Week at a Glance
Overall: 13-2
Last Week: 4-0
SEC: 0-0
Non-Conference: 13-2
Streak: W6
Last Week's Results:
Tuesday vs. Samford: W, 6-2
Friday vs. Winthrop: W, 10-0 (7)
Saturday vs. Winthrop (Game 1): W, 6-0
Saturday vs. Winthrop (Game 2): W, 8-1
This Week’s Schedule:
Tuesday vs. UAB: 6 p.m.
Friday at Missouri: 6 p.m.
Saturday at Missouri: 4 p.m.
Sunday at Missouri: 11 a.m.
Players of the Week
Bristol Carter – Jr. – OF – Oak Ridge, N.C.
Week 4: 3 GP/GS, .571/.750/1.000, 4-for-7, 7 R, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 4 BB, 4-4 SB
vs. Winthrop: 2 GP/GS, .500/.625/1.000, 3-for-6, 5 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 2 BB, 3 SB
- Led the team with a .571 average, .750 on-base percentage and seven runs scored in three games played last week.
- Has scored a run in 10 straight games, including multiple runs in five straight and eight of the last 10.
- Ranks tied for fourth in the league with 24 runs in 14 games played.
- Went 1-for-1 with two walks, a hit-by-pitch and a stolen base in the midweek vs. Samford.
- Went 2-for-3 with a two-run home run, two walks and a career-high three stolen bases in the series opener vs. Winthrop.
Chase Fralick – So. – C/IF – Peachtree City, Ga.
Week 4: 4 GP/GS, .438/.526/.688, 7-for-16, 4 R, 1 2B, 1 HR, 5 RBI, 3 BB
vs. Winthrop: 3 GP/GS, .417/.500/.750, 5-for-12, 4 R, 1 2B, 1 HR, 5 RBI, 2 BB
- Led the team with seven hits in four games last week, including tying for the team lead with five hits in the series vs. Winthrop.
- Went 2-for-4 with a three-run home run in the first inning of the series opener against Winthrop, marking his team-best fourth home run of the season.
- Went 2-for-3 and reached base four times in the finale against the Eagles.
- Also caught three of the four games played for a pitching staff that allowed just two earned runs in 34.0 innings pitched.
- Has a hit in 14 of 15 games this season, including multiple hits in a team-best eight contests.
- Has reached base in 18 straight games dating back to last season.
Mason McCraine – Fr. – OF/LHP – Salem, Ala.
Week 4: 4 GP/GS, .385/.529/.615, 5-for-13, 5 R, 1 2B, 1 3B, 6 RBI, 4 BB, 2-2 SB
vs. Winthrop: 3 GP/GS, .364/.462/.636, 4-for-11, 4 R, 1 2B, 1 3B, 5 RBI, 2 BB, 1-1 SB
- Collected a hit in all four games last week, including multiple hits in the series finale against Winthrop, while tying for the team lead with six RBI.
- Reached base three times and drove in a run, scored a run and stole a base in the midweek vs. Samford.
- Collected a hit and reached multiple times in each of the first two games against Winthrop.
- Capped off the series by going 2-for-5 with a double and five RBI in the finale, driving in each of the team’s first five runs in the contest.
- Is the only player with four or more RBI in a game this season, and he has done so twice – six RBI vs. Nebraska (Feb. 28) and five RBI vs. Winthrop (Mar. 7) – in the last six games.
Pitchers of the Week
Jackson Sanders – So. – LHP – Opelika, Ala.
Week 4/vs. Winthrop: 1 GS, 1-0, 0.00 ERA, 7.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 10 K, .095 B/AVG
- Turned in a career-best outing with 7.0 scoreless innings and 10 strikeouts in the series-clinching win vs. Winthrop, marking Auburn’s 12th straight regular season home series win.
- Retired nine straight batters with seven strikeouts from the third through the fifth innings.
- Threw 61 of his 82 pitches for strikes (74 percent) and didn’t allow a hit after the second inning, facing just one batter over the minimum in his career-long outing.
- Got ahead in the count against 16 of the 22 batters he faced.
- Has registered career bests in strikeouts in three of his first four starts of the season.
Jake Marciano – So. – LHP – Bayville, N.J.
Week 4/vs. Winthrop: 1 GS, 1-0, 0.00 ERA, 6.0 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 6 K, .150 B/AVG
- Turned in his second quality start and earned his second win in the series opener against Winthrop.
- Allowed his first walk of the season in his 17th inning pitched after becoming the first Auburn starting pitcher since at least the 1970s to begin a season without issuing a walk through three starts.
- Worked around multiple baserunners in each of the first two innings but faced just three batters over the minimum in his last four innings of work.
- Struck out one batter in each of his six innings pitched.
Andreas Alvarez – So. – RHP – Seminole, Fla.
Week 4/vs. Samford: 1 GS, 1-0, 0.00 ERA, 5.0 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 8 K, .188 B/AVG
- Earned his first win of the season with 5.0 scoreless innings in the midweek vs. Samford.
- Allowed five of the first nine batters he faced to reach, but responded to retire eight of the last nine he faced with the lone who reached doing so on an error.
- Struck out the side after a leadoff single in the third and matched a season-high with eight strikeouts, one shy of his career best.
Team Notes
Auburn’s 13-2 start to the season is the team’s best since starting the 2019 season 20-2 … the Tigers have now won 12 straight regular season home series dating back to the final weekend of the 2024 season, marking the longest streak since 1998-2000 (13) … the team has also won 17 of 20 regular season weekends since the final two weekends of the 2024 season, good for the second most in the SEC (Texas, 18) … the week marked Auburn’s first 4-0 week of the season and first since defeating Georgia Tech in the midweek (Apr. 8) and sweeping LSU on the weekend (Apr. 11-13) last year … the Tigers outscored their opponents 30-3 in the four games, including outscoring Winthrop 24-1 in three games over the weekend … the one run allowed in the series marked the fewest runs allowed in a series since also allowing one run in three games against Longwood to begin the 2018 season (Feb. 16-18) … the back-to-back shutouts in game one and two vs. Winthrop marked the first since shutting out Rhode Island is both games of a doubleheader on Mar. 5, 2022 … the pitching staff turned in a 0.53 ERA in four games and 34.0 innings pitched (two earned runs allowed) … the staff struck out 38 and issued five walks for the week, including a 26-2 strikeout-to-walk ratio in the series vs. Winthrop … the finale vs. Winthrop marked the third game this season in which the pitching staff didn’t walk a batter … through 15 games, Auburn has struck out 178 batters and issued 30 walks … the 178 strikeouts are tied for the most through 15 games since 1997 (189) … the 30 walks allowed are the fewest through 15 games since at least 1992 (stat crew era goes back to 1993) … starting pitchers Andreas Alvarez, Jake Marciano, Jackson Sanders and Alex Petrovic turned in a combined 0.41 ERA with 26 strikeouts and four walks in 22.0 innings pitched … Auburn starting pitchers have now turned in 5.0 or more innings in 12 of 15 games this season with one of the occasions occurring because of Saturday’s rain delay in game two … the offense hit .336 with 30 runs on 41 hits in the four games last week, collecting nine or more hits in all four contests … the team reached base at a .455 clip (23 walks, six hit-by-pitches) … seven player recorded four or more hits throughout the week … after committing four errors in the midweek vs. Samford, the defense responded by not committing an error in the series against Winthrop (102 total chances).