AUBURN, Ala. – Coming off its eighth straight winning weekend, No. 11 Auburn (19-5) heads to Montgomery to take on South Alabama (11-12) Tuesday at 6 p.m. CT at Riverwalk Stadium.
The game will be broadcast on the Auburn Sports Network and can be heard locally on Wings 94.3 FM. It will also be streamed exclusively on War Eagle+.
PROBABLE STARTERS
Tuesday – So. RHP Alex Petrovic (1-0, 4.60) vs. Jr. RHP Tyler Smith (2-0, 4.74)
QUICK HITTERS
Auburn enters the week having won eight straight weekends, marking the longest streak of winning weekends since 2003.
The team’s 4-2 start to SEC play is tied for the best since starting the 2017 SEC season 5-1.
The Tigers are 15-3 in non-conference play this season and 34-7 against non-conference opponents since the beginning of last season.
Auburn has outscored the opponent 157-77 and is hitting .332 with a 3.99 ERA in non-conference games this season.
The team is 5-1 in midweek games and 4-0 in neutral-site games this season.
The Tigers rank top 20 in the country walks allowed per 9.0 innings (3.29), strikeout-to-walk ratio (3.05) and WHIP (1.25).
Alex Petrovic will make his third straight midweek start and fourth start this season Tuesday.
The Tigers are 15-1 when outhitting the opponent and 12-1 when recording 10 or more hits this year.
Auburn trails the all-time series against South Alabama 30-50 but is 4-1 in neutral-site games and 3-0 in games in Montgomery against the Jaguars.
The Tigers have won six straight games in the series.
SCOUTING THE JAGUARS
Led by 14th-year head coach Mark Calvi, South Alabama Jaguars enters the week with an 11-12 overall record and 1-5 mark in Sun Belt play.
Offensively, the Jaguars are hitting .291 as a team with 222 hits and 142 runs scored. Junior Kyle Morrison leads the team with 15 extra-base hits and 25 RBI. Catcher Duncan Mathews leads South Alabama with a .392 batting average and a .563 on base percentage.
On the mound, South Alabama has turned in a 4.98 team ERA with 181 strikeouts and 107 walks 195.1 innings. Right hander Tyler Smith will make the start for South Alabama. Smith has a 4.74 ERA on the year and allowed four earned runs in 4.2 innings in his last start at Alabama.