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Auburn Media Relations Keep this mind as the Tigers move on to regionals. They won't face a team as strong as Vanderbilt or Alabama. That probably includes in a super regional if they get there . . . Auburn's Bryson Ware made history by hitting his 24th home run of the season, breaking Auburn's single-season record . . . Auburn and Alabama meeting today adds some real juice. The Hoover Met will be rocking . . . Coach Butch Thompson's Tigers will now have to knock off rival Alabama in the second game on Thursday to keep their hopes alive of an SEC Tournament championship . . . Wednesday night's loss means the Tigers will have to regroup quickly in preparation for an elimination game in the afternoon (pitch time slated for 1 p.m.) against rival Alabama . . . "We'll play at Plainsman Park next week . . . Denver Bryant, has entered the transfer portal, becoming the fifth member of the 2023 roster to announce such a move . . . Auburn started off cold in conference play and surged to become the hottest team in the country over the back half of the schedule . . . With Stanfield on first and Nate LaRue on third, Cole Foster stepped into the batter's box and delivered a three-run blast over the wall in right field to give Auburn the lead, a lead it did not lose the rest of the game. Foster's home run was his 12th of the season and measured at a projected distance of 416 feet . . . With the round of 16 appearances, Ansari and Arseneault have each qualified for the 2023 ITA Singles All-American team. The Auburn duo will become the third and fourth singles All-Americans in program history . . . When Auburn's Bobby Pierce was thrown out at home, he came up short of the plate because he had nowhere to slide. His only path to the plate would have been through the catcher . . . Auburn, which has won nine-straight, moved into the double-elimination portion of the tournament and will face fourth-seeded Vanderbilt in Wednesday's late game . . . While the offense will get the headlines, the story of the game was the relief pitching of Chase Isbell and Zach Crotchfelt . . . D1Baseball's latest Field of 64 projection favors the Tigers, as they have dubbed them the No. 12 overall seed in the upcoming NCAA Baseball Tournament . . . Cole himself lost the ball, saying after the game, "As soon as I hit it, I looked at my dugout and blacked out completely . . . Auburn's game against No. 4 seed Vanderbilt in the night's final game will be a challenging one . . . Auburn escaped the single-elimination first round with the win against Missouri . . . The announcement that shook the Auburn fan base is the one made by Bri Ellis, the power-hitting first baseman for the Tigers . . . With Alabama, Auburn, Kentucky, South Carolina and Tennessee all in action in win-or-go-home games, not everyone will get the chance to boost their resume with a deep tournament run . . . "Auburn is truly one of a kind. It breaks my heart, but I must do what is right for myself in this journey . . . "You go through the hard times to make the good times that much sweeter . . . "Broome will have a monster year if he goes back to Auburn . . . "Every game for the rest of the year for the Auburn Tigers is about trying to do everything to stay on process and get favorable outcomes when we look up at the end of the day. Not do more. Not take the foot off the gas because it's hard to get it back. It took us half of SEC play to find ourselves and we're not going to confuse things now . . . Where is Auburn in the final SEC baseball power rankings? . . . SEC Baseball Tournament 2023: Tuesday's schedule and bracket predictions . . . Auburn softball first baseman Bri Ellis, catcher/designated player Jessie Blaine and outfielder Lindsey Garcia have entered the transfer portal . . . "We finished as strong as we could after the first half," Thompson said. "Even the benchmark and the goal we set for them, they shattered that. Kudos to the team . . . Bryson Ware, Ike Irish, and Kason Howell were named to All-SEC teams Monday on the heels of the team finishing the regular season with eight straight SEC wins . . . Auburn LHP Tommy Vail (5-1, 3.38) will toe the rubber vs. Missouri hurler Jr. LHP Javyn Pimental (1-1, 6.26). Auburn is 10-2 in games that Vail starts . . . Watch: Coach Butch Thompson talks about the plans to pitch Tommy Vail in the opener, his team's postseason outlook, and much more . . . The Auburn Tigers turned around their season at the right time. After dropping their four of their first five SEC series, Auburn would close the season with five straight series wins . . . In Auburn's three game sweep against Missouri, Irish went 4-for-12 with three runs, two doubles, one homer and four RBI. He extended his reached base streak to a season-best 19 games and scored a run in all three contests . . . Entering the game with Auburn trailing 9-3 in the fourth inning, Copeland allowed just two unearned runs the rest of the way to give his offense a chance to respond. That's what they did, scoring nine runs in the final four innings to take a thrilling 12-11 victory. From that moment on, Auburn has been a different team . . . Some awards to this Tigers ball club . . . SEC Baseball Tournament seedings plus first-round pairings . . . "After playing through the bracket and having a late night, I am so proud of the fight our team had to force a game seven," Dean said . . . Auburn's season is over after a 5-1 loss against Clemson in the NCAA Regional . . . Schoenrock was the steadying force for Thompson and the pitching staff when things weren't going so well . . . In order to advance to the Super Regional round, Auburn must beat Clemson twice. Sunday's action gets underway at 11 am CT at McWhorter Stadium in Clemson . . . 2023 SEC Tournament Game 4 - #5 Auburn vs. #12 Missouri: Tuesday, May 23, TBD; Hoover Metropolitan Stadium, Hoover, Ala.; SEC Network . . .
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