WEEK AT A GLANCE
Overall: 22-24
Last Week: 1-2
SEC: 4-20
Non-Conference: 18-4
Streak: W1
Last Week's Results:
Friday – vs. Ole Miss: L, 7-11
Saturday – vs. Ole Miss: L, 4-5
Sunday – vs. Ole Miss: W, 10-9
This Week's Schedule:
Tuesday – at Georgia Tech (6 p.m.)
Friday – at Missouri (6 p.m.)
Saturday – at Missouri (3 p.m.)
Sunday – at Missouri (1 p.m.)
PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Carter Wright – Sr. – C – Blairsville, Ga.
Week 12/vs. Ole Miss: .500/.600/.500, 6-for-12, 4 R, 3 BB
- Collected a hit in all three games vs. Ole Miss, raising his average to a team-best .327 in SEC play.
- Went 4-for-5 with three runs in the series opener, marking career highs in both categories.
- Became the first player with four hits in a league game this season.
- Went 1-for-2 and reached base four times in the middle game vs. the Rebels.
- Caught all 27 innings behind the plate and threw out one of three base stealers.
- Riding a season-high, four-game hitting streak (8-for-17) and is hitting a team-best .429 (15-for-35) in his last 12 games played.
PITCHERS OF THE WEEK
Chase Allsup – Jr. – RHP – Dothan, Ala.
Week 12/vs. Ole Miss: 0-0, 1.93 ERA, 4.2 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 0 BB, 9 K, .222 B/AVG
- Allsup struck out a career-high nine batters in 4.2 innings of relief in the win in the series finale vs. Ole Miss.
- It marked his second straight outing in which he has notched a career high in strikeouts.
- The right hander retired 12 of the first 13 batter he faced with all nine strikeouts coming during the span.
- He has allowed two runs on six hits with one walk and 17 strikeouts in his last two outings and 9.2 innings.
TEAM NOTES
Sunday's win marked head coach Butch Thompson's 100th career SEC win … the last two games in the series vs. Ole Miss marked Auburn's 11th and 12th games in SEC play decided by one or two runs … the walk-off win was the team's second of the season with the other being a walk-off homer from Mason Maners vs. Austin Peay … the team's 15 hits in the series finale were the second most in a game this season (17 at Texas A&M on Mar. 30) … the 32 hits and .288 average in the series were Auburn's second highest totals in a SEC series this season (38 hits and .309 average at Texas A&M) … the Tigers have committed just one error in the last eight games played, good for a .996 fielding percentage during the span … the pitching staff struck out double digit batters in all three games of a series for the first time this season.