Auburn baseball notebook – May 30

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Overall: 34-21-1
Last Week: 1-2
SEC: 17-13
Non-Conference: 16-6-1
Postseason: 1-2
Streak: L2

Last Week's Results:
Tuesday – vs. Missouri: W, 10-4
Wednesday – vs. No. 6 Vanderbilt: L, 4-6
Thursday – vs. No. 16 Alabama: L, 4-7

This Week's Schedule:
Friday – vs. Penn (6 p.m.)
Saturday – vs. Southern Miss/Samford (2 p.m./8 p.m.)
Sunday – TBD

Offensive Players of the Week

Bryson Ware – Sr. – 3B – Madison, Miss.

3 GP/GS, .333/.357/1.083, 4-for-12, 3 R, 3 HR, 6 RBI, 1 BB, 1 SF, 1 SB

  • Tied for the SEC Tournament lead with three home runs in three games, marking the third time this season he has homered in three consecutive games.
  • His home run vs. Vanderbilt Wednesday was his 23rd of the season and tied Hunter Morris (2010) for the single-season record before his home run vs. Alabama Thursday set a new single-season mark.
  • Has homered five times in the last six games.
  • Is riding a nine-game hitting streak and 18-game reached base streak.
  • Has reached safely in all but two of the team's 56 games this season.

Cole Foster – Jr. – SS – Plano, Texas

3 GP/GS, .364/.500/.909, 4-for-11, 4 R, 2 HR, 5 RBI, 3 HBP

  • Hit a three-run, go-ahead home run in the bottom of the fourth inning of last Tuesday's comeback win vs. Missouri.
  • The ball left the bat at 106 miles per hour and traveled well over 420 feet.
  • Homered for the second straight day to get Auburn's scoring started in the first inning vs. Vanderbilt last Wednesday.
  • Tied with Ware with a team-best, nine-game hitting streak and has reached in 11 straight games.
  • Leads the team with a .395 average, six homers and 14 RBI in the last 10 games.


Pitchers of the Week

Chase Isbell – Sr. – RHP – Springville, Ala.

1-0, 0.00 ERA, 3.0 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 2 K

  • Turned in 3.0 scoreless innings and earned the win in the tournament-opening victory against Missouri.
  • His 3.0 innings marked his second longest outing of the season and his career.
  • It marked his third straight scoreless postseason appearance dating back to the Corvallis Super Regional and College World Series last year.


Team Notes

Auburn earned the No. 13 national seed and will host a regional in back-to-back seasons for the first time in program history … the Tigers are one of five programs to host a regional each of the last two years, joining Florida, Miami, Oklahoma State and Stanford on the short list … it marks the sixth time in program history Auburn has hosted a regional (1978, 1999, 2003, 2010, 2022) … the tournament appearance in the 24th in program history, including the fifth in the last six postseasons under head coach Butch Thompson … prior to Thompson's arrival in 2016, the program had been to five regionals in 14 seasons from 2002-15 … Auburn is 11-2 in regional games under Thompson and has won nine straight regional contests, outscoring opponents 117-43 during the span … the team's win vs. Missouri to start the SEC Tournament was its ninth straight win vs. a SEC opponent, tied for the third longest SEC winning streak in program history and the longest since also winning nine straight SEC games in 1995 … Bryson Ware set the single-season home run record with his 24th home run of the season vs. Alabama last Thursday … Ware's 24 home runs are tied eighth most in the country … Kason Howell is the NCAA career active leader and is tied with Todd Faulkner for the program record with 71 career doubles … Howell is also tied with Jay Waggoner for the program record in games played (246) … Ike Irish set a freshman program record with his 24th double of the season vs. Alabama last Thursday … Irish's 24 doubles are tied for the sixth most in program history and the most by an Auburn player since 2005.