AUBURN, Ala. – Kicking off a week of four games against top-15 opponents, No. 9 Auburn (22-10) travels to Atlanta to take on No. 15 Georgia Tech (26-6) Tuesday at 5 p.m. CT at Russ Chandler Stadium.
The game will be broadcast on the Auburn Sports Network and can be heard locally on Wings 94.3 FM. It will also be streamed digitally on ACC Network Extra.
PROBABLE STARTERS
Tuesday – Fr. RHP Christian Chatterton (2-1, 6.66) vs. Sr. RHP Sam Swygert (1-1, 4.70)
QUICK HITTERS
Auburn is 16-4 against non-conference opponents this season and 35-8 in non-conference play since the beginning of last season.
The Tigers are coming off their fifth series win in the last seven matchups with Alabama.
The team ranked second in the league with a .341 average in four games last week.
Eight of nine players in the lineup for all three games against Alabama hit .300 or higher, including four who hit .400 or higher.
The pitching staff’s 3.96 ERA vs. Alabama was the best in a SEC series in the last 12 series.
This week’s schedule includes four games against two top-five offenses in the country.
The Tigers did not commit an error in 137 chances last week and enter the week ranked 15th in the country with a .980 fielding percentage.
Ten of Auburn’s first 12 SEC games have been decided by four runs or fewer, including six that have been decided by one or two runs.
The Tigers are 8-6 against ranked opponents this season, including 3-4 away from home.
After this week, Auburn will have played 16 of its last 19 games against ranked opponents.
Auburn leads the all-time series against Georgia Tech, 125-113-6.
SCOUTING THE YELLOW JACKETS
Georgia Tech enters the week with a 26-6 overall record and 11-4 mark in ACC play after sweeping its weekend series at Stanford by a combined score of 36-11. The Yellow Jackets have won 20 of their last 24 games.
Offensively, Georgia Tech ranks second in the country with a .342 team average and is top five in nearly every offensive category including runs (328), hits (376), doubles (98), slugging (.591) and scoring (10.3). Seven players are hitting .325 or higher, highlighted by junior infielder Alex Lodise’s 51 hits, 17 doubles, 13 homers and 44 RBI to go along with his .395 average.
On the mound, the Yellow Jackets have turned in a 4.00 ERA with 315 strikeouts and 120 walks in 270.0 innings.