Auburn baseball takes on Nebraska in weekend series
Winners of 4 straight video games following a ninth inning comeback victory over West Georgia on Wednesday night time, the Top 10 Auburn Tigers (7-1) return to motion this weekend when the Nebraska Cornhuskers (4-3) go to for the primary matchup between the 2 faculties. It’s one other alternative to check the Tigers as they proceed to organize for SEC play.
“They have played some winning baseball,” Thompson mentioned of Nebraska. “This is going to be an SEC weekend, a rehearsal. That’s what last week was for, maybe the postseason where you see a different team every day. This is going to be one, solid baseball club that you’re going to face for a three-game series.”
Some excellent news for the Tigers is the anticipated return of sophomore preseason All-American Chris Rembert. Dealing with an ankle harm suffered on the opening weekend, Rembert may see motion as a chosen hitter and in addition play second base for a sport in opposition to the Cornhuskers. He’s not anticipated to be again in the lineup full-time this weekend, however is anticipated to see motion for the Tigers.
The video games will probably be broadcast on the Auburn Sports Network and could be heard regionally on Wings 94.3 FM Friday and Sunday and ESPN 106.7 FM Saturday. The series can even be broadcast digitally on SEC Network+.
LIKELY STARTERS
Friday – So. LHP Jake Marciano (1-0, 0.82) vs. Jr. RHP Ty Horn (0-0, 1.86)
Saturday – So. LHP Jackson Sanders (1-0, 3.27) vs. R-So. RHP Carson Jasa (1-0, 5.06)
Sunday – R-So. RHP Alex Petrovic (2-0, 2.70) vs. RHP Gavin Blachowicz (1-0, 1.86)
BY THE NUMBERS
Auburn is seeking to safe its eleventh straight common season house series courting again to the final series at Plainsman Park in 2024.
The Tigers have received 15 of 18 common season weekends courting again to the final two weekends of 2024, good for the second most profitable weekends in the SEC throughout the span (Texas, 16).
The pitching workers has recorded 102 strikeouts via eight video games, 22 greater than final 12 months’s whole and probably the most via eight video games since 1997 (112).
The crew has recorded double digit strikeouts in seven of the primary eight video games.
Auburn enters weekend ranked in the highest 10 in the NCAA in strikeout-to-walk ratio (5.37; 2nd), walks allowed per 9.0 innings (2.41; third), WHIP (1.00; eighth) and strikeouts per 9.0 innings (12.9; ninth).
The beginning rotation of Jake Marciano, Jackson Sanders and Alex Petrovic is a mixed 4-0 with 51 strikeouts and two walks, having allowed simply 20 baserunners, in 32.0 innings pitched.
SCOUTING THE CORNHUSKERS
Nebraska enters the weekend with a 4-3 total report, coming off a 1-2 weekend in Arlington. The Cornhuskers dropped a pair of hard-fought video games in opposition to No. 15 Louisville (2-4) and Kansas State (3-5) earlier than defeating No. 9 Florida State (10-1) in the finale.
Offensively, Nebraska is hitting .319 as a crew with 49 runs on 81 hits, together with 23 doubles. Six on a regular basis starters are hitting .348 or increased, led by Dylan Carey’s .455 clip. Carey additionally leads the best way with three homers and 12 RBI.
On the mound, the Cornhuskers have turned in a .375 workers ERA with 69 strikeouts and 31 walks in 60.0 innings. The weekend rotation has mixed for 39 strikeouts in 30.0 innings pitched.
