WEEK AT A GLANCE
Overall: 18-13
Last Week: 2-2
SEC: 2-10
Non-Conference: 16-3
Streak: L2
Last Week's Results:
Tuesday – at UAB: W, 10-4
Friday – vs. No. 4 Tennessee: W, 9-5
Saturday – vs. No. 4 Tennessee: L, 2-12 (7)
Sunday – vs. No. 4 Tennessee: L, 5-19 (7)
This Week's Schedule:
Tuesday – vs. Alabama State (6 p.m.)
Thursday – vs. No. 8 Kentucky (6:30 p.m.)
Friday – vs. No. 8 Kentucky (6 p.m.)
Saturday – vs. No. 8 Kentucky (2 p.m.)
PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Cade Belyeu – Fr. – OF – Auburn, Ala.
Week 8: 3 GP/2 GS, .444/.444/1.111, 4-for-9, 2 R, 3 2B, 1 HR, 3 RBI
vs. Tennessee: 2 GP/GS, .286/.286/857, 2-for-7, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 HR, 3 RBI
- Collected an extra-base hit in all three games he played.
- Came off the bench and started Auburn's seven-run eighth inning in its come-from-behind win at UAB with a leadoff double, improving to 4-for-5 with two doubles and a homer as a pinch hitter this season.
- Came back around later in the inning and doubled for the second time.
- Hit a three-run homer that gave Auburn a 5-3 lead in the bottom of the first inning in the series opener against Tennessee.
- The home run was his second of the season, including his first in SEC play, and traveled 461 feet – the longest by an Auburn player at Plainsman Park since TrackMan was installed in 2011.
PITCHERS OF THE WEEK
John Armstrong – Jr. – RHP – Marietta, Ga.
Week 8/vs. Tennessee: 0-0, 0.00 ERA, 1 SV, 4.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R/ER, 1 BB, 6 K, .077 B/AVG
- Turned in a career-best 4.0 scoreless innings to earn his second save of the season, including his first career save in league play.
- Struck out a career-best six batters, tied for the most by an Auburn reliever this season.
- Retired 12 of the 14 batters he faced, including the first five with three strikeouts.
- Seventy-one percent of the pitches he threw were strikes.
Carson Myers – Jr. – LHP – Bowling Green, Ky.
Week 8/vs. Tennessee: 1-0, 0.00 ERA, 3.2 IP, 3 H, 0 R/ER, 3 BB, 4 K, .250 B/AVG
- Entered in relief in the second inning after Tennessee had scored five runs on six hits in its first 10 batters of the game.
- Turned in 3.2 scoreless innings, marking his longest relief outing of the season and longest appearance overall since Mar. 3.
- Retired the last five batters he faced and faced just one over the minimum in his last three innings of work.
- Earned his second win of the season, including his first career SEC win.
TEAM NOTES
Tuesday's win at UAB marked Auburn's fifth win in which the team has trailed entering the sixth inning or later this season … Bobby Peirce's two-run homer marked Auburn's fourth go-ahead homer in the sixth inning or later, including Peirce's second … the Tigers homered multiple times in three of four games last week and have hit multiple homers in 21 of 31 games this season … Ike Irish (47) and Cooper McMurray (46) are second and third in the SEC in RBI … their 95 combined RBI are the second most in the country … Cooper Weiss leads the SEC and ranks third in the country in stolen bases (24) … between the UAB game and series opener against Tennessee, Auburn's bullpen turned in 14.0 scoreless innings – 6.1 at UAB and 7.2 vs. Tennessee … the Volunteers marked Auburn's fourth consecutive top-10 opponent, including its third straight in the top four … Auburn set back-to-back single-game attendance records of 5,119 Friday and 5,566 Saturday … the series attendance of 15,153 also marked a single-series attendance record … Kentucky this weekend will represent Auburn's five consecutive top-10 opponent to start SEC play.