It’s baseball time on the Plains. The Auburn Tigers return to Plainsman Park to host a four-game set over the next three days as Rhode Island comes to town. The Tigers are 7-2 over their first nine games of the season, while the visitors are still looking for their first win of the 2022 season after starting 0-6.
Auburn will play one game on Friday, a doubleheader on Saturday, and close out this stretch of six games in six days on Sunday. The latter game of the series can be seen on SEC Network+. The starter for Sunday hasn’t been announced at this time.
So far this season, Sonny DiChiara is leading the Tigers offense with a ridiculous slash line of .500/.634/1.179 with 14 runs scored in 28 at-bats. DiChiara also owns half of the Tigers’ eight home runs this season and has driven in eight runs. Bryson Ware and Cole Foster lead the team with 13 RBIs apiece.
Probable Starters
- Friday: Jordan Armstrong (1-0, 0.00) vs Ryan Twitchwell (0-2, 12.00)
- Saturday Game 1: Joseph Gonzalez (1-0, 3.38) vs Domenic Picone (0-1, 10.12)
- Saturday Game 2: Trace Bright (1-0, 0.00) vs TBA
- Sunday: TBA vs Trystan Levesque (0-1, 4.32)
Game Times
- Friday: 6:00 p.m. CT
- Saturday Game 1: 2:00 p.m. CT
- Saturday Game 2: 45 minutes after Game 1 (7 innings)
- Sunday: 1:00 p.m. CT (SEC Network+)
Auburn Notes
Tigers are 5-1 at home this season. They have outscored the opposition 59-17 at home. They average 9.8 runs per game while giving up just 2.8 runs.
Rhode Island Notes
The Rams have been outscored 21-62 in all six games this year. All of those games have come on the road. They have allowed nine or more runs in five of the six games.
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