BATON ROUGE, La. – Auburn (31-21, 13-14 SEC) wraps up the 2019 regular season with a three-game series at No. 20 LSU (32-21, 15-12 SEC) from Thursday to Saturday at Alex Box Stadium. First pitch in the series opener is scheduled for Thursday at 6:30 p.m. CT. Game two is set for Friday at 7 p.m., and the regular season finale will take place Saturday at 2 p.m.
All three games will be available on SEC Network+, and portions of Friday's game will be broadcast on SEC Network as a part of the conference's Bases Loaded coverage. The action this weekend can also be heard locally on WTGZ-FM (93.9), online at AuburnTigers.com, or on a mobile device via the Auburn Athletics app.
PROBABLE STARTERS
Thursday – Jr. LHP Elliott Anderson (5-1, 3.70) vs. R-So. RHP Eric Walker (4-4, 5.21)
Friday – So. LHP Jack Owen (4-1, 1.91) vs. Fr. RHP Landon Marceaux (3-2, 6.56)
Saturday – So. RHP Tanner Burns (4-3, 2.83) vs. TBA
QUICK HITTERS
Auburn is coming off its fourth extra-inning and walk-off win of the season Tuesday. The team's four extra-inning and walk-off victories are the most since 2009.
Thursday's start will mark the 62nd appearance of Elliott Anderson's career and just his second start. Anderson's previous start came in game three at Mississippi State earlier this season.
Ryan Bliss is hitting .500 (12-for-24) with 10 runs scored and five RBI in the last two SEC series.
Will Holland was named the SEC and National Player of the Week after going 10-for-14 with six runs, four doubles, two home runs and six RBI against LSU last year. Holland has multiple hits in five of the last seven games (15-for-28) entering the weekend.
The series against LSU represents Auburn's eighth against a ranked opponent and will mark the team's 23rd, 24th and 25th games against a top-25 foe this season.
SCOUTING THE TIGERS
LSU enters the final weekend of the regular season with a 32-21 overall record and 15-12 mark in conference play, good for a tie for third in the SEC West.
The Tigers have turned in a .271 team average and are hitting .274 in conference play. Junior shortstop Josh Smith leads the way with a .345 clip, while Daniel Cabrera leads the team in slugging with 10 doubles and 12 home runs and Antoine Duplantis has driven in a team-high 56.
On the mound, LSU's 4.92 ERA ranks 12th in the SEC and it 5.29 ERA in league action ranks 10th.
SERIES HISTORY
LSU leads the all-time series, 104-73, and holds a 53-28 record in games played in Baton Rouge.
Auburn defeated LSU in two of three games at Plainsman Park a season ago and outscored the visiting Tigers 27-15 while hitting .333 and slugging .581 in the series.