AUBURN, Ala. – Wrapping up its eight-game road trip, No. 4 Auburn (35-15) travels to No. 24 Jacksonville (40-11) to take on the Gamecocks Tuesday at 6 p.m. CT at Jim Case 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 broadcast digitally on ESPN+.
PROBABLE STARTERS
Tuesday – Jr. LHP Griffin Graves (2-0, 4.66) vs. Jr. RHP Ryan Geraghty (1-1, 6.37)
QUICK HITTERS
Auburn enters the week with six straight SEC series wins in a single season for the first time since 1995, marking two more consecutive series wins than anyone else in the league.
The Tigers’ two opponents this week - Jacksonville State and Georgia - are two of the seven teams in the country with 40 or more wins.
Auburn is 14-12 against ranked team this season, good for the most ranked wins in the league, and are 8-7 against ranked teams away from home.
The team has won 15 games away from home - 10-7 away, 5-0 neutral - also good for the most road and neutral site wins in the league.
The Tigers are 32-1 when outhitting the opponent this season and 136-17 in the last five years.
The team is also 25-2 when scoring six or more runs this season and 147-29 in the last five years.
Ethin Bingaman was named the SEC Freshman of the Week for the third time this season.
This season’s previous meeting between Auburn and Jacksonville State marked Auburn’s largest margin of defeat (11) of the year.
The Tigers have allowed more than five runs just twice in the last 18 games (13-5) dating back to the loss vs. Jacksonville State.
SCOUTING THE GAMECOCKS
Jacksonville State enters the week as one of seven teams in the country with a 40-11 overall record and has clinched at least a share of the C-USA title with a 22-5 league mark.
Offensively, the Gamecocks are hitting .294 as a team with 368 runs on 487 hits, including 99 doubles, 12 triples and four homers. Jaxon Pate leads the team with a .360 average, while Grayson Ashe leads the way with 53 RBI and is tied with Caleb Johnson for the team lead with seven homers.
On the mound, Jacksonville State ranks third in the country with a 3.40 ERA and is also top 10 in hits allowed per 9.0 innings (6.95), shutouts (six) and WHIP (1.26). Tuesday starter Ryan Geraghty will make his third start of the season, including his second against Auburn, and is 1-1 with a 6.37 ERA.