Baseball
Auburn evens the series with a 7-0 shut out over Texas A&M
No. 19 Auburn turned the tables on No. 12 Texas A&M on Saturday night, shutting out the Aggies out, 7-0.
Auburn falls 4-0 at to Texas A&M in series opener
By Olivia Huskey | Sports Writer | April 13In the opening game of the Tigers’ three-game series against No. 12 Texas A&M, Auburn’s bats could not get going in College Station, Texas. With an ice-cold offense, the Tigers lost 4-0 to the Aggies. It was No. 19 Auburn’s (23-11, 7-6 SEC) first loss in the opening game of a series ...
Auburn baseball loses early lead, falls to Jacksonville State
By Bryce Johnson | Sports Writer | April 10“We won 15 in a row. Maybe our highs are high, and our lows are low. In baseball, you just try to stay in the middle.”
Auburn weekend roundup on the diamond: Baseball drops series, softball makes history
By Sports Staff | April 8While Auburn basketball was etching its name in Tigers history in Minneapolis, Auburn athletics had a busy weekend across the country. Here's a roundup of the action from our Plainsman staff. Baseball vs. Arkansas | 1-2 series loss By Olivia Huskey and Jake Weese After a 6-3 Game-1 win, No. 15 Auburn ...
'Inefficient': Auburn falls to Georgia Tech, ends home winning streak
By Olivia Huskey | Sports Writer | April 3Auburn finished with more hits, but not runs. Free bases came back to haunt No. 15 Auburn in its 9-3 loss to Georgia Tech (20-9, 7-5 ACC) on Tuesday night. The Tigers gave up nine walks, nine hits, threw three wild pitches and hit two batters on the night. Auburn walked in two runs and allowed ...
Auburn baseball takes down South Carolina in rubber game
By Olivia Huskey | Sports Writer | April 1In the first two games of Auburn’s series against South Carolina, the Gamecocks were the ones hitting it out of the park. On Sunday, Auburn used the long ball to get the 7-5 win and the series win.
Auburn shut out for 1st time this season in 4-0 loss to South Carolina
By Olivia Huskey | Sports Writer | March 30No. 12 Auburn’s bats went cold in Saturday’s game against South Carolina. For the first time this year, the Tigers were shut out in a 4-0 loss that evened the series at 1-1. In his second start of the year and first against an SEC opponent, Brooks Fuller was credited with the loss, pitching ...
Butch Thompson updates status of injured pitchers, weekend rotation vs. South Carolina
By Olivia Huskey | Sports Writer | March 29With South Carolina (16-9, 1-5) leading the SEC with 42 home runs in 25 games, Thompson wanted to turn to a guy who he believed could keep the ball down to help keep a a hard hitting opponent at bay.
Tigers falter late, break Capital City Classic win streak
By Sumner Martin | Sports Writer | March 27“Even against your rival we’ve got to make sure we’re strong for the weekend. Somebody is going to have to start filling that gap and helping us to the finish line.”
Tigers fall short in offensive marathon, drop series to Mississippi State
By Olivia Huskey | Sports Writer | March 25After a loss in Game 2, the Tigers fell again, 20-15, in Game 3 against No. 4 Mississippi State, failing to leave Starkville with a series win. The Tigers had a season-high 21 hits, matching a season-high 15 runs, but that wasn’t enough to beat the Bulldogs. The last time Auburn had more than ...
Auburn baseball erases 5-run deficit, downs No. 4 Miss State for 15th straight win
By Olivia Huskey | Sports Writer | March 23"It just keeps telling us and our fans and our team that we keep hanging in there and battling away.”
Auburn completes comeback against UAB to keep winning streak alive
By Olivia Huskey | Sports Writer | March 20The winning streak continues. Auburn defeated UAB 13-5 on Tuesday night after erasing a four-run deficit to secure its 14th consecutive win. The 14-game stretch is tied for the fifth longest winning streak in program history. The turning point of the game came in the fifth inning when Auburn scored ...
Auburn completes sweep of Tennessee after three-run eighth inning
By Olivia Huskey | Sports Writer | March 18Auburn pulled off another win against the Volunteers on Sunday. Butch Thompson's squad finished off the sweep of Tennessee to complete its first SEC series of the year. The 5-3 win gives the Tigers their 13th consecutive win before heading into eight straight road games. “It's huge because we know ...
Auburn defeats Tennessee to secure fifth consecutive series win
By Olivia Huskey | Sports Writer | March 17Auburn baseball is rolling. No. 17 Auburn secured its series win with a 5-2 win over No. 21 Tennessee on Saturday night. It was the program's 12th consecutive win and its fifth consecutive series win. The Volunteers opened with an early lead in the top of the second with a solo home run from Pete ...
Jack Owen earns Auburn's 2nd straight Pitcher of the Week honors
By Jake Weese | Sports Writer | March 11The lefty faced two batters over the minimum and retired the final 17 batters.
Auburn thwarts UT Martin offense in finale as Tigers pull off midweek sweep
By Jake Weese | Sports Writer | March 7Auburn's pitching staff put together another dominant performance as it completed its third shutout in five games, finishing off UT Martin 2-0 on Wednesday at Plainsman Park completing the midweek sweep with the win. The win was Auburn's sixth in a row starting with the series finale at UCF. Auburn ...
Auburn defeats UT Martin 15-9 behind 3-run homer, 5 RBI from Everett Lau
By Ben Key | Sports Writer | March 6No. 18 Auburn displayed its offensive power in a 15-9 victory over the UT Martin Skyhawks. The offensive started off slow with only one run scored through the first two innings, but a four-run bottom of the third ignited the offense. The team would go on to finish the night with season highs in both ...
Auburn's Tanner Burns named SEC Pitcher of the Week after record-tying performance
By Jake Weese | Sports Writer | March 4After his dominating performance against Cincinnati over the weekend in which he matched the school's single-game strikeout record, Auburn sophomore pitcher Tanner Burns has been named the SEC Pitcher of the Week, the league office announced Monday Burns struck out 15 batters in the series opener against ...
Auburn baseball sweeps Cincinnati behind Owen's career game, offensive surge
By Olivia Huskey | Sports Writer | March 2“That was kind of our champion of the day, Jack Owen. And we did enough offensively."