The 25th ranked Auburn Baseball Team finished a sweep at this year's College of Charleston Classic. While doing so they took out the host team 18th ranked College of Charleston. The Tigers were solid in their victory over the Cougars behind the great pitching of Derek Varnadore. He worked six plus innings allowing four runs (three earned) and striking out five. The offense came from Brooks Beisner and Zach Alford who combined had five hits and six rbi's.
Though the Tigers did well in a one game performance against a ranked opponent, this weekend they will face the 7th ranked Arizona State Sun Devils in a three-game series. Last year the Sun Devils swept the Tigers in Tempe en route to a College World Series appearance in Omaha. If Auburn wants to validate itself and build confidence going into the SEC, they need to take two of three from ASU.
Taking the series from a top ten team will give the Tigers a confidence boost that will surely carry them through each week of the SEC schedule and into the tournament in Birmingham. By being one of the top eight teams in the SEC, Auburn will make the NCAA field. This is all they need to have a chance at a title.
So come out to Plainsman Park where the crowd is sure to be rocking.
Sunday, March 6, 2011
Friday, March 4, 2011
Sorry, I've been away. Let's Talk Baseball
I’m Back!!! Sorry for the haietus. Now that the Auburn Tigers are National Champions in football, all the Bama fans are dismissing the title since it isn’t theirs. However, we are not here to discuss the Bammers and their illogical nonsense of why they must hate us. We are here to discuss the sport that is n-season, baseball.
The Auburn Tigers are coming off of their best season since 2003. The Tigers’ big bats from last season (Hunter Morris, Trent Mummy and Brian Fletcher) have all moved on to the professional ranks. The new team is not built on offense. In fact, over 50% of the home runs hit by last year’s team came from the previously mentioned players.
Auburn’s new Head Coach, John Pawlowski, is in his third year at Auburn, and he has turned the team around. He has brought excitement on the plains. Pawlowski was a pitcher in the White Sox organization and has now brought in his knowledge and background to change the paradigm. For the past few years Auburn has been strictly a power team. Pitching and defense were, a rarity, and now they have a new face.
The 25th ranked Tigers will be back in Birmingham this year in the tournament and this time they may win it all. The pitching is stronger and the hitting is coming around. The Tigers had a taste of success last year and now they are hungry for more.
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