Week at a Glance
Overall: 27-13
Last Week: 1-3
SEC: 9-9
Non-Conference: 18-4
Streak: L3
Last Week's Results:
Tuesday at Jacksonville State: W, 4-3
Thursday at No. 1 Texas: L, 2-3
Friday at No. 1 Texas: L, 3-8
Saturday at No. 1 Texas: L, 2-14
This Week’s Schedule:
Tuesday vs. No. 24 Georgia Tech: 7 p.m.
Friday vs. Mississippi State: 6 p.m.
Saturday vs. Mississippi State: 6 p.m.
Sunday vs. Mississippi State: 2 p.m.
Player of the Week
Ike Irish – Jr. – C/OF – Hudsonville, Mich.
4 GP/GS, .333/.375/1.133, 5-for-15, 5 R, 4 HR, 6 RBI, 1 HBP
- Homered in three straight games and totaled four home runs in the series at Texas, becoming the first Auburn player to homer four times in a series since Cooper McMurray did so vs. Mississippi State from Mar. 21-23, 2023.
- Hit 5-for-11 with four home runs and six RBI at Texas, accounting for six of the seven runs the team scored in the series.
- His four home runs for the week were the second most in the league, and his slugging percentage was good for third.
- Went 3-for-4 and homered twice in the middle game in Austin, marking his third multi-homer game of the season and fourth of his career.
- Started the series finale with a solo homer in the first inning, becoming the first Auburn player to homer in three straight at-bats since Edouard Julien from Feb. 20-22, 2019.
- It marked the second time in his career he has homered in three or more consecutive games.
- Through six weeks of league play, he leads the league in batting average (.417) by 23 points and slugging (.950) by more than 150 points while also tying for the league lead in home runs (eight).
Pitchers of the Week
Samuel Dutton – Sr. – RHP – Southside, Ala.
1 GS, 0-0, 3.18 ERA, 5.2 IP, 6 H, 2 R/ER, 0 BB, 6 K, .286 B/AVG
- Faced the minimum in four of his five full innings of work thanks in part to a double play and caught stealing.
- Logged his eighth game this season with six or more strikeouts and has registered 27 more strikeouts than anyone else on the team.
- Didn’t walk a batter for the third time this season.
- Has logged 5.0 or more innings in five of his six SEC starts and seven of his 10 starts overall.
- Through 10 weeks, he leads the league in ERA (2.43) and ranks top 10 in innings pitched (55.2) and strikeouts (64).
Christian Chatterton – Fr. – RHP – Killen, Ala.
1 GS, 0-0, 0.00 ERA, 1 H, 2 R/0 ER, 0 BB, 8 K, .050 B/AVG
- Retired the first 18 batters he faced in a season-long 6.0 innings pitched at Jacksonville State.
- Didn’t allow a baserunner until an infield single and error started the seventh inning and ended his outing.
- It not only marked his longest outing of the season, but his eight strikeouts were the second most in a game and the fourth most by an Auburn starting pitcher this season.
- It also marked his first outing since Opening Weekend in which he didn’t walk a batter.
Team Notes
Auburn’s 4-3 win at Jacksonville State last Tuesday marked its eighth one-run win of the season and capped off the team’s six-game winning streak, which entered last weekend as the second longest streak in the league … the team’s 27-10 record through 37games after the midweek was the best start through 37 games since 2003 … the 3-2 loss in the series opener at Texas marked the team’s third straight one-run game … nine of the team’s first 18 league games have been decided by two runs or fewer … the Tigers are 6-3 in such games … last weekend marked Auburn fourth straight series against a top-10 opponent, including its third in the span against a team ranked in the top three … after Tuesday’s game vs. Georgia Tech, 20 of Auburn’s last 24 games will have been played against ranked opponents … the team is 12-9 against ranked opponents this season … the Tigers enter the week ranked No. 4 in the RPI with the No. 1 strength of schedule … the team’s 11 quad one wins – home (1-25), neutral (1-40), away (1-60) – are the fourth most in the country.