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(02/24/15 1:53am)
Coming back from a 28-28 record last season, Auburn baseball is projected to return to Plainsman Park a stronger team, starting with their opener Friday, Feb. 13 against Binghamton.
Head coach Sunny Galloway said things are different this season for his players.
"Our attitude and our effort have been outstanding," Golloway said. "This is a special group. They're a close-knit bunch, and they'll do what you ask."
Through practices, Golloway said he believes the team has worked hard to fill the gaps in pitching as well as infield positioning.
As far as starting pitchers go, Golloway said he has a strong group lined up that should be able to get the job done.
"We've identified Keegan (Thompson) as our No. 1," Golloway said. "There's four of five guys that can win the other starting roles... Our pitching has been pretty special."
In addition to his pitching squad, Golloway introduced a way to save time when switching pitchers off the mound.
"When you inner squad and you've got somebody like Keegan pitching, you do what we call in practice," Golloway said. "You just turn it over."
Additionally, Golloway said he has decided to count Thompson's pitches during game time to make sure he gets full rest and can perform to his best ability.
"That [pitch counting] would keep him in a pre-season type form before we really turn him loose," Golloway said.
Coming back from an injury last season, Thompson said he believes this new system will benefit his performance.
"Getting hurt was probably one of the better things that happened," Thompson said. "It gave me time to rest and recover."
In regard to the rest of the team's starting lineup, Golloway said he has worked in the infield with Kyler Deese at first base, Melvin Gray at second base and Alex Polston at third. A new addition to the team, Cody Nulph, will take the shortstop position. Coming from Orange Coast College, Nulph has Division I experience to bring to the team.
"I think it helps me out a lot," Nulph said. "You really know what to expect just because I've been there, and I think that's really gonna help me this year."
Returning starters will play outfield this season, including Jordan Ebert in right field, Anfernee Grier at center field, and either Sam Gillikin or Bo Decker in left field.
Although Golloway said he is hopeful for the opening series, the team still has work to do.
"We're not where we want to be, but we're not where we used to be," Golloway said.
(02/23/15 11:17pm)
Keegan Thompson, a sophomore pitcher and infielder for the Auburn baseball team, was named to the watch list for the 2015 Golden Spikes Award on Tuesday Feb. 10.
The Golden Spikes Award is given each year to the top amateur baseball player in the country, and it is based on athletic ability and sportsmanship.
Thompson, who was named to both the All-SEC Freshman and Freshman All-American teams last season, led the team both in strikeouts, with 73, and in ERA, with 2.03. He also held opposing hitters to a .192 batting average.
He and the rest of the Tigers open the season Friday at 3 p.m. against Binghamton at Plainsman Park.
(02/24/15 2:17pm)
The 11th Annual Celebrity Home Run Derby took place at Plainsman Park Friday, benefiting the Hudson Family Foundation, which supports children and families in need throughout Alabama and Georgia.
The event, put on by Auburn baseball legend Tim Hudson, was won by fellow former Auburn baseball great Gabe Gross.
Gross hit seven out of the park in the first round, putting him in a playoff with former Tiger and SEC Player of the Year Hunter Morris. In the playoff, Gross hit only one, but Morris wasn't able to send one over the wall, giving Gross his second derby victory.
Other participants included former All-SEC catcher Ryan Jenkins, All-SEC outfielder Trent Mummey, Wes Helms, Auburn hitting coach Greg Norton, American League All-Star Josh Donaldson, and Hudson.
Mummey hit four homeruns to come in third place, Donaldson had two and Norton had one. Hudson, Jenkins and Helms all were unable to put one in the parking lot.
Donaldson said it was an honor for him to get to participate.
"Auburn obviously holds a special place in my heart," Donaldson said. "To be able to come back here and help Huddy and this foundation, anything I can do to help him, I'll do it."
Donaldson said that Hudson is one of the best people he's met in baseball career.
"He's accomplished so much in baseball," Donaldson said. "He's done a lot of great things to reperesent Auburn and his last name. That kind of stuff doesn't get made up about you. He's earned that."
Hudson addressed the crowed prior to the event to show his appreciation.
"I want to thank you for coming out and supporting our foundation," Hudson said. "Every year, this home run derby gets a little bigger and little better. Our foundation is something that's really special to Kim and I, we've been able to help a lot of families. We can't do it without people like you coming out and supporting us."
(02/25/15 6:07pm)
Juggling the demands of a graduate school accounting major and a newborn child is no easy task, let alone for a college athlete who is also training for his final season.
Those demands eventually caught up to Patrick Savage, who decided to quit the team in February after four years with the Auburn baseball program.
The departure, according to Savage, was smooth and respectful on both sides.
"(Auburn head coach Sunny Golloway) was completely okay with my decision and respected it and was fine with me parting ways," Savage said. "You can ask any coach that was in that room. I shook their hand, looked them in the eye and they told me I was welcome back, then that was it."
But Savage wasn't the only player to have a meeting with Golloway.
According to former pitcher Jay Wade, a number of players, including Chase Williamson and Hunter Kelley, were called in for meetings with the coaching staff after a 3-2 loss to East Tennessee State.
"It was kind of cloudy because we didn't really find out what was said," Wade said. "Several players were called in for meetings, and some players decided that was where they wanted to draw the line and stop playing. One was released by a coaching decision."
In the end, Kelley was dismissed from the team. Williamson, like Savage, decided to leave of his own accord.
Golloway hinted at roster minimization after a previous loss to California, but the first-year head coach got straight to the point with the media after the extra innings loss to ETSU.
"If we're going to end up having some cancer in our clubhouse, we're going to end up having to cut that out and move forward," Golloway said.
Media reports on the departures quoted Golloway blaming attitude and effort as the reason for the minimization, which Savage said was false and misleading.
"To hear that in the media just blew my mind," Savage said. "I don't know if it was a cop out or what, but you can ask any of the kids in the locker room. I was a part of this program for a long time and for him to go out and say that, whether or not it was directed at the person he dismissed directly, it seemed like I was grouped in that group."
Golloway declined to talk to The Plainsman about the situation.
Though Savage was not recruited to Auburn by Golloway, the Suwannee, Georgia native said he never had an issue with the new coach's stricter program.
Instead, Savage said he took issue with the way Golloway handled player issues in the media, citing the 'cancer' quote and the general 'airing of dirty laundry' as prime concerns.
"He definitely used what had happened with the one player, who was technically dismissed, and then lumped the other players together into it to make it sound like there was a ton of bad things going on that I and many other people didn't see going on," Savage said. "That's not how my meeting with him went and you can ask every coach who was there that it never went that way."
Savage, who was Auburn's 2014 recipient of the Brad Davis SEC Community Service Award, said media reports tying him to player dismissals have created problems as he seeks employment.
"It makes me look bad because, for a future employer to type my name in online and it come up with 'Auburn baseball, three players no longer with the team,' then I have to tell them that that's not how it went," Savage said. "It's entirely false how it was portrayed and the fact that he was able make it into sounding like I had done something wrong really upset me."
Now graduated with his CPA license and looking to settle down with his wife and child, Savage said he hopes to put to bed rumors that his dismissal was due to internal conflicts with the coaching staff.
"It was more of a personal decision than anything, it wasn't like I was clashing or anything," Savage said. "I was overwhelmed with stuff on my plate and the fact that he made it out to seem like us three were a problem was ridiculous."
(05/18/12 3:39am)
In a pivotal game one of the final SEC series of the year the Tigers fell to the Gators 6-0.
(05/17/12 10:00am)
The Diamond Dolls not only cheer on the Auburn baseball team, but they also raise money for cancer research.
(04/26/12 10:00am)
Ty Megahee was raised with a baseball in one hand and a bat in the other.
(04/19/12 10:00am)
With two on and two out in the top of the ninth, Creede Simpson stepped up to the plate to try and keep the Tigers' hopes alive as they faced Clemson in a 2010 regional matchup.
(04/16/12 8:06pm)
With two on and two out in the top of the ninth, Creede Simpson stepped up to the plate to try and keep the Tiger's hopes alive as they faced Clemson in a 2010 Regional matchup.
(04/05/12 10:00am)
After a 17-11 start, Auburn baseball travels to Tuscaloosa Friday to begin a three-game series against the 10-19 Crimson Tide.
(04/02/12 5:16am)
The No. 24 Auburn Tigers have caught their stride, outlasting Mississippi State with an 8-2 win Sunday afternoon. The victory clinched the series for the Tigers, marking their third straight SEC series win, a first for Auburn since 2003.
(04/01/12 2:40am)
The No. 24 Auburn Tigers defeated the Mississippi State Bulldogs Saturday 10-6 in the second game of their third straight SEC West series to even the series at 1-1.
(04/01/12 2:38am)
Late game scoring and a solid defense allowed the Mississippi State Bulldogs to defeat the Auburn Tigers 5-3 Friday night at Plainsman Park.
(03/29/12 10:00am)
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.
(03/26/12 6:24pm)
The Auburn Tigers fell to No. 8 LSU, 4-3, in the last game of Sunday's home series opener at Plainsman Park. Despite the loss, Auburn took the series 2-1.
(03/25/12 3:47am)
Auburn fans should not leave any games early this season.
(03/24/12 6:07pm)
In a game best described as a pitching battle, the Auburn baseball team secured a 4--3 win against No. 8 LSU in the Tigers SEC home opener Friday night at Plainsman Park.
(03/22/12 10:00am)
The Auburn baseball team took its opening series of SEC play from No. 12 Ole Miss with a 3-2 win in Oxford Saturday.
(03/08/12 11:00am)
The new look of college baseball fits the mold of Auburn University baseball coach Link Jarrett.
(03/05/12 11:23pm)
The Auburn baseball team came up one run short against the Southern Mississippi Golden Eagles today in the final game of the Auburn Tournament, losing 5-4.
