April 9, 2018
Auburn Baseball Notebook
Overall: 23-10
Last Week: 1-3
SEC: 4-8
Non-Conference: 19-2
Streak: L3
Last Week's Results:
Tuesday -- vs. Alamaba A&M (W, 19-5)
Friday -- at No. 5 Arkansas (L, 2-1)
Saturday -- at No. 5 Arkansas (L, 13-2)
Sunday -- at No. 5 Arkansas (L, 5-4)
This Week's Schedule:
Tuesday -- at Samford (6 p.m.)
Friday -- vs. Mississippi State (7:30 p.m.)
Saturday -- vs. Mississippi State (2 p.m.)
Sunday -- vs. Mississippi State (1 p.m.)
Last Week's Top Performers
Tanner Burns -- Fr. -- RHP -- Decatur, Ala.
1 GS, 0-0, 1.50 ERA, 6.0 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 7 K
- Held the league's best offense to just four hits in 6.0 innings and turned in his second quality start of the season.
- Recorded his second highest strikeout total of the season and struck out the side in his fourth and sixth innings.
- Lowered his ERA to 2.29 and ranks in the top 20 in the nation among freshman in the category.
Edouard Julien -- Fr. -- IF/OF -- Quebec City, Quebec
4 GP/GS, .400/.500/1.000, 6-for-15, 6 R, 3 2B, 2 HR, 6 RBI
- Recorded a hit in all four games throughout the week.
- Went 3-for-3 with five runs, two doubles, a home run and three RBI vs. Alabama A&M, matching a single-game program record for runs scored.
- Homered in back-to-back games vs. Alabama A&M and at Arkansas.
- His seven home runs this season are the most by an Auburn freshman since Casey McElroy in 2009 and four have come in the last eight games.
Josh Anthony -- Sr. -- IF -- Columbus, Ga.
4 GP/GS, .400/.533/.600, 4-for-10, 4 BB, 3 R, 2 2B, 3 RBI
- Also recorded a hit in all four games last week.
- Went 1-for-2 with two runs, two RBI and three walks vs. Alabama A&M.
- Got Auburn on the scoreboard with a RBI double in the second inning in the series finale at Arkansas.
Team Notes
Auburn's 19 runs scored in its midweek matchup with Alabama A&M were its third highest total of the season ... the Tigers improved to 19-2 in non-conference games and 19-4 at home this season with the win ... the team hit six more home runs on the week, including its fourth game with three or more home runs vs. Alabama A&M, and pushed its season total to 34 ... the 34 home runs through 33 games surpasses last season's total of 30 and is just five home runs shy of matching the most home runs in a season since 2010 ... with seven more strikeouts at Arkansas, Casey Mize entered the top 10 in program history with 245 career strikeouts in 206.2 innings pitched.