This Week in Auburn Baseball - Apr. 22

This Week in Auburn Baseball
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Grayson Belanger/Auburn Tigers

WEEK AT A GLANCE
Overall: 19-20
Last Week: 1-3
SEC: 2-16
Non-Conference: 17-4
Streak: L3

Last Week's Results:
Tuesday – vs. Georgia Tech: W, 12-8
Friday – at Mississippi State: L, 1-8
Sunday – at Mississippi State: L, 1-3 (7)
Sunday – at Mississippi State: L, 3-4 (8)

This Week's Schedule:
Tuesday – vs. Florida A&M (3 p.m.)
Friday – at LSU (6:30 p.m.)
Saturday – at LSU (6 p.m.)
Sunday – at LSU (1 p.m.)

PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Cale Stricklin – Fr. – C – Watkinsville, Ga.

Week 10: 3 GP/GS, .500/.545/.600, 5-for-10, 3 R, 1 2B, 2 RBI, 1 HBP
at Miss. State: 2 GP/GS, .500/.571/.500, 3-for-6, 1 R, 1 HBP

  • Collected his first career multi-hit game, including a two-RBI double, in the midweek win vs. Georgia Tech.
  • One-upped his midweek performance by going 3-for-4 in the series opener at Mississippi State.
  • Has reached base in all but one of his games started this season.


PITCHERS OF THE WEEK
Carson Myers – Jr. – LHP – Bowling Green, Ky.
Week 10/at Miss State: 0-0, 1.50 ERA, 1 GS, 6.0 IP, 4 H, 1 R/ER, 1 BB, 5 K, .190 B/AVG

  • Matched his season high from Opening Weekend with 6.0 innings pitched in the series finale at Mississippi State.
  • The quality start was his second of the season and the team's fourth.
  • His five strikeouts were his second most in an outing this season.
  • Retired eight straight batters from the fourth into the sixth inning before getting a flyout to right field to strand a pair of runners to end his outing.

Parker Carlson – Jr. – RHP – Mobile, Ala.

Week 10: 0-0, 0.00 ERA, 3 APP, 2.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R/ER, 0 BB, 1 K, .125 B/AVG
at Miss State: 0-0, 0.00 ERA, 2 APP, 1.2 IP, 0 H, 0 BB, 1 K, .000 B/AVG

  • Pitched in three of the fourth games in the week and allowed just one baserunner.
  • Finished off the 12-8 win vs. Georgia Tech, marking his first game finished of the season.
  • Escaped a jam with a runner on second and nobody out in the series finale at Mississippi State, sending the game to extra innings.


TEAM NOTES
Auburn improved to 8-1 in midweek games with the 12-8 win against Georgia Tech Tuesday … the Tigers' eight-run first inning matched the most runs scored in an inning this season … all nine players in the starting lineup recorded a hit for the first time this season, including a pair of home runs from Cooper Weiss … the losses in Sunday's doubleheader at Mississippi State marked the team's sixth and seventh losses by one or two runs in Southeastern Conference play … the Tigers' 4.98 ERA in the series at Mississippi State was the team's second-lowest in a SEC series … Kaleb Freeman's home run in the fifth inning of game one of the doubleheader marked his first career hit … he is the 18th different player with a hit and 13th different player with a homer this season.