WEEK AT A GLANCE
Overall: 16-11
Last Week: 1-3
SEC: 1-8
Non-Conference: 15-3
Streak: L3
Last Week's Results:
Tuesday – vs. Jacksonville State: W, 13-3 (7)
Thursday – at No. 4 Texas A&M: L, 7-9
Friday – at No. 4 Texas A&M: L, 8-12
Saturday – at No. 4 Texas A&M: L, 9-10 (12)
This Week's Schedule:
Tuesday – at UAB (6 p.m.)
Friday – vs. No. 4 Tennessee (6 p.m.)
Saturday – vs. No. 4 Tennessee (3:30 p.m.)
Sunday – vs. No. 4 Tennessee (1 p.m.)
PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
Ike Irish – So. – C – Hudsonville, Mich.
Week 7: 4 GP/GS, .526/.524/.1.053, 10-for-19, 7 R, 1 2B, 3 HR, 12 RBI, 1 BB, 1-1 SB
at Texas A&M: 3 GP/GS, .533/.563/1.000, 8-for-15, 5 R, 1 2B, 2 HR, 9 RBI, 1 BB
- Extended his career-best hitting streak to 14 games with multiple hits in all four games vs. Jacksonville State and at Texas A&M.
- Led the league in hits (10) and RBI (12) for the week while ranking second in runs (seven), home runs (three) and total bases (20).
- Homered in four straight games dating back to the series finale vs. Arkansas with a home run vs. Jacksonville State and in the first two games at Texas A&M.
- Became the first Auburn player this season to homer in four straight games and three straight conference games.
- Has a hit in 24 of 27 games and has driven in a run in 23 of 27 games this season.
- Ranks second in the league in RBI (43) and is tied for the league lead in hits (16) and tied for second in RBI (14) in league play.
Cooper McMurray – R-Jr. – IF – Tulsa, Okla.
Week 7: 4 GP/GS, .538/.632/.1.077, 7-for-13, 4 R, 1 2B, 2 HR, 8 RBI, 5 BB
at Texas A&M: 3 GP/GS, .500/.533/.833, 6-for-12, 2 R, 1 2B, 1 HR, 4 RBI, 2 BB
- Collected a hit in all four games vs. Jacksonville State and at Texas A&M, including multiple hits in the last two games against the Aggies and multiple RBI in three of four contests during the week.
- Hit a grand slam in the fifth inning of the run-rule win vs. Jacksonville State, his second of the season and third of his career.
- Reached base 12 times in 19 trips to the plate.
- Was tied for second to Irish in the league in RBI for the week (eight).
- Seven of his team-high 11 home runs have come in the last 13 games.
PITCHER OF THE WEEK
Dylan Watts – So. – RHP – Enumclaw, Wash.
Week 7: 0-0, 0.00 ERA, 2 APP, 3.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R/ER, 0 BB 5 K, .091 B/AVG
at Texas A&M: 0-0, 0.00 ERA, 1 APP, 2.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R/ER. 3 K, .125 B/AVG
- Appeared in back-to-back games vs. Jacksonville State and at Texas A&M.
- Turned in a 1-2-3 fifth inning with a pair of strikeouts vs. Jacksonville State, helping Auburn match a season-high with 14 strikeouts in the contest.
- Pitched a season-high 2.2 scoreless innings in the series opener at Texas A&M, retiring eight of the nine batters he faced with three strikeouts.
- Thirty-one of the 46 pitches he threw between the two appearances were strikes.
TEAM NOTES
Auburn's 13-3 win vs. Jacksonville State marked its fourth run-rule victory of the season and improved the team to 6-0 in midweek games … the Tigers matched a season high with four home runs in the contest … the seven-run fifth inning marked the team's second-highest-scoring inning of the season … the pitching staff matched a season high with 14 strikeouts in the contest … the team's run differential in the last seven SEC games is -10 … Auburn hit multiple home runs in all four games last week and has homered multiple times in five straight games dating back to the series finale vs. Arkansas … the team has homered in 23 of 27 games this season, including multiple home runs in 18 contests … Ike Irish (43) and Cooper McMurray (40) rank second and tied for fourth in the league, respectively, in RBI and are the only pair of teammates with 40+ RBI this season … the duo combined to hit .531 (17-for-32) with five homers and 20 RBI in four games last week .. this weekend's series vs. Tennessee will mark Auburn's third straight against a top-five team and fourth straight against a top-10 team to begin SEC play … in the current D1Baseball.com rankings, Auburn will have played series against four of the top seven teams with four more series remaining against ranked teams after this week.