Auburn opens with Ole Miss on Tuesday at SEC Tournament

Auburn opens with Ole Miss on Tuesday at SEC TournamentAuburn opens with Ole Miss on Tuesday at SEC Tournament

May 22, 2017 LEADING OFF

  • Radio coverage from the Auburn Sports Network is also available on Tiger 93.9 in the Auburn/Opelika area. The radio feed is also available on AuburnTigers.com, the TuneIn Radio app and the Auburn Athletics app on your smart phone. The Voice of the Tigers Rod Bramblett and longtime broadcast partner Andy Burcham will describe the action.
  • Tuesday's game will be televised live by the SEC Network. Tom Hart (play-by-play), Kyle Peterson (analyst) and Laura Rutledge (sideline) will call the action.

Auburn vs. Ole Miss









Weekend Schedule

Tues.4:30 p.m.
JR RHP Keegan Thompson (6-4, 2.30 ERA) vs. RHP Brady Feigl (2-2, 3.83 ERA)

QUICK HITTERS

  • Auburn finished the regular season 34-22 and 16-14 in the SEC. It is the 11th time in program history the Tigers have won 16 SEC games and the first time since winning a program-record 20 games in 2010.
  • JR OF Jonah Todd was named second-team All-SEC and was selected to the SEC All-Defensive team.
  • Todd is third in the SEC with a .385 BA and 82 hits this season and second w/ .404 BA in SEC play.
  • IF Dylan Ingram is currently on a 12-game hitting streak. During the stretch, he is 19-of-49 (.388) with 5 2B, 3 HR, 10 RBI and 11 runs scored.
  • C Damon Haecker is 13-of-30 (.433) with 2 2B, 1 3B, 3 RBI, 2 SB and a .564 OB% in 10 career games vs. Ole Miss.
  • The Tigers are 11-5 on the season in one-run games after going 1-11 in those games in 2016.
  • Auburn has won 11 of 14 series in 2017, its most series wins since 2003.
  • The Tigers have hit 17 home runs in their last 22 games after recording only 10 in their first 34 contests
  • RHPs Casey Mize (1.97-3rd) and Keegan Thompson (2.30-6th) are the only teammates who rank in the top six in the SEC in ERA.
  • With 34 wins (16 SEC) on the season, Auburn has surpassed its overall and conference win totals from 2016.

SERIES HISTORY

Ole Miss leads the all-time series, 82-79-1, with Auburn holding a 2-1 advantage all-time in the SEC Tournament. This is the two teams first meetings in Hoover since 2010 when the Rebels defeated the Tigers, 10-7 in 10 innings. Auburn took two-of-three from the Rebels this past weekend in both team's final regular season SEC series.

LOOKING AHEAD

The winner will play #1 seed Florida on Wednesday at 4:30 p.m. CT at the Hoover Met.