The 4-0 Auburn Tigers make the short trip to Jacksonville, FL this weekend to take part in the “Jax College Baseball Classic”. The 3-game event will be anything but a vacation for Butch Thompson’s squad.
Auburn opens the action against No. 18 Iowa on Friday evening before facing off against 2-1 Wichita State at 11 A.M. The Tigers’ toughest test comes on Sunday when they take on No. 10 Virginia to close out their time in Jacksonville.
Luckily for Auburn, reigning SEC Pitcher of the Week Carson Myers lined up perfectly to get the ball against the top-ranked Cavaliers.
Myers will close out the weekend behind juniors Chase Allsup and Joseph Gonzalez.
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The Dothan, AL native Allsup is set to open things up against Iowa after an up-and-down opening day start, while Gonzalez will be asked to slow down a Shockers lineup that just scored 36 runs in their opening three-game series.
While Myers was the talk of the staff after the first week of the season, Gonzalez wasn’t too shabby either (5 IP, 1 ER) and he could seemingly have the best numbers on the staff after this tournament.
Either way, coach Butch Thompson has clearly shown what three Tiger hurlers he has the most faith in. Most likely, this will be Auburn’s weekend pitching rotation moving forward.
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