Thompson: 'I want every person on our staff to have a role'
The Auburn baseball team held its first official spring practice last Friday as the start of the 2024 season is rapidly approaching.
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The Auburn baseball team held its first official spring practice last Friday as the start of the 2024 season is rapidly approaching.
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After losing to Southern Miss and Penn in the Regionals, the Auburn Tigers have undergone some big staff and roster changes during the offseason.
Three Auburn players were selected in the 20-round 2023 MLB Draft which took place Sunday through Tuesday.
Auburn Athletics announced on Tuesday that it has finalized plans for a $30 million renovation of Plainsman Park that will begin this summer.
For the second straight game, the Auburn bats were silenced as the Tigers were eliminated from their home regional, losing 7-2 to Southern Miss.
Auburn battled back twice in its regional opener as the No. 1 seed and host against No. 4 seed Penn, but an 11th-inning fall apart resulted in a 6-3 loss for the Tigers, snapping a streak of nine consecutive wins in regional play.
For the second straight season, Auburn baseball will host a regional at Plainsman Park. The Tigers were awarded the No. 13 national seed by the NCAA selection committee, chaired by Auburn athletics director John Cohen.
Auburn’s dreams of a deep SEC Tournament run were cut short Thursday evening after rival and No. 9 seed Alabama recorded 14 hits and seven runs in Hoover, Alabama, handing Auburn a 7-4 loss to send the Tigers home.
Auburn’s bats went cold for just too long Wednesday night, as the Tigers’ ninth-inning rally was not enough to pull off a comeback win, with Auburn losing 6-4 to Vanderbilt in the second round of the SEC Tournament.
Auburn fought back from two deficits Tuesday night as the Tigers stormed back against Missouri and clinched its first victory in the SEC Tournament since 2019, winning 10-4.
After starting the first half of SEC play 5-10, Auburn has turned its season around and now sits 17-13 in conference and clinched the No. 5 seed in the SEC Tournament after sweeping Missouri to close the regular season.
From the tournament bubble to the hosting bubble, Auburn continued its improbable season turnaround with a comeback win over Missouri to sweep its final regular-season series.
Auburn had no issue in its doubleheader Friday against Missouri (30-22, 10-19 SEC) as outstanding pitching and powerful bats pushed Auburn (32-19-1, 16-13 SEC) to a 4-0 victory in game one and a 7-2 victory in game two. The wins marked Auburn’s seventh consecutive SEC win, the longest streak in program history since 1995.
Auburn’s turnaround in the second half of SEC play is still the talk of the town as Butch Thompson’s team now holds the best record in league play since the halfway point, 9-3, following a series sweep of Ole Miss last weekend.
After a doubleheader sweep Friday, Auburn (30-19-1, 14-13 SEC) completed the sweep against Ole Miss (25-26, 6-21 SEC) Saturday with a 13-5 win over the Rebels.
Because of adverse weather conditions, the No. 23 Auburn Tigers and 2022 national champion Ole Miss were forced to have a doubleheader on Friday.
Just two weeks ago, the Auburn Tigers were in a position few would relish. Butch Thompson’s team sat at a 7-11 conference record and was projected by many as on the bubble for an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament with a road series against No. 2 South Carolina and a date with the No. 1 LSU Tigers inside Plainsman Park next on the schedule.
Auburn baseball run-ruled No. 1 LSU on Sunday to clinch the series and deliver LSU its first series loss of the season. The Tigers ended the contest in the bottom of the eighth inning, securing the 12-2 victory against LSU with a walk-off single from Cooper McMurray.
The spirit of Independence helped the Auburn Tigers as they defeated No. 1 LSU 8-6 on Saturday night. It was the Tigers' 12th comeback win this season.