Week at a Glance
Overall: 20-7
Last Week: 1-3
SEC: 4-5
Non-Conference: 15-2
Streak: L3
Last Week's Results:
Tuesday vs. South Alabama: 6 p.m. (Montgomery, Ala.): W, 10-0 (8)
Friday at No. 22 Alabama: L, 1-11 (8)
Saturday at No. 22 Alabama: L, 2-3
Sunday at No. 22 Alabama: L, 1-3
This Week’s Schedule:
Tuesday at No. 3 Georgia Tech: 6 p.m.
Thursday vs. No. 15 Arkansas: 6 p.m.
Friday vs. No. 15 Arkansas: 6 p.m.
Saturday vs. No. 15 Arkansas: 2 p.m.
Player of the Week
Chase Fralick – SO – C/IF – Peachtree City, Ga.
Week 7: 4 GP/GS, .357/.438/.500, 5-for-14, 2 2B, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 HBP
at Alabama: 3 GP/GS, .400/.500/.500, 4-for-10, 1 2B, 1 BB, 1 HBP
- Tied for the team lead with five hits, including a pair of doubles, on the week.
- Got the scoring started with a RBI double in the first inning of Tuesday’s win vs. South Alabama.
- Led the team with four hits, including a double, and reached base multiple times in all three games at Alabama.
- Has reached base in all but one game this season.
Pitchers of the Week
Andreas Alvarez – So. – RHP – Seminole, Fla.
Week 7/vs. South Alabama: 1 GS, 1-0, 0.00 ERA, 7.0 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 8 K, .174 B/AVG
- Earned his fourth straight midweek win and turned in a career-high 7.0 scoreless innings pitched in the shutout win vs. South Alabama.
- Faced just three batters over the minimum and retired 13 of the last 14 batters he faced, including 12 straight from the end of the third through the start of the seventh innings.
- Turned in his fourth game this season with eight or more strikeouts.
- Enters the week as the SEC leader in ERA (0.85).
- Hasn’t allowed an earned run in four-plus starts and 24.1 innings pitched dating back to the comeback win vs. West Georgia on Feb. 25.
Alex Petrovic – R-So. – RHP – Cypress, Texas
Week 7/at Alabama: 1 GS, 0-0, 1.80 ERA, 5.0 IP, 3 H, 1 R/ER, 1 BB, 6 K, .167 B/AVG
- Bounced back from his outing vs. Texas by allowing one run on three hits with one walk and six strikeouts in 5.0 innings at Alabama.
- The game marked his fourth start this season having allowed one earned run or less in 5.0 or more innings pitched.
- The lone run allowed scored after a tough-luck double dropped in the infield to start the third inning.
- Has already registered or matched career highs in a number of categories including appearances (seven), innings (35.1) and strikeouts (41).
Team Notes
Auburn’s 10 runs on 12 hits against South Alabama Tuesday were the team’s most since recording 17 runs on 16 hits vs. UAB on Mar. 10 … the shutout against the Jaguars was the team’s fourth this season, all coming in a 12-game span from Mar. 6-24 … the four shutouts through 27 games are already one shy of last year’s total … starting pitchers last week turned in a 1.59 ERA with 25 strikeouts and five walks in 22.2 innings pitched … all four starters allowed two earned runs or less in 5.0 or more innings pitched … the weekend rotation turned in a 2.30 ERA (four earned runs) in 15.2 innings at Alabama … starters have pitched at least 5.0 innings in 22 of 27 games this season … Auburn continues a stretch of games against ranked opponents, traveling to No. 3 Georgia Tech (22-5, 9-3 ACC) Tuesday before hosting No. 15 Arkansas (19-10, 4-5 SEC) Thursday-Saturday … 18 of 20 games from Mar. 17 vs. Georgia Tech through Apr. 18 at Florida are against ranked teams … the series against the Razorbacks starts an eight-game homestand from Apr. 2-14.