Auburn baseball notebook – May 22

This Week in Auburn Baseball
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WEEK AT A GLANCE
Overall: 33-19-1
Last Week: 3-0
SEC: 17-13
Non-Conference: 16-6-1
Streak: W8

Last Week's Results:
Friday – vs. Missouri (Game 1): W, 4-0
Friday – vs. Missouri (Game 2): W, 7-2
Saturday – vs. Missouri: W, 9-7

This Week's Schedule:
Tuesday – vs. Missouri (TBD)
 OFFENSIVE PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
Bryson Ware – Sr. – 3B – Madison, Miss.

3 GP/GS, .455/.538/.1.000, 5-for-11, 4 R, 2 HR, 3 RBI, 1 BB, 1 HBP, 1 SB

  • Collected a hit in all three games, including multiple hits in each of the last two, and drove in a run in all three contests of Auburn's sweep vs. Missouri.
  • Homered in both games of Friday's doubleheader, becoming the seventh player in Auburn history to hit 20 home runs in a season.
  • His 21 home runs on the year are tied with Frank Thomas (1987) and Josh Etheredge (1998) for the fifth most in single-season history.
  • Scored Auburn's ninth and final run in the five-run eighth inning of the finale to complete the Tigers' comeback and sweep.
  • Extended his hitting streak to six games and has multiple hits in four of the last five.
  • Extended his reached base streak to 15 games and has reached safely in all but three contests this season.  

Ike Irish – Fr. – DH – Hudsonville, Mich.

3 GP/GS, .333/.385/.750, 4-for-12, 3 R, 2 2B, 1 HR, 4 RBI, 1 HBP

  • Homered in his third straight SEC game in the series opener vs. Missouri, going back-to-back with Ware in the sixth inning.
  • Drove in the game-winning runs with a two-out, two-strike, two-RBI single in the five-run eighth inning to complete the Tigers comeback and sweep of Missouri.
  • Matched a SEC season high with three hits in the finale, including his 20th and 21st doubles of the year.
  • Extended his reached base streak to a season-best 19 games and scored a run in all three games.

 

PITCHERS OF THE WEEK
Chase Allsup – So. – RHP – Dothan, Ala.

1-0, 0.00 ERA, 7.0 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 7 K

  • Pitched a career high 7.0 innings with a career high seven strikeouts as Auburn shut out Missouri in the series opener, marking the team's first SEC shutout of the season.
  • His 7.0 innings were the second most turned in by an Auburn starting pitcher in SEC play this season.
  • After allowing the first two batters of the game to reach, he retired 20 of the next 23 batters he faced.
  • Did not allow a runner to advance passed second base.
  • Struck out six batters in the first three frames to eclipse his previous career best.

Konner Copeland – Sr. – LHP – Mobile, Ala.

1-0, 1.69 ERA, 5.1 IP, 3 H, 1 R/ER, 1 BB, 5 K

  • Turned in an Auburn career best 5.1 innings in the series-clinching win against the visiting Tigers, marking his third series-clinching win in the last five SEC weekends.
  • Allowed the first two batters of the game to reach but responded by retiring 16 of the next 17 he faced.
  • Did not allow a runner to advance passed second base.
  • A one-out single in the sixth inning ended his outing, and the inherited runner ultimately came in to score.

 

TEAM NOTES
Auburn ended the regular season with eight straight SEC wins, marking the program's longest SEC winning streak since winning nine straight league games in 1995 … the eight-game SEC winning streak is tied with LSU for the second longest in the league behind Vanderbilt, who won 10 straight games to start the SEC season … the team is hitting .329 with a 3.21 ERA and have outscored the opponents 77-28 during the winning streak … the Tigers have won five straight SEC series for the first time since 2010 … the team's 12-3 record in the second half of SEC play was the best in the league and marks the program's best 15-game stretch since also going 12-3 in the final 15 games of 2010 … Auburn's 17 SEC wins are the most since going 20-10 and winning the SEC West in 2010 … the team has turned in a winning record in league play in back-to-back seasons for the first time since doing so in four straight years from 1997-2000 … Auburn has finished .500 or better in league play in four of the last six seasons under head coach Butch Thompson (2017, 2018, 2022, 2023) … prior to Thompson's arrival in 2016, the program had turned in just one such season (2010) in 12 years between 2004-15 … the Tigers finished third in the SEC West and fifth in the league standings, marking the first time the team finished top five in the conference in back-to-back seasons since 2002-03 … the Tigers 33 league wins in the last two years are tied with Texas A&M and Vanderbilt for the fifth most in the league, trailing Tennessee (41), Arkansas (38), LSU (36) and Florida (35).