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Auburn Baseball News: 4-7-2026
Auburn baseball notebook – Apr. 6:
https://auburntigers.com/news/2026/04/6/auburn-baseball-notebook-apr-6
Auburn Baseball Notebook: Tigers respond with series win vs. Arkansas:
https://247sports.com/college/auburn/article/auburn-baseball-has-four-home-games-this-week-starting-with-jax-state-on-tuesday-night-280538714/
No. 10 Auburn continues homestand vs. No. 21 Jacksonville State:
https://auburntigers.com/news/2026/04/6/no-10-auburn-continues-homestand-vs-no-21-jacksonville-state
Where Auburn Baseball Landed in Major Rankings After Rebound Week:
https://www.si.com/college/auburn/baseball/where-auburn-baseball-landed-major-rankings-after-rebound-week
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Auburn baseball notebook – Apr. 6
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.
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Auburn Baseball Notebook: Tigers respond with series win vs. Arkansas
By Jason Caldwell
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.
Rankings:
15 (D1 Baseball)
12 (Perfect Game)
10 (Baseball America)
By The Numbers:
*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
*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 were the best in SEC play this season
SEC Standings:
Georgia 10-2 27-6
Texas 9-3 26-5
Alabama 8-4 25-8
Texas A&M 7-5 25-6
Miss. State 7-5 25-6
Florida 7-5 24-9
Auburn 6-6 22-9
Kentucky 6-6 23-8
LSU 6-6 22-11
Vanderbilt 6-6 19-14
Oklahoma 5-7 21-10
Ole Miss 5-11 22-11
Arkansas 5-7 20-13
Tennessee 4-8 20-12
Missouri 3-9 19-14
South Carolina 2-10 15-18
Week 5 Schedule
Kentucky at Auburn
Oklahoma at Vanderbilt (Thursday-Saturday)
South Carolina at Missouri (Thursday-Saturday)
Florida at Georgia
Tennessee at Miss. State
Arkansas at Alabama
LSU at Ole Miss
Texas at Texas A&M
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No. 10 Auburn continues homestand vs. No. 21 Jacksonville State
By David Gray
Starting its second straight four-game week at home, No. 10 Auburn (22-9) will look to cool down one of the hottest teams in the country in No. 21 Jacksonville State (27-6) Tuesday at 6 p.m. CT at Plainsman Park.
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 SEC Network+.
A limited number of general admission single-game tickets remain available and can be purchased here.
PROBABLE STARTERS
Tuesday – So. RHP Christian Chatterton (2-1, 5.65) vs. R-Jr. RHP James Wilson (0-0, 8.36)
QUICK HITTERS
Auburn is 5-2 in midweek games this season and has won four straight home midweeks, outscoring the opponents 36-9 during the span.
The Tigers are 15-5 at Plainsman Park this season, including 12-2 vs. non-conference foes.
The matchup with Jacksonville State marks the team’s eighth straight against a ranked opponent.
The Tigers are 6-7 against ranked opponents this season, including 4-3 at home.
The Tigers defeated Arkansas in a series for the first time since 2017 to claim the program’s 13th regular season home series in the last 14 tries dating back to the end of the 2024 season.
The offense turned in series highs in SEC play in hits (30), runs (20) and extra-base hits (11).
The team used just six pitchers on the weekend and turned in 39 strikeouts and four walks.
It marked the sixth series this season with six or fewer walks allowed.
The pitching staff enters the week as the national leader in WHIP (1.09), strikeout-to-walk ratio (4.42) and walks allowed per 9.0 innings (2.59) while ranking second in ERA (3.02).
Starting pitchers have turned in a 2.40 ERA with 217 strikeouts and 39 walks in 165.1 innings.
Auburn leads the all-time series against Jacksonville State, 28-18, including a 21-15 record against the Gamecocks at Plainsman Park.
SCOUTING THE GAMECOCKS
Jacksonville State enters the week with a 27-6 overall record and 12-0 mark in C-USA play. The team’s 27 wins are tied for the second most in the country, and the Gamecocks are one of two undefeated teams with 10 or more conference wins.
Offensively, Jacksonville State is hitting .287 as a team with 242 runs on 309 hits, including 101 extra-base hits. Jaxon Pate paces the team with a .368 average, while Grayson Ashe leads the way with six homers and 40 RBI.
On the mound, the Gamecocks rank in the top 15 in the country with a 3.54 staff ERA and have registered 347 strikeouts in 290.0 innings pitched. The group ranks top 10 in the country in shutouts (four) and top 25 in strikeouts per 9.0 innings (10.8) and WHIP (1.26).
PROMOTIONS & GIVEAWAYS
Diamond Deal Days - $2.50 hot dogs and $5 domestic brews
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Where Auburn Baseball Landed in Major Rankings After Rebound Week
By Brooks Crew
Auburn Daily
This year has certainly been a rollercoaster for the Auburn Tigers, whose baseball program has been all over the top-25 throughout the season. The Tigers peaked as a consensus top-five team before falling in dramatic fashion, and headed into this week, the Tigers fell all the way to being a consensus top-20 team.
Now, coming off a 2-2 week against some quality opponents in Georgia Tech and Arkansas, the Tigers have moved in the rankings once again. Where? Auburn Tigers on SI takes a look at three major ranking systems and analyzes the Tigers’ landing spot this week.
Baseball America: No. 10 (previously No. 11)
This week seems to have been something of a no harm, no foul week for the Tigers, at least in the eyes of Baseball America. Sure, the Tigers were mercy ruled in their midweek matchup, but that loss came against Georgia Tech, a consensus top-three team that the Tigers have already beaten once.
The series win, but no sweep, against Arkansas is likely the reason the Tigers have moved up just a sole spot in this week’s rankings, especially since the Razorbacks were ranked as the 15th-best team in the country in last week’s BA rankings. Now, they are the 22nd.
https://twitter.com/BaseballAmerica/status/2041125064926491124?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E2041125064926491124%7Ctwgr%5Ed49d6288c6765d2004327404d2a1e2de5dee5f04%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.si.com%2Fcollege%2Fauburn%2Fbaseball%2Fwhere-auburn-baseball-landed-major-rankings-after-rebound-week
Perfect Game: No. 12 (previously No. 17)
After the Tigers were swept by Alabama last week, Perfect Game dropped the Tigers 10 spots, from No. 7 to No. 17. Now, the Tigers have moved back into 12th, despite going .500 on the week. Perhaps Perfect Game realized they may have dropped the Tigers too far in last week’s rankings, though a blowout loss to Georgia Tech is not exactly confidence-inspiring for voters.
Surprisingly, PG did not seem to penalize the Tigers for a blowout loss to Georgia Tech, as they have made something of a habit of dropping the Tigers in the rankings after quality losses, like they did when Auburn dropped a series to then-second-ranked Texas. This week’s ranking breaks the two-week streak of the Tigers dropping in PG’s eyes, as the Tigers are up five spots in this week’s rankings after two wins against the then-19th-ranked Razorbacks.
https://twitter.com/PerfectGameUSA/status/2041131408236724330?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E2041131408236724330%7Ctwgr%5Ed49d6288c6765d2004327404d2a1e2de5dee5f04%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.si.com%2Fcollege%2Fauburn%2Fbaseball%2Fwhere-auburn-baseball-landed-major-rankings-after-rebound-week
D1 Baseball: No. 15 (previously No. 18)
D1 Baseball seems to subscribe more to Baseball America’s philosophy about the Tigers this week, as they neither significantly rewarded nor punished Auburn for a 2-2 week against quality opponents. A three-rank jump makes a bit more sense for the Tigers, especially after taking two games against Arkansas, who D1 Baseball had ranked as the 17th-best team in the league last week.
Notably, D1 Baseball was the only major rankings organization that had the Razorbacks ranked above the Tigers coming into this week, so it makes sense that they would bump the Tigers up more than Baseball America, which had the Razorbacks ranked four spots below Auburn.
https://twitter.com/d1baseball/status/2041140776629944707?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E2041140776629944707%7Ctwgr%5Ed49d6288c6765d2004327404d2a1e2de5dee5f04%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.si.com%2Fcollege%2Fauburn%2Fbaseball%2Fwhere-auburn-baseball-landed-major-rankings-after-rebound-week
Though the Tigers have begun to make ground on getting back into the top five, their work is far from over. Up next for Auburn is a midweek matchup against Jacksonville State this Tuesday at 6 p.m. CDT, before the Tigers host unranked Kentucky in Plainsman Park this weekend for a three-game series. Coverage of all Auburn baseball games this week can be found on SEC Network+.
Auburn baseball notebook – Apr. 6:
https://auburntigers.com/news/2026/04/6/auburn-baseball-notebook-apr-6
Auburn Baseball Notebook: Tigers respond with series win vs. Arkansas:
https://247sports.com/college/auburn/article/auburn-baseball-has-four-home-games-this-week-starting-with-jax-state-on-tuesday-night-280538714/
No. 10 Auburn continues homestand vs. No. 21 Jacksonville State:
https://auburntigers.com/news/2026/04/6/no-10-auburn-continues-homestand-vs-no-21-jacksonville-state
Where Auburn Baseball Landed in Major Rankings After Rebound Week:
https://www.si.com/college/auburn/baseball/where-auburn-baseball-landed-major-rankings-after-rebound-week
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Auburn baseball notebook – Apr. 6
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.
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Auburn Baseball Notebook: Tigers respond with series win vs. Arkansas
By Jason Caldwell
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.
Rankings:
15 (D1 Baseball)
12 (Perfect Game)
10 (Baseball America)
By The Numbers:
*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
*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 were the best in SEC play this season
SEC Standings:
Georgia 10-2 27-6
Texas 9-3 26-5
Alabama 8-4 25-8
Texas A&M 7-5 25-6
Miss. State 7-5 25-6
Florida 7-5 24-9
Auburn 6-6 22-9
Kentucky 6-6 23-8
LSU 6-6 22-11
Vanderbilt 6-6 19-14
Oklahoma 5-7 21-10
Ole Miss 5-11 22-11
Arkansas 5-7 20-13
Tennessee 4-8 20-12
Missouri 3-9 19-14
South Carolina 2-10 15-18
Week 5 Schedule
Kentucky at Auburn
Oklahoma at Vanderbilt (Thursday-Saturday)
South Carolina at Missouri (Thursday-Saturday)
Florida at Georgia
Tennessee at Miss. State
Arkansas at Alabama
LSU at Ole Miss
Texas at Texas A&M
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No. 10 Auburn continues homestand vs. No. 21 Jacksonville State
By David Gray
Starting its second straight four-game week at home, No. 10 Auburn (22-9) will look to cool down one of the hottest teams in the country in No. 21 Jacksonville State (27-6) Tuesday at 6 p.m. CT at Plainsman Park.
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 SEC Network+.
A limited number of general admission single-game tickets remain available and can be purchased here.
PROBABLE STARTERS
Tuesday – So. RHP Christian Chatterton (2-1, 5.65) vs. R-Jr. RHP James Wilson (0-0, 8.36)
QUICK HITTERS
Auburn is 5-2 in midweek games this season and has won four straight home midweeks, outscoring the opponents 36-9 during the span.
The Tigers are 15-5 at Plainsman Park this season, including 12-2 vs. non-conference foes.
The matchup with Jacksonville State marks the team’s eighth straight against a ranked opponent.
The Tigers are 6-7 against ranked opponents this season, including 4-3 at home.
The Tigers defeated Arkansas in a series for the first time since 2017 to claim the program’s 13th regular season home series in the last 14 tries dating back to the end of the 2024 season.
The offense turned in series highs in SEC play in hits (30), runs (20) and extra-base hits (11).
The team used just six pitchers on the weekend and turned in 39 strikeouts and four walks.
It marked the sixth series this season with six or fewer walks allowed.
The pitching staff enters the week as the national leader in WHIP (1.09), strikeout-to-walk ratio (4.42) and walks allowed per 9.0 innings (2.59) while ranking second in ERA (3.02).
Starting pitchers have turned in a 2.40 ERA with 217 strikeouts and 39 walks in 165.1 innings.
Auburn leads the all-time series against Jacksonville State, 28-18, including a 21-15 record against the Gamecocks at Plainsman Park.
SCOUTING THE GAMECOCKS
Jacksonville State enters the week with a 27-6 overall record and 12-0 mark in C-USA play. The team’s 27 wins are tied for the second most in the country, and the Gamecocks are one of two undefeated teams with 10 or more conference wins.
Offensively, Jacksonville State is hitting .287 as a team with 242 runs on 309 hits, including 101 extra-base hits. Jaxon Pate paces the team with a .368 average, while Grayson Ashe leads the way with six homers and 40 RBI.
On the mound, the Gamecocks rank in the top 15 in the country with a 3.54 staff ERA and have registered 347 strikeouts in 290.0 innings pitched. The group ranks top 10 in the country in shutouts (four) and top 25 in strikeouts per 9.0 innings (10.8) and WHIP (1.26).
PROMOTIONS & GIVEAWAYS
Diamond Deal Days - $2.50 hot dogs and $5 domestic brews
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Where Auburn Baseball Landed in Major Rankings After Rebound Week
By Brooks Crew
Auburn Daily
This year has certainly been a rollercoaster for the Auburn Tigers, whose baseball program has been all over the top-25 throughout the season. The Tigers peaked as a consensus top-five team before falling in dramatic fashion, and headed into this week, the Tigers fell all the way to being a consensus top-20 team.
Now, coming off a 2-2 week against some quality opponents in Georgia Tech and Arkansas, the Tigers have moved in the rankings once again. Where? Auburn Tigers on SI takes a look at three major ranking systems and analyzes the Tigers’ landing spot this week.
Baseball America: No. 10 (previously No. 11)
This week seems to have been something of a no harm, no foul week for the Tigers, at least in the eyes of Baseball America. Sure, the Tigers were mercy ruled in their midweek matchup, but that loss came against Georgia Tech, a consensus top-three team that the Tigers have already beaten once.
The series win, but no sweep, against Arkansas is likely the reason the Tigers have moved up just a sole spot in this week’s rankings, especially since the Razorbacks were ranked as the 15th-best team in the country in last week’s BA rankings. Now, they are the 22nd.
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Perfect Game: No. 12 (previously No. 17)
After the Tigers were swept by Alabama last week, Perfect Game dropped the Tigers 10 spots, from No. 7 to No. 17. Now, the Tigers have moved back into 12th, despite going .500 on the week. Perhaps Perfect Game realized they may have dropped the Tigers too far in last week’s rankings, though a blowout loss to Georgia Tech is not exactly confidence-inspiring for voters.
Surprisingly, PG did not seem to penalize the Tigers for a blowout loss to Georgia Tech, as they have made something of a habit of dropping the Tigers in the rankings after quality losses, like they did when Auburn dropped a series to then-second-ranked Texas. This week’s ranking breaks the two-week streak of the Tigers dropping in PG’s eyes, as the Tigers are up five spots in this week’s rankings after two wins against the then-19th-ranked Razorbacks.
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D1 Baseball: No. 15 (previously No. 18)
D1 Baseball seems to subscribe more to Baseball America’s philosophy about the Tigers this week, as they neither significantly rewarded nor punished Auburn for a 2-2 week against quality opponents. A three-rank jump makes a bit more sense for the Tigers, especially after taking two games against Arkansas, who D1 Baseball had ranked as the 17th-best team in the league last week.
Notably, D1 Baseball was the only major rankings organization that had the Razorbacks ranked above the Tigers coming into this week, so it makes sense that they would bump the Tigers up more than Baseball America, which had the Razorbacks ranked four spots below Auburn.
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Though the Tigers have begun to make ground on getting back into the top five, their work is far from over. Up next for Auburn is a midweek matchup against Jacksonville State this Tuesday at 6 p.m. CDT, before the Tigers host unranked Kentucky in Plainsman Park this weekend for a three-game series. Coverage of all Auburn baseball games this week can be found on SEC Network+.
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