The Auburn Tigers are the talk of campus after winning the weekend series against No. 8 LSU. This weekend put the Tigers' record at 15-9 overall and 4-2 in the SEC.
The only loss to LSU came Sunday, 4-3, snapping a five-game winning streak.
This is the second weekend in a row Auburn has won a series against a top-15 SEC opponent. The week before last the Tigers traveled to Ole Miss and took two of three from the Rebels.
Coach John Pawlowski said any time Auburn plays LSU, the game will come down to the wire.
"You look at the track record of the games we have played with LSU, and it goes back a while to when either side has had a big lead," Pawlowski said. "It was no different today and no different this weekend. When you get in these close games, it seems one pitch, one play, a walk, a hit or a ground ball is the difference."
Senior outfielder Creede Simpson said the last two series have given the Tigers confidence that they can compete with any team in the SEC.
"It was a great win for us, especially after last week against Ole Miss and going on the road to win two out of three," Simpson said. "I think that we have proven ourselves in the past two weekends, and we can hang with anybody and beat anybody on any given day."
The Tigers open a weekend series against the Mississippi State Bulldogs Friday.
Mississippi State is 16-9 overall and 2-4 in the SEC, losing a home series two to one against No. 4 Arkansas last weekend.
The Bulldogs are led by Adam Frazier, who has a .340 batting average and 22 runs scored, and pitcher Chris Stratton, who has a 5-0 record with 53 strikeouts on the season.
Both teams are familiar with close contests, as the Bulldogs have lost five games by one run while seven of Auburn's nine losses have been by two runs or less.
The first pitch of the series will be at 6 p.m. at Plainsman Park.
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