Auburn Tigers remain No. 11 in latest USA TODAY Baseball Coaches Poll
The Auburn Tigers stay at No. 11 in the latest USA TODAY Baseball Coaches Poll released on Monday. Auburn went 3-1 last week with a mid-week win over Georgia Tech, and a weekend series win over Mississippi State. The Auburn bats came alive over the weekend with 27 runs scored. It had been a struggle on offensive over the previous four games.
Auburn got the week started on with a 1-0 win over Georgia Tech to sweep the season versus the Yellow Jackets. The Tigers used four pitchers in the game allowing just two hits and struck out 15 batters. Christian Chatterton got the start and pitched four innings with six strikeouts.
Auburn then took two of three games from the Mississippi State Bulldogs for another SEC series win. The Tigers took game one with a 6-5 win. Freshman Chris Rembert started his big weekend with a four-hit performance and two RBIs. He broke a 2-2 tie in the fourth with a double that scored both Chase Fralic and Cooper McMurray.
Game two was a struggle for the Auburn pitching staff. The pitchers gave up 12 runs on 14 hits, and the Tigers were down 10-1 in the fourth inning in the 12-7 loss. Starting pitcher Cade Fisher gave up four runs from a couple of two-run home runs. Rembert only had one hit in the game, but it was a solo home run in the seventh to make the score 10-5.
The Tigers took the series on Sunday with a 14-8 win. Auburn used a six-run second inning to take an 8-2 lead. Rembert hit a two-run home run followed by a three-run home run in the inning. Auburn also scored three runs in both the fourth and eighth innings.
Auburn is one of ten teams from the SEC in the latest rankings. The rest of the teams include Texas (No. 1), LSU (No. 2), Arkansas (No. 5), Tennessee (No. 6), Georgia (No. 7), Vanderbilt (No. 15), Alabama (No. 16), Ole Miss (No.18), and Oklahoma (No. 21). The Tigers also received a high ranking for Baseball America at No. 5. Auburn will return to the diamond on Tuesday night when they play Samford in Hoover at 6 p.m. CT.
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