AUBURN, Ala. – Auburn (18-9-1) completes its home-and-home midweek matchup with UAB (9-18) Tuesday at 6 p.m. CT at Regions Field in Birmingham, Alabama.
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Tuesday, Apr. 4, 2023
6 p.m. CT
TV: C-USA.TV
Radio: Auburn Sports Network
"As a head coach and a leader, I'm looking for the best strategies to lead even better, to lead well, to move forward," head coach Butch Thompson said. "We're right back on the field in Birmingham Tuesday and then a huge series Thursday, Friday and Saturday with Texas A&M coming into town."
The game will be broadcast on the Auburn Sports Network and can be heard locally on 93.9 FM. The game will also be streamed digitally on C-USA.TV.
PROBABLE STARTERS
Tuesday – Sr. LHP Konner Copeland (1-1, 9.53) vs. Fr. RHP Braxton Shelton (1-1, 2.92)
QUICK HITTERS
Auburn is 7-0 in midweek games this season and has outscored the opponent 73-30.
The team has won 14 straight regular season midweek games dating back to Mar. 29, 2022.
The Tigers haven't lost to an in-state opponent since Mar. 29, 2022 (13-0).
The team is hitting .357 and has turned in a 4.05 ERA in midweek games.
Bryson Ware ranks in the top five in the NCAA in home runs (14), slugging percentage (.887) and total bases (94). He has driven in multiple runs in five straight games and six of the last seven.
Ware, Cole Foster and Ike Irish are hitting a combined .455 (35-for-77) with 29 runs, five doubles, one triple, six homers and 25 RBI in midweek games.
Bobby Peirce and Cooper McMurray returned to the field last week and went a combined 11-for-28 (.393) with 11 runs, three doubles, two homers and six RBI in four games.
Auburn's pitching staff has a 4.3 strikeout-to-walk ratio (73-to-17) in midweek games.
Auburn is 53-11 all-time against UAB, including 20-7 against the Blazers in Birmingham.
The Tigers have won 26 of the last 28 meetings in the series, including 15 of the last 16 matchups in Birmingham.
SCOUTING THE BLAZERS
Coming off a series loss vs. Charlotte last weekend, UAB enters the week with a 9-18 overall record and 3-6 mark in C-USA play.
The Blazers are hitting .227 as a team, led by sophomore outfielder Logan Braunschweig's .377 clip. Senior Christian Hall leads the way from a run production standpoint with three homers and 19 RBI.
Freshman righty Braxton Shelton will make his second start Tuesday and is 1-1 with a 2.92 ERA in 12.1 innings.
UAB head coach Casey Dunn is a former Auburn All-American, while Director of Operations Brandon Moore is the son of former Auburn shortstop Brody Moore and is a former All-SEC shortstop himself.