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USA Today This young baseball team has a lot to be proud of following another successful season . . . The Tigers will be continuing to do it differently, having a "nucleus" that will continue to feature this group of players for at least the next year . . . Coach Butch Thompson said his message to the team continues to be about focusing on the journey and not the ending . . . The most important battle to watch in the series is Auburn's pitching vs Ole Miss' bats . . . The Tigers have a spot on the line in the College World Series, looking to get to their first one since the 2022 season . . . Ole Miss has had its struggles away from Oxford this season. The squad has a combined 12-14 record in neutral-site and road games . . . "If we need to be stronger to handle a great team like Ole Miss, so be it. I'm here for it . . . After earning 8 saves a year ago, he has just 3 this season but has also won 4 games as he has stretched out his innings throughout the year. That became really important last weekend . . . Auburn's pitching staff relentlessly attacks the strike zone. The Tigers carry a near-70% strike rate with their fastballs and rank among the nation's best teams overall at throwing strikes . . . The Auburn Tigers will send sophomore RHP Andreas Alvarez to the mound in a starting role when the Tigers take on Ole Miss at 7 p.m. on Friday night at Plainsman Park . . . The Auburn Tigers earned their second-straight NCAA Super Regionals bid by defying the unfavorable odds of winning four games over three days after dropping their regional opener to Milwaukee . . . The Rebels are the definition of the team that is waiting for the three-run homer to break open games . . . There's a path to victory for Auburn, and it involves limiting the big hits while taking advantage of its batters who are in form. That will be pointed towards catcher Chase Fralick . . . Plainsman Park seats 7,189 and is hosting a super regional for the second straight year. The announced crowd on Monday was more than 8,000 . . . "We needed a weekend like that," coach Butch Thompson said. "We have been fighting for a long time, but we needed to do something like that . . . This weekend's Super Regional will mark the first time these two teams have faced each other this season . . . The Tigers simply haven't had a catcher with the power that Fralick has had ever before, breaking another record on Monday night with hitting his 20th home run of the season. No Auburn catcher has ever done that before . . . Bub Terrell, who entered Monday night 1-for-17 at the plate, came through by doubling into right field, scoring Rembert and sending the record crowd of 8,228 at Plainsman Park into a frenzy . . . Marciano got tagged for six earned runs in Auburn's loss to Milwaukee on Friday, but that didn't seem to affect him in the winner-takes-all contest Monday night . . . The Tigers are still playing baseball and will have another late night start to open Super Regional play with the opening game vs. Ole Miss scheduled for 7 p.m. on Friday night at Plainsman Park . . . The winner takes all contest initially scheduled for 5 p.m. CT will now start at 8 p.m. due to an approaching storm . . . Auburn's pitching told the story . . . "I'm OK if that's the expectation . . . "The job's not done . . . "This time of year, you have to play great. You have to make plays . . . Auburn baseball fell to Milwaukee, 13-8, in Game 1 of the Auburn Regional . . . Auburn entered the game as one of the best pitching teams in the country, one that is third in earned run average. Frankly, that wasn't the case on Friday afternoon . . . Watching both sons wear the same Auburn jersey has made the season even more meaningful . . . Auburn's pitching staff, which led the SEC this year with a 3.63 ERA, gave up an uncharacteristically high total of 16 hits on the day, with half of them coming before the Panthers had even recorded their fourth out of the game . . . By the time most fans found their seats at the end of the first inning, Auburn was already down 4-0 . . .
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