Auburn baseball notebook - Mar. 27

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WEEK AT A GLANCE
Overall: 16-7-1
Last Week: 3-1
SEC: 2-4
Non-Conference: 14-3-1
Streak: L1

Last Week's Results:
Tuesday – vs. South Alabama: W, 6-5
Thursday – vs. Georgia: W, 7-6 (11)
Friday – vs. Georgia: W, 6-3
Saturday – vs. Georgia: L, 7-24

This Week's Schedule:
Tuesday – vs. North Alabama (6 p.m.)
Friday – at No. 2 Florida (5:30 p.m.)
Saturday – at No. 2 Florida (5:30 p.m.)
Sunday – at No. 2 Florida (12 p.m.)

OFFENSIVE PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
Bryson Ware – Sr. – IF – Madison, Miss.

4 GP/GS, .316/.316/.684, 6-for-19, 4 R, 1 2B, 2 HR, 6 RBI, 1 SB

  • Led the team with five hits, including a double and two homers, and six RBI in the series against Georgia.
  • Hit his 10th homer of the season and came through with a two-out, two-RBI double in Auburn's three-run ninth inning to send the series opener to extra innings.
  • Reached base for the 23rd straight time to start the season with an eighth inning single in the middle game against the Bulldogs.
  • Hit a three-run home run, his fourth in SEC play, to cut Auburn's deficit to one run in the bottom of the sixth inning of the series finale.
  • Has reached safely in all 24 games this season and has a hit in all but two contests.

Caden Green – Jr. – IF – Tulsa, Okla.

4 GP/3 GS, .400/.455/.700, 4-for-10, 2 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 2 SH

  • Started all three games against Georgia and led the team with a .444 average in the series.
  • Hit his first career home run to cut Auburn's deficit to one run in the fifth inning of the series-opening win.
  • Turned in his first multi-hit SEC game and scored a run in the series-clinching win against the Bulldogs.
  • Went 1-for-3 with a RBI in the series finale.

PITCHERS OF THE WEEK
Drew Nelson – Fr. – LHP – Troy, Ala.

1-0, 0.00 ERA, 4.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R/ER, 1 BB, 2 K

  • Made his second start of the season and earned his first career win Tuesday vs. South Alabama.
  • Pitched a season-high 4.0 scoreless innings and allowed only one hit.
  • Stranded the bases loaded in the first and allowed just one baserunner in his next three frames.

Will Cannon – So. – RHP – Phenix City, Ala.

1-0, 3.00 ERA, 3.0 IP, 1 H, 1 R/ER, 2 BB, 3 K

  • Earned his second win of the season, including his first in SEC play, in the series opener against the Bulldogs.
  • Entered the game with one on and nobody out in the ninth and allowed three baserunners to reach but bounced back to retire all six batters he faced in the 10th and 11th innings of the comeback win.
  • Leads the team with a 1.17 ERA in league games.

TEAM NOTES
Auburn's win in the series opener vs. Georgia was its eighth comeback win of the season and it's fifth one-run win, including its second straight after Tuesday's 6-5 win vs. South Alabama … the walk-off was the team's third of the season, including it's first SEC walk-off since defeating LSU 2-1 on May 8, 2021 … it was the team's first win when trailing after eight innings since the middle game at No. 1 Tennessee a season ago … Auburn is 5-1 in one-run games this season and 15-6 in one-run games since the beginning of last year …  the Tigers turned around 24 hours later to secure another comeback win, its ninth of the year and second straight … the team has 31 come-from-behind wins since the beginning of last season … the series win was the team's first SEC home opening series win since 2019 and its fourth SEC home opening series win under head coach Butch Thompson … all three games of the series were sold out for a total weekend attendance of 12,288, tied for the third largest series attendance in program history and the largest since 2003.