The Aggies talented roster of pitchers held the generally potent Auburn offense to just two runs on six hits, four walks, and two homers. The Tigers fell victim to a series of untimely events as they outhit the Aggies by two while also having more walks and homers throughout the game.
Several new Tigers shined on the defensive end during the A-Day practice, in hopes of making an impact during the upcoming season.
Before Auburn’s retooled roster takes the field for its open practice on A-Day this Saturday, here’s a look at how the Tigers have addressed last season’s biggest deficits.
The Tigers played an outstanding all-around game to take down their No. 8 ranked rivals, Alabama in a 10-0 mercy rule.
Auburn won its second SEC road series of the season by taking down Kentucky in an 11-inning nail bitter.
Auburn’s monster second inning propelled the Tigers to their first victory of the weekend in Arlington, TX taking down Ohio State in seven innings.
Auburn baseball defeated North Alabama 6-2 after overcoming an early two-run deficit. Freshman Andreas Alvarez struck out nine in his first career start, while Auburn’s bullpen and late offense secured the win.
No. 1 Auburn narrowly escaped a tough conference road game as it took down the No. 23 Georgia Bulldogs in Stegeman Coliseum, 70-68. With the win, the Tigers stay undefeated in conference play.
Auburn exploded in the second half, in part to its depth, to get its tenth win of the season, despite losing All-American Johni Broome early, with a 100-59 win over Georgia State on Tuesday night.
The Tigers fell to the Blue Devils in Cameron Indoor Stadium in a style of death by a thousand paper cuts — undone by ability to get to the charity stripe, turnovers, foul trouble and early rebounding.
