After a frustrating start to the SEC schedule, the Auburn Tigers are ready to welcome in rival Georgia to Plainsman Park for a three-game series beginning Thursday night.
Auburn kicked off the SEC slate by dropping all three of their games to No. 3 Arkansas on the road, being outscored 21-5 throughout the weekend. The Tigers jumped out to a 2-0 lead in Friday’s opener before a Brady Slavens home run kickstarted a five-run 5th inning which led Arkansas to a 7-2 win. Auburn was never able to grab another lead in the series, as they dropped the final two games in the series, 9-3, and 5-0 respectively.
Georgia suffered a similar fate in their SEC opening series against South Carolina at Foley Field in Athens, dropping all three games to the Gamecocks. In Friday’s opener, Georgia held a 4-3 lead before South Carolina’s Michael Braswell hit a two-run double in the 9th inning to put his team ahead for good. The Gamecocks won the ensuing games of the series, 12-2 and 12-1.
In an effort to learn more about Auburn baseball’s next SEC opponent, Georgia, we called upon Anthony Dasher of UGASports to shed some light on the story of the 2023 Bulldogs to this point.
Here is this week’s edition of Behind Enemy Lines with Georgia beat writer, Anthony Dasher.