WEEK AT A GLANCE
Overall: 13-6
Last Week: 1-3
SEC: 0-3
Non-Conference: 13-3
Streak: L3
Last Week's Results:
Tuesday – vs. Troy (Madison, Ala.): W, 8-2
Friday – at No. 8 Vanderbilt: L, 1-11 (8)
Saturday – at No. 8 Vanderbilt: L, 5-13
Sunday – at No. 8 Vanderbilt: L, 6-9
This Week's Schedule:
Tuesday – vs. South Alabama in Montgomery, Ala (6 p.m.)
Thursday – vs. No. 1 Arkansas (6 p.m)
Friday – vs. No. 1 Arkansas (6 p.m)
Saturday – vs. No. 1 Arkansas (2 p.m.)
PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Cooper McMurray – R-Jr. – IF – Tulsa, Okla.
Week 5: 4 GP/GS, .375/.444/1.063, 6-for-16, 3 R, 2 2B, 3 HR, 7 RBI, 2 BB
at Vandy: 3 GP/GS, .455/.538/1.182, 5-for-11, 2 R, 2 2B, 2 HR, 4 RBI, 2 BB
- Homered in three of four games last week and has homered in four of the last five games with 11 RBI during the span.
- His home run Tuesday vs. Troy was the 20th of his Auburn career in just his 59th game played.
- Went 5-for-7 with two doubles, two homers and four RBI in the final two games at Vanderbilt.
- Hit a solo homer to tie game two in the fourth inning and solo homer to extend Auburn's lead from one to two in the fifth inning of game three.
- Is hitting .458 (22-for-48) with 14 runs, seven doubles, seven homers and 26 RBI in the last 14 games.
PITCHER OF THE WEEK
Conner McBride – Jr. – RHP – San Diego, Calif.
Week 5: 1-0, 1.80 ERA, 5.0 IP, 1 H, 1 R/ER, 2 BB, 2 K, .067 B/AVG
- Earned his third straight midweek win vs. Troy, matching a season-high with 5.0 innings pitched and allowing just one run on one hit.
- Has allowed two or fewer runs in 5.0 innings in three straight starts.
- Allowed a solo homer in the first inning but retired seven straight with clean second and third innings.
- Helped hold Troy to just one baserunner from the second through seventh innings.
TEAM NOTES
Auburn's streak of streak of consecutive games with a home run to start the season (16) and consecutive games with multiple home runs (nine) was snapped in the series opener at Vanderbilt … the Tigers' 37 home runs through 19 games are good for 16th in the country … the series marked Auburn's first time getting swept since SEC opening weekend at Arkansas last season … the Tigers went on to win 17 of the next 27 league games … the series also marked the first of four against top-10 teams (according to last week's polls) to start SEC play – at No. 8 Vanderbilt, vs. No. 1 Arkansas, at No. 4 Texas A&M, vs. No. 5 Tennessee … Cooper Weiss was 2-for-2 in stolen bases at Vanderbilt and continues to lead the league in the category (16) … five position players and three pitchers made their SEC debuts at Vanderbilt.