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Auburn baseball absolutely boat races UAB 16-1

Bryson Ware leads the way as he drives in six for Auburn against UAB.

It was an absolute offensive explosion at Plainsman Park on Wednesday night. The baseball team fell down 1-0 early one before the Tigers even came to bat. Blazers’ first baseman Josh Sears flew out to center on a sacrifice fly that brought home leadoff hitter John Marc Mullins. That would be all the offense for the visitors. Mason Barnett would get his first win of the season allowing one run on two hits with eight strikeouts in five innings of work.

UAB would use 10 pitchers on the night, none of which would pitch more than two innings. Thomas Ballard fell to 1-1 on the season after giving up three runs on five hits in two innings of work. Auburn struck in the second inning with Bryson Ware getting the scoring started. He laced a two-RBI double to bring Cam Hill and Cole Foster round to score.

After two it was 3-1 Auburn. Ware would drive in a total of six runs in this game. He also hit a bases-clearing double in the fourth but would get thrown out at third. Ware would eventually get his triple in the sixth inning when he brought Garrett Farquhar home.

The Tigers’ offense scored in every inning they came to bat in with the exception of the first inning. Jake Wyandt added three RBIs and Blake Rambusch had a pair of RBIs. Auburn will enjoy Thursday off before a four-game set this weekend against Rhode Island.

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Auburn to host UAB at Plainsman Park on Wednesday

Auburn baseball will return to action Wednesday night against UAB.

Auburn will continue their busy week with a mid-week game against UAB on Wednesday.

The Tigers are coming off a 13-7 win over Alabama State and won their last matchup with UAB, 6-5 last season.

Auburn scored an unearned run in the second inning and took a 2-0 lead in the top of the sixth inning. UAB did not go down quietly though. The Blazers scored four runs in the bottom of the sixth on three hits, two walks and two wild pitches to take a 4-2 lead.

The score was the same heading into the eighth inning when Auburn’s offence came alive. The first tree base runners reached for Auburn, and they all scored to give Auburn a 6-4 lead.

The Tigers have won 30 of the 34 games between the two programs and are 16-2 at home against the Blazers.

Auburn is 6-2 this season and will play four more games over the next four days.

Game Details

Auburn set to host Alabama State at Plainsman Park on Tuesday

Auburn baseball is back on the diamond Tuesday as they host Alabama State.

For the first time since the 2016 season, the Auburn Tigers will play Alabama State. The first pitch is set for 6:00 p.m. CT.

These two teams have met 10 times since the 2011 season with the Tigers winning nine of those games. Auburn has won five straight since Alabama State’s lone victory in 2014.

The Tigers trailed 4-3 going into the eighth inning on that day when the Hornets struck for five runs on two singles, two doubles. and a throwing error from Terrance Derick. He allowed two runs 0.2 innings of work, both were unearned runs.

Auburn will look to make it six straight against Alabama State after they took two of three against Yale over the weekend. The Hornets and Tigers played two games in 2016, both times Auburn scored 11 runs in each game.

So far this season the Auburn baseball team is 5-2. After dropping the opening game of the season to the Oklahoma Sooners, the Tigers won five straight before their extra-innings loss to Yale in the back half of the doubleheader. The Alabama State game is the first of six games over the next five days.

Game Details

Alabama drops the final two games of the series against No. 1 Texas

Tough weekend of baseball for the Tide after No. 1 Texas swept the series, giving up just one run to Alabama.

It was a rough start to the series against the Texas Longhorns on Friday as the Crimson Tide fell 1-0. Holding the No. 1 ranked team to just one run is a great step for Alabama, they just need to start scoring some runs. It didn’t get much better in the second game of the series.

Game 2: Alabama gets blanked again in Austin

Antoine Jean took the mound in game two. The lefty would last just five innings after giving up two runs, both earned while scattering four hits. Jean allowed one walk and struck out two of the 20 batters he faced. His counterpart Tristan Stevens also allowed four hits in six innings with four strikeouts. He combined Luke Harrison to shut out the Alabama offense and earned the three-inning save.

Jean gave up a double to Douglas Hodo III to get the Longhorns on the board as Trey Faltine came around to score in the third inning. They would score again in the fourth inning when Austin Todd drove in Ivan Melendez on an RBI single. That would be all the scoring in the game. Hunter Furtado came into the game for Jean, he retired all nine batters he faced.

Alabama had one more shot to take down Texas on Sunday.

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Auburn baseball shuts out Yale to extend their winning streak

Auburn bats stay hot, Tigers win fourth-straight.

In the first of three games against Yale, the Auburn Tigers bats stayed hot on Friday night.

After Jordan Armstrong took the mound in the top of the first inning, Sonny DiChiara got the Tigers on the board in the bottom of the inning. He hit a two-run shot that would bring Brody Moore home for the 2-0. It was DiChiara’s first home run of the 2022 season. It was all the offense that Auburn would need but they were far from done.

Third baseman Blake Rambusch would get his first of two RBIs in the second when his single to left field brought Kason Howell around to score. The Tigers would take on a pair of runs in the third inning to make it 5-0. Six of the 15 hits on the night were extra-base hits. DiChiara hit his first double and first home runs. Brody Moore, Ryan Dyal, Bryson Ware, and Josh Hall each added doubles as well.

Jordan Armstrong would end up pitching 5.1 with 11 strikeouts, four hits allowed, and one hit batter. John Armstrong would finish out the sixth inning striking out both batters on nine pitches. Chase Allsup and Carson Swilling each pitched an inning with some control issues. The duo combined for three strikeouts and three walks.

Ben Bosse closed out the game by striking out the side in the top of the ninth inning. Auburn improved to 4-1 while Yale lost their first game of the season, and the first game played for the program since 2020. Kipp Grant took the loss as he went four innings with 10 hits allowed and six earned runs.

LSU shuts out Towson behind another great start by Blake Money

The Tigers got back to their winning ways with a 6-0 win over Towson to kick off a four-game weekend slate.

LSU came into Friday night’s game after a disappointing loss to the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs in Ruston, Louisiana, on Wednesday night. With a weekend full of games upcoming at “The Box,” the Tigers wanted to try to get back into the swing of things.

Although the bats traveled well to Ruston on Wednesday, the defense didn’t. LSU had a total of five errors and two walks that ultimately doomed them. The Tigers only had two errors on Friday night in a 6-0 shutout against the Towson Tigers, both of them charged to shortstop Jordan Thompson.

The scoring spree started in the bottom of the first inning, Tre Morgan reached base with a walk, then Dylan hit a Crews missile to left field to make it 2-0 Tigers after one inning. In the bottom of the second, Alex Milazzo led off with a single and wound up scoring on a bases-loaded walk to make it 3-0 LSU through two innings.

In the bottom of the third inning, Jack Merrifield hit an RBI groundout that scored Brayden Jobert, Dylan Crews followed that with a two-RBI triple to make it 6-0 LSU. Blake Money (2-0) was replaced in the top of the eighth inning after another very impressive outing, going seven full innings and allowing zero runs and only two hits.

Garrett Edwards came in and only gave up a single as he recorded the last six outs of the ballgame to secure the 6-0 Tiger victory in the first game of an eventful weekend in Baton Rouge. LSU was led at the plate by Alex Milazzo who went 2 for 2 on the night, followed by Dylan Crews, who was 2 for 5 with four RBI, and reigning SEC Player of the Week Cade Doughty, who was 2 for 4.

LSU will play Southern tomorrow with the first pitch at 1:30 p.m. CST from Alex Box Stadium.

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Auburn baseball to host Yale in a three-game set at Plainsman Park

Game details for Auburn vs Yale this weekend at Plainsman Park.

It is time for the first home weekend set at Plainsman Park. The Auburn Tigers opened the homestand for a mid-week showdown with Troy on Wednesday.

Auburn defended the home turf to the tune of a 13-1 drubbing. It was the third-straight win after dropping the season opener to Oklahoma in the State Farm College Baseball Classic.

Now the Ivy Leaguers, Yale come to town for a three-game series that begins on Friday evening. This is the first baseball game of the season for Yale and the first since Mar. 11, 2020.

Pitching Matchups:

  • Friday – Sr. RHP Jordan Armstrong (0-0, 0.00) vs. Sr. RHP Grant Kipp (0-0, 0.00)
  • Saturday – So. RHP Joseph Gonzalez (1-0, 0.00) vs. Jr. RHP Mike Walsh (0-0, 0.00)
  • Sunday – Jr. RHP Trace Bright (1-0, 0.00) vs. TBA

Game Details:

  • Friday at 6 p.m. CT
  • Saturday at 2 p.m. CT
  • Sunday at 12 p.m. CT

Broadcast Details

  • Radio: All games are broadcast on the Auburn Sports Network.
  • Stream: All games can be seen on SEC Network+, Watch ESPN.

LSU baseball’s Cade Doughty named SEC Player of the Week

Doughty had eight hits, two home runs and 12 RBI in the Tigers’ opening weekend sweep of Maine.

Cade Doughty: the third-baseman, the second-baseman, the clean-up hitter, the bringer of dingers.

Call him whatever you like, but the SEC calls him the Player of the Week for his opening weekend performance against the Maine Black Bears. The honor marked the second time Doughty has earned SEC Player of the Week recognition during his career. He was also named the league’s top player on March 15, 2021, after leading LSU to a three-game sweep of Texas-San Antonio.

The redshirt sophomore will play a pivotal role in determining just how good this LSU team can be moving forward in the season. Here’s what the SEC said about him in its release.

LSU’s Cade Doughty led the SEC during the opening weekend with 12 RBI and 17 total bases, and he tied for the league lead with eight total hits and a pair of home runs. Doughty hit .571 during the Tigers’ three-game sweep of Maine, and his on-base percentage was .563. He was 3-for-6 in Game 2 of the series on Saturday with a double, five RBI and a first-inning, three-run homer that highlighted a four-run first inning. Doughty again collected five RBI in Sunday’s Game 3 victory with another three-run homer, a double and a sacrifice fly. He also doubled and drove in two runs in LSU’s Game 1 win on Friday night.

LSU swept the Black Bears this weekend while setting a program record for runs scored in the first three games, and the Tigers will hope for a similar performance for the team heading into a road matchup against Louisiana Tech on Wednesday night.

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LSU ranked in the top 10 of the USA TODAY Sports preseason coaches poll

Jay Johnson’s squad starts the season in the top 10.

LSU is ranked No. 7 in the 2022 USA TODAY Sports preseason coaches poll, marking the Tigers’ fifth Top 10 appearance in a preseason poll.

LSU’s previously released preseason rankings are No. 3 by Collegiate Baseball, No. 4 by Perfect Game, No. 8 by D1 Baseball, and No. 10 by Baseball America.

The Tigers start the first season of Jay Johnson’s tenure with high rankings and high expectations. This is understandable because a young LSU team made the Super Regionals last year and new head coach Jay Johnson led the Arizona Wildcats to a Pac-12 Championship and the College World Series. With a ton of returning talent and some new talent, expect the Tigers to make some noise in “The Box” this season.

The Tigers have been engaged in preseason training and scrimmages since January 28, and the 2022 season begins at 6:30 p.m. CT on Friday, February 18, when LSU plays host to Maine in Alex Box Stadium, Skip Bertman Field.

LSU is one of eight Southeastern Conference teams appearing in the USA Today 2022 preseason Top 25, along with No. 2 Vanderbilt, No. 3 Mississippi State, No. 4 Arkansas, No. 6 Ole Miss, No. 10 Florida, No. 16 Tennessee, and No. 17 Georgia.

Texas, which will face LSU on March 5 at Minute Maid Park in Houston, is No. 1 in the USA Today ranking.

2022 USA Today Preseason Top 25

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*(2021 records in parentheses)

1. Texas (50-17)
2. Vanderbilt (49-18)
3. Mississippi State (50-18)
4. Arkansas (50-13)
5. Stanford (39-17)
6. Mississippi (45-22)
7. LSU (38-25)
8. Oklahoma State (36-19-1)
9. North Carolina State (37-19)
10. Florida (38-22)
11. Notre Dame (34-13)
12. Texas Tech (39-17)
13. East Carolina (44-17)
14. Florida State (31-24)
15. Arizona (45-18)
16. Tennessee (50-18)
17. Georgia (31-25)
18. TCU (41-19)
19. UC Irvine (43-18)
20. Oregon State (37-24)
21. Virginia (36-27)
22. Dallas Baptist (41-18)
23. Georgia Tech (31-25)
24. UCLA (37-20)
25. Duke (33-22)

SEC announces 2022 baseball league schedule

What do you think about Auburn baseball’s conference schedule?

The following is a press release from Auburn Athletics.

AUBURN, Ala. – The Southeastern Conference announced the 2022 baseball league schedule for its 14 member institutions Wednesday.

Conference play is slated to begin Friday, Mar. 18 and will run 10 weekends through Saturday, May 21.

Auburn opens its league schedule against Ole Miss at Plainsman Park and will ultimately take on the other five SEC West division opponents as well as four SEC East division foes.

The Tigers complete conference slate, which is subject to change due to television scheduling, can be found below.

DATE OPPONENT LOCATION
Mar. 18-20 Ole Miss Auburn, Ala.
Mar. 25-27 Texas A&M College Station, Texas
Apr. 1-3 LSU Baton Rouge, La.
Apr. 8-10 Vanderbilt Auburn, Ala.
Apr. 14-16 Mississippi State  Starkville, Miss.
Apr. 22-24 South Carolina Auburn, Ala.
Apr. 29-May 1 Tennessee Knoxville, Tenn.
May 6-8 Arkansas Auburn, Ala.
May 13-15 Alabama Auburn, Ala.
May 19-21 Kentucky Lexington, Ky.

The SEC Baseball Tournament returns to the Hoover Met from Tuesday, May 24 through Sunday, May 29.

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