Georgia at Missouri (Missouri leads 2-0) Comments (4) Jason Caldwell's Friday Auburn mailbag column Talking Auburn football, basketball, baseball, transfer portal and moreįor the first time since the Tigers won the SEC West in 2010, Auburn swept Ole Miss on the road with another dominant performance on Saturday to finish off the Rebels, winning 13-5 on Saturday. Kentucky at Tennessee (Tennessee leads 2-0) Vanderbilt at Florida (Florida leads 2-0) Ole Miss 6-21 25-26 (eliminated from SEC Tournament) Updated SEC standings heading into Sunday Collectively when we get back together let’s make sure we’re doing the right things to get us back and ready for another week and stay on that process of playing good baseball.” “The next 48 hours are an off-day and love on mom. “These guys absolutely played their hearts out,” he said. With four games left this week, starting with a Tuesday night game against Jacksonville State before Missouri comes to Plainsman Park to finish off the regular season for a three-game series beginning Thursday night, Thompson said he just wants to see his team continue to compete. In 26 innings, Auburn’s pitchers walked just four Ole Miss batters. 243 average to the Rebels over the three games, but the biggest thing is what Auburn didn’t do. On the mound, Auburn’s pitchers had an ERA of just 3.46 against a very good Ole Miss offense. The investment in every single pitch was absolutely the best weekend of that for this team and about as good as you will see for a three-game set for amateur baseball.” “Of course, we chased a pitch here or there, but to be able to swing the bat with authority and still be able to stop the swing and get walks. “In my 22nd year in this league, that’s probably about as disciplined of at-bats as I have seen,” Thompson said of his offense. The Tigers had 50 hits and had an on-base percentage of nearly. 400 as a team with seven home runs, seven doubles and 19 walks at the plate. That ended on Saturday in dominating fashion with Auburn’s 13-5 win capping off a series sweep that saw the Tigers outscore Ole Miss 37-11 in three games and control every aspect of the game along the way.įor the weekend, Auburn batted. That’s 12 straight losses for the Tigers on the road to the Rebels prior to this weekend’s sweep by Butch Thompson’s club. Starting in 2014, Auburn had been to Swayze Field for four series and had been swept all four times. Two years later, the Tigers won two out of three in Oxford, but since that time it has been a brutal road trip for Auburn baseball. In that series Auburn outscored the Rebels 34-8 in three games. That was the year when the Tigers won the SEC West. The last sweep at Ole Miss for Auburn was way back in 2010. 23 Auburn was looking to make a statement on the road at Ole Miss, a place that had been a house of horrors for the Tigers in recent years.Ĭonsider these numbers. Comments (35) 'Invested' group of Tigers make big moves following sweep of Ole Miss Auburn baseball moved to 14-13 in SEC play with a sweep of Ole Miss.Ĭoming off series wins over Mississippi State, at South Carolina and LSU at home, No. Trying to rank the social utilities of celebrities, astronauts and military members is pointless. Auburn alumni have made wide ranges of impact across wide ranges of fields in society. If you think someone from Auburn should get recognition but they didn't appear on this list, we encourage you to comment and share their story. There's simply not enough time to recognize all the great people to come through the university. No disrespect is intended to any notable alumni who didn't make this list. Note: Not all notable alumni will be recognized in this article, just a remote few. These are some of the most influential people to come from the Plains. In this slideshow, however, we're recognizing some of the great people to come out of Auburn University that never touched a ball or laced up a pair of cleats. Everyone knows names like Bo Jackson, Charles Barkley, Frank Thomas and Cam Newton. Auburn University has a long, decorated history when it comes to athletics.
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