Week at a Glance
Overall: 22-9
Last Week: 2-2
SEC: 6-6
Non-Conference: 16-3
Streak: W1
Last Week's Results:
Tuesday at No. 3 Georgia Tech: L, 3-13 (8)
Thursday vs. No. 15 Arkansas: W, 10-2
Friday vs. No. 15 Arkansas: L, 2-3
Saturday vs. No. 15 Arkansas: W, 8-3
This Week’s Schedule:
Tuesday vs. No. 21 Jacksonville State: 6 p.m.
Friday vs. Kentucky: 6 p.m.
Saturday vs. Kentucky: 7 p.m.
Sunday vs. Kentucky: 2 p.m.
Players of the Week
Eric Guevara – JR – IF – Panama City, Panama
Week 8: 4 GP/GS, .533/.563/.800, 8-for-15, 4 R, 1 2B, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 BB
vs. Arkansas: 3 GP/GS, .636/.667/1.000, 7-for-11, 4 R, 1 2B, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 BB
- Led the team with eight hits for the week, including seven in the series win against Arkansas.
- Collected multiple hits in all three games against the Razorbacks and now leads the team with 12 multi-hit games this season.
- Went 3-for-3 with a walk, homer and two RBI in the series-opening win.
- Drove in the second run of Auburn’s seven-run fifth inning with a single to left and later homered in the sixth inning, his career-high matching fifth homer of the year.
- Went 2-for-4 with a run in each of the last two games of the series.
- Leads the team with a .359 average in SEC play.
Ethin Bingaman – FR – UTL – Redlands, Calif.
Week 8: 4 GP/GS, .400/.375/.467, 6-for-15, 4 R, 1 2B, 5 RBI, 1-1 SB
vs. Arkansas: 3 GP/GS, .364/.333/.455, 4-for-11, 3 R, 1 2B, 5 RBI
- Led the team with five RBI for the week, all coming in the series against Arkansas.
- Matched a season high with three RBI in the series opener against the Razorbacks.
- Got Auburn’s scoring started in the game with a sacrifice fly in the fourth and drove in two of the team’s seven runs in the fifth inning with a two-run single.
- Went 2-for-4 with two runs and drove in the go-ahead run in the series finale, hitting a double over the head of the center fielder in the third inning.
- Leads the team with nine RBI in SEC play.
Pitchers of the Week
Andreas Alvarez – So. – RHP – Seminole, Fla.
Week 8/vs. Arkansas: 1 GS, 1-0, 1.50 ERA, 6.0 IP, 6 H, 1 R/ER, 2 BB, 10 K, .261 B/AVG
- Made his first weekend start of the season and earned his fifth straight win while matching a career-high with 10 strikeouts in the series opener against Arkansas.
- Scattered one run on six hits and two walks with double digit strikeouts for the second time in three starts.
- Allowed a solo home run in the fourth inning that snapped a stretch of 27.2 innings without allowing an earned run.
- Got into a bases-loaded, one-out jam in the sixth inning but escaped the inning unscathed with a strikeout and groundout to end his outing.
- Leads the league with a 0.96 ERA.
Jake Marciano – So. – LHP – Bayville, N.J.
Week 8/vs. Arkansas: 1 GS, 0-0, 1.29 ERA, 7.0 IP, 4 H, 1 R/ER, 1 BB, 8 K, .160 B/AVG
- Turned in his third outing in his fourth SEC start of 7.0 innings and one or fewer runs in the middle game vs. Arkansas.
- It marked his team-high fifth quality start of the season.
- Allowed one run on four hits with one walk and eight strikeouts, marking his fifth start with eight or more strikeouts.
- Escaped a bases-loaded jam in the second inning and retired nine of the next 10 batters he faced in the third through fifth innings.
- Allowed a solo homer to start the sixth but responded by retiring the last six batters he faced in his outing.
- Leads the league with a .153 opponent’s average against and is tied for the league lead in innings pitched (48.2) while ranking fourth in ERA (1.29) and strikeouts (64).
Jackson Sanders – So. – LHP – Opelika, Ala.
Week 8/vs. Arkansas: 1 APP, 1 SV, 0.00 ERA, 4.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 8 K, .077 B/AVG
- Making his first relief appearance of the season, he earned his first career save with 4.0 scoreless innings in the series finale against the Razorbacks.
- Six of the first seven outs he recorded were via strikeouts, and he ultimately struck out eight of the 14 batters he faced.
- Pitched through a brief rain delay, striking out the first two batters he faced out of the delay on seven pitches.
- Delivered 38 of his 54 pitches for strikes, good for 70.4 percent.
Team Notes
Auburn’s series win against Arkansas marked the team’s first against the Razorbacks since 2017 … the home series win marked the team’s 13th in the last 14 regular season home series dating back to the end of the 2024 season … the pitching staff turned in a 2.67 ERA with 39 strikeouts and four walks in 27.0 innings pitched in the series … it marked the sixth series this season the Tigers have walked six or fewer batters … the team needed just six pitchers to get through the weekend … starting pitchers turned in 5.0 or more innings in all three games and have now done so in 25 of 31 games this season … the pitching staff leads the league with a 3.06 overall ERA and ranks second with a 3.32 ERA in SEC play … starters have turned in a 2.62 ERA through 12 SEC games … Auburn’s 340 strikeouts through 31 games are the most in the stat crew since (since 1993), six more than the 334 through 31 games in 1997 … the 77 walks allowed are the second fewest in the same timeframe, trailing only the 71 walks allowed through 31 games in 2002 … after scoring four runs on 12 hits at Alabama, the offense scored 20 runs on 30 hits, including 11 for extra-bases, against Arkansas … all three totals were the most in a conference series this season – five more runs, five more hits, five more extra-base hits.