May 27, 2018
Auburn Baseball Notebook
Overall: 39-21
Last Week: 2-2
SEC: 15-15
Non-Conference: 22-4
Streak: L2
Last Week's Results:
Tuesday -- vs. Kentucky (W, 4-3 [11])
Wednesday -- vs. Ole Miss (W, 9-3)
Thursday -- vs. Texas A&M (L, 4-2)
Friday -- vs. Ole Miss (L, 7-0)
This Week's Schedule:
Friday -- Monday -- NCAA Regional (TBA)
Last Week's Top Performers
Jay Estes -- Sr. -- OF -- Crawfordville, Fla.
4 GP/GS, 7-for-16, 2 R, 1 2B, 3 RBI, 3 SB
- Has hit in 21 of the last 23 games and has 15 multi-hit games during the span; raising his average 69 points to a team-best .327.
- Turned in two hits in each of the first three games of the SEC Tournament, including a two-run double in the eighth inning of Wednesday's win vs. Ole Miss.
- Matched an Auburn SEC Tournament game record with a pair of stolen bases vs. Texas A&M; his three stolen bases in the tournament also matched a program record.
Tanner Burns -- Fr. -- RHP -- Decatur, Ala.
1 GS, 1-0, 1.29 ERA, 7.0 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 3 K
- Matched a career high with 7.0 innings pitched and earned the win vs. Ole Miss in his SEC Tournament debut.
- His start against the Rebels came less than two weeks after not getting out of the second inning in Oxford.
- Retired the first seven Rebels he faced and didn't allow more than one hit in any inning he pitched.
Edouard Julien -- Fr. -- DH -- Quebec City, Quebec
4 GP/GS, 4-for-16, 2 R, 1 HR, 5 RBI, 1 BB
- Stepped to the plate 0-for-4 with three strikeouts in the SEC Tournament opener vs. Kentucky and delivered a walk-off single in the 11th inning.
- Went 2-for-4 with two runs and a ninth-inning grand slam that capped off the scoring in a 9-3 win vs. Ole Miss Wednesday.
- The grand slam was Julien's third of the season Auburn's fifth; it also marked his team-best 15th home run of the year.
Team Notes
Auburn turned in its best showing in the SEC Tournament in 15 seasons ... the Tigers started the tournament 2-0 for the first time since 1999 and won a pair of games in Hoover for the first time since 2003 ... Davis Daniel pitched 5.1 innings of relief and struck out six in the tournament opener vs. Kentucky ... Edouard Julien came through with a walk-off single in the 11th inning against the Wildcats ... it was Auburn's first walk-off in the SEC Tournament since 1999 ... Conor Davis delivered a game-tying, two-run double in the seventh inning of a 9-3 win vs. Ole Miss before Julien went on to hit a grand slam to cap off the scoring against the Rebels and send the Tigers into the winners bracket ... it was Julien's third grand slam of the season and the team's fifth ... he is the first Auburn player with three grand slams in a season since Mailon Kent in 2000 ... Julien also pushed his home run total to 15 -- tied for fifth in the SEC -- and his RBI total to a league best 62 ... he is looking to become the first freshman to lead the league in RBI since JJ Schwarz in 2015 ... Tanner Burns made his SEC Tournament debut vs. Ole Miss and picked up the win after matching a career high with 7.0 innings and allowed just one earned run ... Burns is the first Auburn freshman starting pitcher to earn a win in the SEC Tournament since Daniel Koger in 2012 ... freshman running mate Cody Greenhill also picked up the win in relief in Auburn's tournament opening win vs. Kentucky ... Calvin Coker picked up his team best seventh save of the season in the game ... Jay Estes led the Tigers in hitting with a .438 average during the tournament ... he turned in two hits in three of the four contests and has 15 multi-hit games in the last 23 contests ... Auburn will learn whether or not it will host a NCAA Regional for the first time since 2010 at 7:30 p.m. CT on NCAA.com ... the entire NCAA Selection Show will be broadcast on ESPNU Monday at 11 a.m. CT.