Week's Schedule:
Wednesday – vs. Florida A&M (6 p.m.)
Friday – vs. Lipscomb (6 p.m.)
Saturday – vs. Lipscomb (4 p.m.)
Sunday – vs. Lipscomb (1 p.m.)
OFFENSIVE PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
Ike Irish – Fr. – DH – Hudsonville, Mich.
4 GP/GS, .647/.684/.824, 11-for-17, 5 R, 1 2B, 1 3B, 3 RBI, 2 BB
- Led the team with 11 hits in four games during the week, recording multiple hits in all four contests and in six of seven games this season.
- His 11 hits during the week led the Southeastern Conference, and his 17 hits and .586 batting average for the season are also the best in the league and top five in the country.
- His 17 hits through seven games are the most by an Auburn player since at least 1993 (as far back as Stat Crew tracks).
- Matched a then season high with three hits and drove in a run in the run-rule win vs. North Alabama Tuesday.
- Turned in two hits in the first two games vs. USC before recording a season best four hits in the finale, finishing the series 8-for-13 (.615) with three runs, a double, triple and two RBI.
Bryson Ware – Sr. – IF – Madison, Miss.
4 GP/GS, .538/.647/.1.417, 7-for-12, 5 R, 1 2B, 3 HR, 7 RBI, 3 BB, 1 HBP
- Led the team with 17 total bases and tied for the team lead with three homers while ranking second with seven RBI and a .583 average in four games during the week.
- Matched a season and career high with three hits, including his first homer of the season, in the midweek vs. North Alabama.
- Tied a season best with three RBI in the series win against USC, adding a pair of insurance runs with a two-run homer in the eighth inning.
- Homered for the second straight day with a solo homer in the first inning of the series finale.
- Currently ranks second in the SEC to teammate Ike Irish with a .583 average to this point in the season.
Cole Foster – Jr. – IF – Plano, Texas
4 GP/GS, .462/.632/.538, 6-for-13, 7 R, 1 2B, 5 RBI, 5 BB, 1 HBP
- Led the team with five RBI and ranked second with a .462 average and six hits in the three-game series vs. USC.
- Turned in his first multi-hit game of the season and drove in the tying and go-ahead runs in the series opener against the Trojans.
- Recorded his second multi-RBI game of the season in the series-clinching win against USC.
- Tallied a season best three hits and drove in the tying run in the series finale against the Pac-12 foe.
PITCHERS OF THE WEEK
Konner Copeland – Sr. – LHP – Mobile, Ala.
1-0, 1.59 ERA, 2 APP/1 GS, 5.2 IP, 6 H, 1 R/ER, 0 BB, 7 K
- Made his first start of the season and third of his Auburn career in the midweek vs. North Alabama.
- Struck out six of the first 10 batters he faced and didn't issue a walk in his 3.2 innings en route to earning the win.
- Entered the game in the seventh inning of the series finale vs. USC and didn't allow a run in 2.0 innings, retiring five of the first six Trojans he faced.
Will Cannon – So. – RHP – Phenix City, Ala.
0-0, 0.00 ERA, 2 APP, 2 SV, 3.0 IP, 4 H, 0 R/ER, 2 BB, 2 K
- Recorded a save in the first two games of the series win against USC, marking his first and second career saves in an Auburn uniform.
- Entered the series opener with the tying run at the plate in the eighth inning and stranded the tying run on base in the ninth inning.
- Pitched a season high 1.2 innings in the series-clinching win, entering with the bases loaded and one and preserving Auburn's lead.
TEAM NOTES
Auburn hit a league best .381 and scored 42 runs on 53 hits in four games last week … the team registered 14 or more hits and scored 12 or more runs in three of four contests … the Tigers have won at least five of the first seven games in each of the last seven seasons under head coach Butch Thompson … Ike Irish's 17 hits through seven games are the most by an Auburn player since at least 1993 … Irish leads the league in both batting average and hits this season … Bryson Ware and Justin Kirby each homered three times in the four games … Ware ranks second to Irish in the SEC in batting average (.583) … Kirby's five homers are the most by an Auburn player through seven games since Joseph Sanders also hit five homers in the first seven games of the 2009 season and are tied for the most in the first seven games since at least 1993 … Auburn's first two wins in the series vs. USC were come-from-behind wins, marking the team's second and third comeback wins this season … the team won 22 games after trailing last season … Wednesday's game against Florida A&M begins a stretch of nine games in 12 days for the Tigers.