Auburn climbs in USA TODAY Coaches Poll after sweep of South Carolina
The Auburn Tigers continue their climb up the USA TODAY Baseball Coaches Poll by moving up two spots from No. 8 to No. 6 in the latest rankings. The Tigers improved to 36-15 on the season after a weekend sweep of the South Carolina Gamecocks. Auburn outscored South Carolina 46-15 with two convincing victories in game one and three. They are now 16-11 in SEC play and are tied for fourth in the conference with Vanderbilt and Georgia.
The new rankings featured nine teams from the SEC. LSU became the new No. 1, and Texas dropped to No. 3. Arkansas also dropped to fifth in the rankings. Other SEC teams included Georgia (No. 8), Vanderbilt (No. 9), Tennessee (No. 14), Alabama (No. 16), Florida (No. 21), and Ole Miss (No. 25).
Auburn opened their series versus South Carolina with a 24-2 win in seven innings. While the offense picked up the attention, Cam Tilly had a good game, allowing just one run in five innings. He also had six strikeouts and allowed one hit for his third win of the season. The Auburn bats got going in the second inning with five runs after trailing 1-0. They would go on to score seven in the third, three in the fourth, and nine in the fifth. Five different Tigers had home runs in the game, and Chris Rembert led the way with three hits and six RBIs.
The two teams would play a doubleheader on Saturday, with the Tigers winning 11-10 and 11-3. With the game tied at 10-10, Bub Terrell scored the game-winning run from a bunt by Eric Guevara. Game two was a big day for Guevara. He had four hits in the game with three RBIs and hit a home run in the first to put Auburn up 2-0.
Guevara continued the excellent play in game three with four more hits and two runs scored in the Tigers' 11-3 win. Auburn trailed 3-2, entering the fifth inning, before scoring four runs to break the game open. Cooper McMurray hit a three-run home run to give the Tigers a 6-3 lead. Auburn entered the eighth inning leading 8-3 and scored three runs to remove all doubt. Griffin Graves picked up his fourth win of the season. He pitched a little over three innings and struck out four batters.
Auburn will now look to continue its momentum in the final week of the regular season before the SEC Tournament. The Tigers will host Jacksonville State on Tuesday night with a game start time of 6 p.m. CT. Then, on Thursday, they will begin a three-game series on the road against Ole Miss.
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