Auburn baseball notebook – Apr. 10

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Zach Bland/Auburn Tigers

WEEK AT A GLANCE
Overall: 19-12-1
Last Week: 1-3
SEC: 4-8
Non-Conference: 15-4-1
Streak: L1

Last Week's Results:
Tuesday – at UAB: L, 5-6
Thursday – vs. Texas A&M: L, 5-9
Friday – vs. Texas A&M: W, 10-9
Friday – vs. Texas A&M: L, 6-12

This Week's Schedule:
Tuesday – at Georgia Tech (5 p.m.)
Friday – at Alabama (6 p.m.)
Saturday – at Alabama (6 p.m.)
Sunday – at Alabama (1 p.m.)
 OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Cooper McMurray – R-So. – IF – Tulsa, Okla.

4 GP/GS, .231/.313/.769, 3-for-13, 2 R, 1 2B, 2 HR, 8 RBI, 2 BB, 1 SF

  • Led the team and was tied for third in the league with eight RBI last week.
  • Turned in his first multi-homer game in an Auburn uniform and drove in a season-high four runs in the middle game vs. Texas A&M.
  • Drove in multiple runs in three straight games against the Aggies.
  • Hit three balls with exit velocities of 100+ miles per hour at UAB but came away with nothing to show for it.

 

PITCHER OF THE WEEK
Parker Carlson – So. – RHP – Mobile, Ala.

0-0, 0.00 ERA, 2.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R/ER, 1 BB, 2 K

  • Made a pair of appearances last week and now ranks third on the team with 11 relief appearances this season.
  • Stranded a pair of baserunners with a strikeout to end UAB's four-run first inning and pitched a scoreless second inning against the Blazers Tuesday.
  • Entered the middle game vs. Texas A&M with the bases loaded and one out in the ninth inning and recorded his first career save.
  • Has a 14.0 strikeout-per-nine inning rate this season.

 

TEAM NOTES
The game at UAB and middle game vs. Texas A&M marked Auburn's seventh and eighth one-run games of the season … the Tigers are 6-2 in one-run games … the middle game against the Aggies marked Auburn's 10th come-from-behind win of the season … all three games vs. Texas A&M were sellouts, marking the seventh, eighth and ninth sellouts of the season … Auburn plays all four of its games this week on the road … it is the first of two weeks this season the team plays four road games in the same week … the Tigers have won three straight matchups against Georgia Tech in Atlanta dating back to the 2019 Atlanta Regional … the team is 12-9 against Alabama under head coach Butch Thompson, including 5-4 against the Crimson Tide in Tuscaloosa.