May 20, 2018
Auburn Baseball Notebook
Overall: 37-19
Last Week: 2-2
SEC: 15-15
Non-Conference: 22-4
Streak: W1
Last Week's Results:
Tuesday -- at Troy (L, 9-5)
Thursday -- vs. LSU (W, 11-4)
Friday -- vs. LSU (L, 6-2)
Saturday -- vs. LSU (W, 14-5)
This Week's Schedule:
Tuesday -- vs. No. 10 Kentucky (1 p.m.)
Wednesday -- Winner of Tuesday vs. No. 2 Ole Miss (1 p.m. CT)
Last Week's Top Performers
Will Holland -- So. -- IF -- Lawrenceville, Ga.
4 GP/GS, 11-for-17 (.611/.650/.1.222), 7 R, 5 2B, 2 HR, 6 RBI
- Led off four straight games from May 12-18 with an extra-base hit -- three doubles and a home run.
- Went 10-for-14 with six runs, four doubles and two home runs in the LSU series.
- Turned in three or more hits in all three contests, including a career-high four hits vs. the Tigers in the series opener, and has multiple hits in four of the last five.
- Went 3-for-5 with a double and a pair of two-run home runs in the series finale, marking his second game with two home runs this season.
Andrew Mitchell -- R-Sr. -- LHP -- New Orleans, La.
1 GS, 1-0, 2.57 ERA, 7.0 IP, 6 H, 2 ER, 0 BB, 9 K
- In the final regular season start of his Auburn career, pitched a career-high 7.0 innings and picked up the win against his former team.
- Matched a career high with nine strikeouts in the game and didn't issue a walk in his second straight start.
- Retired the last 10 batters he faced.
Davis Daniel -- So. -- RHP -- Montgomery, Ala.
1 GP, 0-0, 0.00 ERA, 2.1 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 5 K
- Came out of the bullpen vs. LSU and provided a shot of adrenaline as he struck out the side in his first inning of work.
- Although he only pitched 2.1 innings due to a weather delay, his five strikeouts were the second most in an outing this season.
Team Notes
Auburn's series win against LSU was the team's first since 2012 and secured third place in the SEC West, marking the team's highest finish in the division since 2011 ... the Tigers' 37 regular season wins are also the most since 2010 (38) and the fourth most since the turn of the century ... Auburn hit .333 in the series and scored nine runs per game ... the team also turned in a 3.67 staff ERA ... Tanner Burns picked up the win after throwing 6.0 innings in the series opener while Cody Greenhill took care of the final 3.0 innings and got the save ... it was the fourth SEC game in the last six weeks the freshman duo combined to pitch all 9.0 innings in a conference win ... Burns and Greenhill also pitched all but 0.2 innings in a win vs. Vanderbilt during the span ... Will Holland went 10-for-14 from the plate and had three or more hits in all three games, including a career-high four hits in the series opener and a two-home-run game in the finale ... he is riding a six-game hitting streak and has multiple hits in four of the last five ... Holland also became the fifth member of the team to record his 10th home run this season, matching the 2009 and 2010 teams for the most players with 10 or more home runs in a season in program history ... the team's 64 home runs this season are the sixth most in a single season in program history ... Andrew Mitchell pitched a career-high 7.0 innings and earned the win against his former team in the series finale ... he retired the last 10 batters he faced and matched a career high with nine strikeouts ... the Auburn offense also exploded for 14 runs on 16 hits in the game ... the 14 runs were the most scored against LSU since 2003 and the team's 16 hits were the third most in a conference game this season ... four players turned in three-hit performances in the finale, including Holland, Edouard Julien, Luke Jarvis and Josh Anthony ... Julien hit his team best 14th home run of the season and moved his RBI total to 57 ... both of the freshman's totals are the most by an Auburn player since 2010 ... the Tigers scored double figure runs in two of the three games vs. LSU, marking the third time in the last five conference series to score 10 or more runs in two of the three games .... Auburn enters next week's SEC Baseball Tournament as the No. 7 seed and will play No. 10 Kentucky Tuesday at 1 p.m. CT in Hoover, Ala.