Games 16-17 | at Kennesaw State • Kennesaw, Ga. • Tues., March 11 | Alabama State • Auburn, Ala. • Wed., March 12 Auburn University Athletic Communications Office Assistant Director/Baseball Contact: Wes Todd ([email protected]) Office: 334.844.9182 • Cell: 334.750.5682 • Press Box: 334.844.4138 AAUBURNUBURN Mailing Address: P.O. Box 351, Auburn, AL 36831-0351 Overnight Address: Athletic Complex, 392 S. Donahue Dr., Auburn, AL 36849 bbaseballa s e b a l l AuburnTigers.com • Twitter: @AUTigerBaseball AUBURN SCHEDULE/RESULTS THIS WEEK’S MATCHUPS Overall: 9-6 | SEC: 0-0 Auburn Tigers (9-6) Head Coach: Sunny Golloway Date Opponent (AU/Opp Rank) Time/Result Golloway’s Record: 690-343-1 (18th year) Feb. 14 1-vs. Indiana State W 4-0 Feb. 15 1-vs. Ohio State L 0-1 --At Auburn: 9-6 (1st year) Feb. 16 1-vs. Connecticut W 7-3 In the Rankings: BA: NR CB: NR NC: NR USA: NR Feb. 19 ALABAMA STATE L 3-9 Current Streak: W3 Feb. 21 2-ARKANSAS-PINE BLUFF W 2-1 Feb. 22 2-CALIFORNIA L 0-5 Feb. 23 2-EAST TENNESSEE STATE (10) L 2-3 Feb. 25 ALABAMA A&M W 7-3 Kennesaw State Owls (10-8) Feb. 28 PRESBYTERIAN L 6-10 Head Coach: Mike Sansing March 1 PRESBYTERIAN W 3-0 Coach’s Record: 889-463 (24th year) March 2 PRESBYTERIAN W 12-5 --At Kennesaw State: Same March 4 vs. Alabama (@ Montgomery) L 3-4 In the Rankings: BA: NR CB: NR NC: RV USA: NR March 7 MERCER W 9-5 Current Streak: L1 March 8 MERCER W 4-1 March 9 MERCER W 6-5 Series/Trend vs. Auburn: Series tied 1-1 March 11 at Kennesaw State 5 p.m. March 12 ALABAMA STATE 6 p.m. March 14 *TEXAS A&M 6 p.m. Alabama State Hornets (15-4) March 15 *TEXAS A&M 3 p.m. Head Coach: Mervyl Melendez March 16 *TEXAS A&M 1 p.m. Coach’s Record: 444-384 (15th year) March 18 COPPIN STATE 6 p.m. --At Alabama State: 67-65 (3rd year) March 19 COPPIN STATE 3 p.m. March 21 *at Tennessee 5 p.m. In the Rankings: BA: NR CB: NR NC: NR USA: RV March 22 *at Tennessee (TV: CSS) 3 p.m. Current Streak: W3 March 23 *at Tennessee 1 p.m. Series/Trend vs. Auburn: Auburn leads 7-1/ASU won last meeting March 25 KENNESAW STATE 6 p.m. March 27 *MISSOURI (TV: ESPNU) 6:30 p.m. March 28 *MISSOURI 6 p.m. PROBABLE STARTING PITCHERS March 29 *MISSOURI (TV: FSN) Noon April 1 SAMFORD 6 p.m. TUESDAY (at KSU) WEDNESDAY (vs. Ala. St.) FRIDAY (vs. Texas A&M) April 4 *at Ole Miss 6:30 p.m. AU: #27 Justin Camp AU: TBA AU: #26 Dillon Ortman April 5 *at Ole Miss 4 p.m. (RHP • R-So., 0-1, 2.84) (RHP • Fr., 2-0, 0.39) (RHP • Sr., 3-1, 2.49) April 6 *at Ole Miss (TV: CSS) 1:30 p.m. April 8 TROY 6 p.m. vs. vs. vs. April 11 *at Alabama 6:30 p.m. KSU: #23 Chris Erwin ASU: TBA TAMU: TBA April 12 *at Alabama 6 p.m. (LHP • Fr., 1-0, 3.52) (LHP • Jr., 1-0, 3.07) April 13 *at Alabama 1 p.m. April 15 at Samford 6 p.m. April 18 *SOUTH CAROLINA 6 p.m. April 19 *SOUTH CAROLINA (TV: CBS Sports Network) 4 p.m. TALE OF THE TAPE April 20 *SOUTH CAROLINA (TV: CSS) 1 p.m. Avg. R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB-Att Ob% ERA BB SO B/avg April 22 SOUTH ALABAMA 6 p.m. Auburn .265 68 123 15 2 4 60 35-47 .371 2.73 37 95 .231 April 25 *at Arkansas 6:35 p.m. April 26 *at Arkansas (TV: CST) 6:05 p.m. Kennesaw State .292 115 193 26 2 4 102 25-34 .365 2.95 63 162 .242 April 27 *at Arkansas 1:05 p.m. Alabama State .290 119 181 35 10 8 103 28-44 .371 3.32 57 145 .267 May 2 *MISSISSIPPI STATE 6 p.m. May 3 *MISSISSIPPI STATE (TV: CSS) 6 p.m. May 4 *MISSISSIPPI STATE 1 p.m. May 6 BETHUNE-COOKMAN 6 p.m. May 9 *at Kentucky 5:30 p.m. LIVE COVERAGE May 10 *at Kentucky (TV: FSS) 6 p.m. TV: None Internet Audio/Video: AuburnTigers.com All Access May 11 *at Kentucky (TV: FSS) Noon Radio: Tues: 94.3 FM (Van Riggs) Tuesday: Audio only | Wednesday: AUHD May 13 UAB 6 p.m. May 15 *LSU 6 p.m. Wed: 98.7 FM/1400 AM (Van Riggs, Joe Beckwith) Live Stats AuburnTigers.com May 16 *LSU 6 p.m. Twitter: @AUTigerBaseball May 17 *LSU (TV: FSN) 1 p.m. May 20-25 SEC Tournament - Hoover, Ala. TBA May 29-J1 NCAA Regionals TBA LEADING OFF June 5-8 NCAA Super Regionals TBA • Auburn earned its first sweep of the 2014 season over of the season on Feb. 19; it was the first loss in series June 12-25 College World Series - Omaha, Neb. TBA Mercer last weekend. history. 1 - Snowbird Classic (Port Charlotte, Fla.) • The Tigers have split two all-time meetings with • Auburn is second in the SEC with 35 stolen bases, 2 - Tiger Classic (Auburn, Ala.) Kennesaw State (both coming last season. which surpasses the total steals from the 2013 season. *SEC Game | Home games in ALL CAPS | All times Central and subject to change • Auburn lost to Alabama State in the first meeting • Auburn leads the SEC with 25 sacrifice bunts. College World Series - 1967, 1976, 1994, 1997 | SEC Champions - 1937, 1958, 1963, 1967, 1976, 1978 Games 16-17 • at Kennesaw State (3/11) • vs. Alabama State (3/12) AUBURN QUICK FACTS PROBABLE AUBURN POSITION STARTERS (based on last few games) Pos. Player Cl. B-T Avg. HR RBI Notes Location ............................................................Auburn, Ala. C Blake Austin Sr. R-R .239 0 8 Has also started three games at third base Founded ............................................................Oct. 1, 1856 1B Damek Tomscha Sr. R-R .342 3 13 Leads team in homers and RBIs Enrollment .................................................................25,134 Nickname ................................................................... Tigers 2B Dan Glevenyak Sr. R-R .280 1 5 Reached base in 17 straight, dating back to ‘13 School Colors ..........................Burnt Orange and Navy Blue SS Damon Haecker Fr. S-R .163 0 3 Played shortstop in last six games Stadium ..........................................Plainsman Park (4,096) 3B Connor Short Fr. R-R .316 0 2 Gives Auburn up to 3 true freshmen in infield Affiliation.....................................................NCAA Division I Conference ............................................Southeastern (West) LF Jordan Ebert So. R-R .316 0 6 Had pair of 3-hit games vs. Mercer President ........................................................Dr. Jay Gogue CF Ryan Tella Sr. L-L .356 0 5 Had walk-off single in Sunday’s win over Mercer Athletic Director ..................................................Jay Jacobs RF Anfernee Grier Fr. R-R .316 0 5 Reached base in all 15 games Sport Administrator ......................................Jeremy Roberts DH Keegan Thompson Fr. R-R .214 0 3 Has been Auburn’s ace on the mound TEAM INFORMATION (or) Daniel Robert Fr. L-R .200 0 3 Power threat from left side of plate 2013 Overall Record .........................................33-23 (.589) SETTING THE STAGE tossing four innings and allowing two runs on six hits. SEC Record ........................................................13-17 (.433) Auburn will play a pair of midweek games in its final Regular Season Finish ...................................7th (SEC West) tune-up for SEC play as the Tigers travel to Kennesaw AUBURN vs. ALABAMA STATE Postseason ......................................................................N/A State on Tuesday then return home to face Alabama State Auburn is 7-1 all-time vs. Alabama State and won both Home Record ....................................................22-12 (.647) on Wednesday. First pitch is set for 5 p.m. CT Tuesday at meetings during the 2013 season but dropped this season’s Away Record ......................................................9-10 (.474) Kennesaw and 6 p.m. Wednesday at home. earlier meeting. All eight meetings have taken place at Neutral Record ......................................................2-1 (.667) The Tigers (9-6) earned their first sweep of the season over Auburn’s Plainsman Park: Letterwinners Returning/Lost ........................................24/8 the weekend, taking all three against Mercer at home and Date Site Result Score Position Starters Returning/Lost......................................7/2 running their home winning streak to five straight. Kennesaw 3/15/89 Auburn W 18-4 Pitchers Returning/Lost .................................................11/4 State (10-8) split a four-game series with Columbia over 4/4/90 Auburn W 12-0 Newcomers .......................................................................11 the weekend, and Alabama State (15-4) swept a conference 5/11/11 Auburn W 7-5 series with Alcorn State and will face Troy on Tuesday before 2/28/12 Auburn W 7-1 COACHING & SUPPORT STAFF coming to Auburn Wednesday. 2/29/12 Auburn W 12-4 Head Coach .................................................Sunny Golloway Van Riggs will have the call of Tuesday’s action at Kennesaw 3/19/13 Auburn W 10-2 Alma Mater ..............................Oklahoma Christian, 1984 State, and Riggs and Joe Beckwith will provide the broadcast 4/10/13 Auburn W 2-1 Career Division I Record ......690-343-1 (.668) / 18th year for Wednesday’s game with Alabama State. Tuesday’s game 2/19/14 Auburn L 3-9 Record at Auburn ...............................9-6 (.600) / 1st year can be heard on WGGZ 94.3 FM, and Wednesday’s game is Assistant Coach ................................Scott Foxhall (6th year) available on WANI 98.7 FM/1400 AM in Auburn. LAST TIME: ALA. STATE 9, AUBURN 3 (2/19/14) Assistant Coach .................................Greg Norton (1st year) Two big innings for Alabama State proved to be the Volunteer Assistant Coach ..................Hunter Vick (1st year) AUBURN vs.