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USA Today
27-05-2025
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Auburn baseball remains No. 10 in latest USA TODAY Coaches Poll
Auburn baseball remains No. 10 in latest USA TODAY Coaches Poll Auburn remains a top 10 team ahead of this weekend's regional play In the latest USA TODAY Baseball Coaches Poll, the Auburn Tigers remained at No. 10 in the rankings despite failing to win a game in the SEC Baseball Tournament last week in Hoover, Alabama. Auburn lost 3-2 to the Texas A&M Aggies in the second round last Thursday. However, the Tigers did receive good news. They were rewarded as the host of the regional round for the third time in four seasons. Joining the Tigers for the Auburn Regional are NC State, Stetson, and Central Connecticut State. The new rankings saw some movement at the top. The North Carolina Tar Heels jumped to No. 1 from No. 3 the week prior. After winning the SEC Tournament Championship over Ole Miss, Vanderbilt jumped five spots from No. 9 to No. 4. Ole Miss saw a big jump going up five spots with a ranking of No. 15. LSU dropped from the No. 1 ranking to No. 3 after their semifinal exit to Ole Miss in a 2-0 loss. The remaining SEC teams in the rankings were Texas (No.2), Arkansas (No. 5), Georgia (No. 6), Tennessee (No.16), Florida (No. 18), and Alabama (No. 20). The Tigers struggled with the bats in their 3-2 loss to Texas A&M. Auburn only had six hits and did not score a run until the fifth inning. Lucas Steele and Eric Snow did hit two home runs in the game. Auburn will enter their regional game against Central Connecticut on Friday losing three of four games. They previously had been playing well, winning five games in a row. The game against Central Connecticut will be broadcast on ESPN+ with a start time of 6 p.m. CT. Contact/Follow us @TheAuburnWire on X (Twitter), and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Auburn news, notes, and opinions. You can also follow Taylor on Twitter @TaylorJones__
USA Today
21-05-2025
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Auburn baseball drops four spots in latest USA TODAY Coaches Poll
Auburn baseball drops four spots in latest USA TODAY Coaches Poll After losing two of three to Ole Miss, Auburn drops to No. 10 The Auburn Tigers dropped four spots in the latest USA TODAY Baseball Coaches Poll, falling from No. 6 to No. 10 after losing two of three versus then-No. 25 Ole Miss on the road over the weekend. The Rebels jumped from No. 25 to No. 20 after the two wins over Auburn. The Tigers entered the weekend tied for fourth place in the SEC and had an opportunity to get a double bye in the SEC Baseball Tournament. Auburn now finishes sixth in the SEC and will play its first game on Thursday. While the weekend did not go the way the Tigers had hoped, they did get a mid-week victory over Jacksonville State. The Tigers defeated the Gamecocks 19-1 in a game that was over after seven innings. Chris Rembert had two hits with two runs scored and three RBIs. He also hit a home run in the third inning to give Auburn a 7-0 lead. Pitcher Andreas Alvarez picked up his second win of the season, pitching five scoreless innings. Up 7-0 entering the fourth inning, the Tigers scored 11 runs to put the game out of reach. The Auburn pitchers struggled throughout the series versus Ole Miss, giving up a total of 32 runs. They lost game one (9-2) and game two (15-11). Auburn avoided the sweep with a 13-8 win on Saturday. Auburn entered the sixth inning down 8-3, but Ole Miss would not score another run. Auburn tied the game at eight when Eric Guevara and Cooper McMurray scored after Lucas Steele hit a double. Rembert hit his own double, and Chase Fralick scored to give Auburn a 9-8 lead. Ike Irish hit a home run in the fourth inning for his 16th of the season. The SEC featured eight more teams in the USA TODAY Baseball Coaches Poll. LSU remained as the No. 1 team with Texas behind them at No. 2. The other SEC teams were Arkansas (No. 4), Georgia (No. 8), Vanderbilt (No. 9), Florida (No. 15), Tennessee (No. 17), and Alabama (No. 21). Auburn will play the winner between Mississippi State and Texas A&M on Thursday at 11 a.m. CT on the SEC Network. Auburn was 2-1 versus Mississippi State and did not play Texas A&M this season. Contact/Follow us @TheAuburnWire on X (Twitter), and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Auburn news, notes, and opinions. You can also follow Phillip on Twitter @PJordanSEC
USA Today
29-04-2025
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Auburn Tigers remain No. 11 in latest USA TODAY Baseball Coaches Poll
Auburn Tigers remain No. 11 in latest USA TODAY Baseball Coaches Poll Auburn Tigers remain at No. 11 with wins over Georgia Tech and Mississippi State 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. Contact/Follow us @TheAuburnWire on X (Twitter), and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Auburn news, notes, and opinions. You can also follow Phillip on Twitter @PJordanSEC
USA Today
22-04-2025
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Auburn drops two spots in latest USA TODAY Baseball Coaches Poll
Auburn drops two spots in latest USA TODAY Baseball Coaches Poll Auburn Tigers only drop two spots in USA TODAY Baseball Coaches Poll After being swept by the Texas Longhorns over the weekend, the Auburn Tigers dropped two spots in the latest USA TODAY Baseball Coaches Poll. The Tigers went from being No. 9 to dropping to No. 11. The Longhorns outscored the Tigers over the weekend 25-7 with the lone close game coming in game one where Texas took a 3-2 victory. Auburn did get a victory during the week versus Jacksonville State winning 4-3. It is the second time in SEC play this season the Tigers were swept. Georgia swept Auburn earlier in the season. It was a reverse of fortune after Auburn swept LSU the week prior. A highlight for the Tigers versus the Longhorns was Ike Irish. He hit four homeruns during the series and has 11 this season. The Tigers got a 4-3 win over Jacksonville State on the road on Tuesday. Auburn built a 3-0 lead after the fourth inning but could not hold on to it. Irish scored in the first run when Bub Terrell singled to center field. Eric Guevara and Chase Fralick hit singles in the inning that led to runs being scored by Cooper McMurray and Terrell. Lucas Steele hit the winning home run in the ninth after the Gamecock had tied the game at three in the eighth. Pitcher Ben Schorr picked up the win. Going into the Texas series it would take a great effort for Auburn to win, and the Longhorns showed why they are the best team in the country. The Tigers did not score more than three runs in any game. That was the series low for the Longhorns. The series ended with a 14-2 win for Texas that ended in seven innings. Auburn will now need to pick itself back up to get its momentum back. The good news is the Tigers will be back home at Plainsman Park this week. On Tuesday night Auburn will host Georgia Tech in a game that SEC Network will televise at 6 p.m. CT. Auburn defeated Georgia Tech 9-8 on April 8 and will be looking for an easier game this time. For the weekend, Auburn will host Mississippi State in SEC competition. The Bulldogs are 24-16 overall and 6-12 in the SEC. Auburn is one of ten teams in the latest rankings. Texas stays at No. 1 with the sweep. The rankings also feature Arkansas (No. 4), LSU (No. 5), Tennessee (No. 6), Georgia (No.9), Vanderbilt (No. 10), Oklahoma (No. 13), Alabama (No. 17), and Ole Miss (No. 18). Kentucky also received votes. Contact/Follow us @TheAuburnWire on X (Twitter), and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Auburn news, notes, and opinions. You can also follow Phillip on Twitter @PJordanSEC
USA Today
15-04-2025
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Auburn cracks top-10 of latest USA TODAY Baseball Coaches Poll after sweeping LSU
Auburn cracks top-10 of latest USA TODAY Baseball Coaches Poll after sweeping LSU Auburn's weekend sweep of LSU pushes them higher in the rankings. Coming off a week where the Auburn rallied to defeat Georgia Tech, and a weekend sweep of LSU, the Tigers are moving up in the polls once again. Auburn has moved up three spots in the latest USA TODAY Baseball Coaches Poll. They go from No. 12 to No. 9 in the newest rankings released on Monday. Auburn now has an overall record of 26-10, and they hold a 9-6 record in SEC competition. The week began with the Tigers earning a 9-8 road win over Georgia Tech. Auburn possessed a 5-1 lead before Georgia Tech scored six runs in the sixth inning to take a 7-5 lead. Auburn would then score three runs in the eighth to take a 9-7 lead after Deric Fabien scored on a Bub Terrell single. Georgia Tech would add one run in the ninth but could not get any closer. Then, Auburn headed back home from a big weekend series with No. 3 LSU. The Tigers from Baton Rouge entered the series with only three losses on the season. The Auburn Tigers doubled that number in the loss column. Auburn won game one 8-4 with a great performance from pitcher Samuel Dutton. He picked up his fifth win of the season by pitching six scoreless innings with seven strikeouts. Cade Fisher picked up his first win of the season, and Auburn used two runs in the fourth to get a 4-2 win in game two. Fisher pitched five innings and allowed just one run. He also struck out six batters while on the mound. Auburn trailed 1-0 as the fourth inning began. Eric Snow scored after a Ike Irish double to tie the game at one. Then, Irish would score when Cooper McMurray hit a double to center field to give Auburn a 2-1 lead. Snow hit a two-run home run in the fifth to give Auburn a 4-1 lead. On Sunday, Auburn held on for a 3-2 win after scoring three early runs. It was McMurray once again delivering the offense. In the first inning, he hit a double to left field that would score both Irish and Chris Rembert. Bristol Carter added the third run in the second for a 3-0 lead. LSU scored two runs in the eighth, but Auburn held on for the win. The sweep resulted in LSU dropping to No. 7. Auburn will have another big weekend series this week when they travel to meet the new No. 1 Texas Longhorns. First though, they will need to focus on Jacksonville State Tuesday night. Other teams in the SEC in the USA TODAY Baseball Coaches Poll are Arkansas (No.2), Tennessee (No.3), Georgia (No.5), Ole Miss (No.11), Alabama (No.15), Oklahoma (No.16), and Vanderbilt (No. 17). Contact/Follow us @TheAuburnWire on X (Twitter), and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Auburn news, notes, and opinions. You can also follow Phillip on Twitter @PJordanSEC
