Auburn falls 4-2 to Texas A&M for first loss in SEC tourney
All-American right hander Casey Mize was not at his best, but neither was the Auburn offense, which proved to be the bigger story.
All-American right hander Casey Mize was not at his best, but neither was the Auburn offense, which proved to be the bigger story.
Auburn, which beat Kentucky 4-3 in extra innings Tuesday, is 2-0 in the SEC tournament for the first time since 1999.
After going 0-4 with three strikeouts to start the game, freshman Edouard Julien came to the plate in the bottom of the 11th inning with the score tied and a chance to drive home the winning run. The SEC's leader in RBIs did not disappoint.
Auburn's offense has gone yard 64 times this season, the sixth-highest tally in program history.
The win secures at least the seventh seed in the SEC Tournament in Hoover, Alabama, next week for Auburn.
The Tigers are now 28-5 at Plainsman Park this season.
13 of Auburn's 18 losses this season have come on the road.
It was too little too late for No. 16 Auburn Thursday night at Swayze Field.
Julien is up to 50 RBI on the season, which leads NCAA baseball freshman ranks and is the most for a first-year Tiger since 1999.
After Friday night’s 11-5 win in Gainesville, the Tiger bats went quiet Saturday afternoon. Despite a three-run homerun by Edouard Julien in the first inning, the top-ranked Florida Gators scored 12 unanswered runs to defeat No. 19 Auburn 12-3, and take the series.
Edouard Julien and Luke Jarvis each launched home runs as Auburn improved to 31-13 and 10-10 in the SEC.
Although both Casey Mize and Brady Singer will be sure-fire first round picks in June’s MLB draft, someone had to lose in April’s SEC showdown.
If you relocate the crosshairs from the likely future major-leaguers, Auburn and Florida’s upcoming Thursday through Friday series is still must-see baseball.
In Auburn’s perfect week versus UAB and Alabama, Williams racked up a .462 batting average, while reaching base at least twice in each game. He also tallied eight runs scored in the four games.
Auburn's offense has been putting up some big numbers over the past six games.
Auburn dominated from the first pitch in the 19-5 throttling of Alabama on Friday night.
Auburn took the series from the Tide on their home field for the first time since 2004.
Diamond sports on The Plains could be receiving some elaborate upgrades soon.
Auburn baseball players Will Holland and Casey Mize have been named to the watch list for two different postseason awards.
"That will involve talking with players, talking with coaches but I don’t think that would be knee-jerk at this point.”