2019 Auburn Tigers baseball team


The 2019 Auburn Tigers baseball team represented Auburn University in the 2019 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Tigers played their home games at Plainsman Park.

2019 Auburn Tigers baseball
Atlanta Regional champions
Chapel Hill Super Regional champions
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
DivisionWestern Division
Ranking
CoachesNo. 9
CBNo. 8
Record38–28 (14–16 SEC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Karl Nonemaker (1st season)
  • Gabe Gross (2nd season)
Pitching coachSteve Smith (2nd season)
Home stadiumPlainsman Park
Seasons
← 2018
2020 →
2019 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
Eastern
No. 1 Vanderbilt  xy 23 7 0   .767 58 12 0   .829
No. 18 Georgia  ‍‍‍y 21 9 0   .700 46 17 0   .730
Tennessee  ‍‍‍y 14 16 0   .467 40 21 0   .656
Missouri  ‍‍‍ 13 16 1   .450 34 22 1   .605
Florida  ‍‍‍y 13 17 0   .433 34 26 0   .567
South Carolina  ‍‍‍ 8 22 0   .267 28 28 0   .500
Kentucky  ‍‍‍ 7 23 0   .233 26 29 0   .473
Western
No. 5 Mississippi State  x‍‍‍y 20 10 0   .667 52 15 0   .776
No. 6 Arkansas  x‍‍‍y 20 10 0   .667 46 20 0   .697
No. 14 LSU  ‍‍‍y 17 13 0   .567 40 26 0   .606
No. 20 Texas A&M  ‍‍‍y 16 13 1   .550 39 23 1   .627
No. 12 Ole Miss  ‍‍‍y 16 14 0   .533 41 27 0   .603
No. 9 Auburn  ‍‍‍y 14 16 0   .467 38 28 0   .576
Alabama  ‍‍‍ 7 23 0   .233 30 26 0   .536
x – Division champion
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 25, 2019[1]
Rankings from D1Baseball

Preseason

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Preseason All-American teams

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2nd Team

  • Tanner Burns - Starting Pitcher (D1Baseball)[2]
  • Will Holland - Middle Infielder (Perfect Game)[3]

3rd Team

SEC media poll

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The SEC media poll was released on February 7, 2019 with the Tigers predicted to finish in fourth place in the Western Division.[6]

Media poll (West)
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1 LSU 88 (10)
2 Ole Miss 65 (1)
3 Arkansas 59 (1)
4 Auburn 57 (1)
5 Texas A&M 48 (1)
6 Mississippi State 47
7 Alabama 21

Preseason All-SEC teams

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1st Team

  • Tanner Burns - Starting Pitcher

Roster

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2019 Auburn Tigers roster
 

Pitchers

  • 8 Bailey Horn -   Sophomore
  • 12 Ryan Hoerter - Sophomore
  • 13 Davis Daniel - Junior
  • 14 Elliott Anderson - Junior
  • 18 Brooks Fuller - Freshman
  • 20 Cody Greenhill - Sophomore
  • 22 Ford Luttrell -   Freshman
  • 23 Peyton Glavine - Sophomore
  • 25 Dawson Sweatt - Freshman
  • 29 Carson Skipper - Freshman
  • 31 Blake Schilleci - Senior
  • 32 Tanner Burns - Sophomore
  • 33 Will Morrison - Freshman
  • 36 Kyle Gray -   Junior
  • 37 Ryan Watson - Junior
  • 40 Garrett Wade - Freshman
  • 43 Richard Fitts -   Freshman
  • 44 Jack Owen - Sophomore
 

Catchers

  • 6 Matt Scheffler - Junior
  • 11 Chase Hall -   Junior
  • 26 Troy Bearden - Freshman

Infielders

  • 2 Everett Lau - Junior
  • 3 Devin Warner - Freshman
  • 4 Rankin Woley - Junior
  • 5 Jarrett Eaton - Freshman
  • 7 Ed Johnson - Freshman
  • 9 Ryan Bliss - Freshman
  • 10 Edouard Julien - Sophomore
  • 17 Will Holland - Junior
  • 19 Brody Moore - Freshman
  • 21 Jackson Henderson - Junior
  • 38 Brett Olson -   Senior
 

Outfielders

  • 1 Judd Ward - Sophomore
  • 16 Kason Howell - Freshman
  • 24 Conor Davis - Junior
  • 41 Steven Williams - Sophomore
 

Coaching staff

  • Butch Thompson – Head coach – 4th year
  • Karl Nonemaker – Assistant coach – 1st year
  • Gabe Gross – Assistant coach – 2nd year
  • Greg Drye – Director of operations – 3rd year

Schedule and results

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Legend
  Auburn win
  Auburn loss
  Postponement
Bold Auburn team member
2019 Auburn Tigers baseball game log
Regular season (32–23)
February (6–2)
Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SEC record
Feb. 15 Georgia Southern No. 22 Plainsman Park
Auburn, Alabama
11–2 Anderson (1–0) Shuman (0–1) Skipper (1) SECN+ 3,053 1–0
Feb. 16 Georgia Southern No. 22 Plainsman Park 5–7 McAlister (1–0) Watson (0–1) SECN+ 4,096 1–1
Feb. 17 Georgia Southern No. 22 Plainsman Park 4–3 Owen (1–0) Roberts (0–1) 3,220 2–1
Feb. 19 Alabama A&M No. 22 Plainsman Park 10–1 Skipper (1–0) Diaz Jr. (0–1) SECN+ 2,457 3–1
Feb. 20 Alabama A&M No. 22 Plainsman Park 10–2 Wade (1–0) Hovermill (0–1) 2,365 4–1
Feb. 22 at UCF No. 22 John Euliano Park
Orlando, Florida
4–1 Burns (1–0) Schuermann (0–1) Greenhill (1) 1,517 5–1
Feb. 23 at UCF No. 22 John Euliano Park 1–6 Holloway (1–0) Gray (0–1) 1,803 5–2
Feb. 24 at UCF No. 22 John Euliano Park 13–9 Skipper (2–0) Sinclair (1–1) 1,641 6–2
March (16–4)
Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SEC record
Mar. 1 Cincinnati No. 21 Plainsman Park 5–0 Burns (2−0) Kullman (0–2) SECN+ 3,544 7–2
Mar. 2 (1) Cincinnati No. 21 Plainsman Park 5–0 Owen (2–0) Kroger (0–1) Greenhill (2) SECN+ DH 8–2
Mar. 2 (2) Cincinnati No. 21 Plainsman Park 9–5 Anderson (2–0) Batcho (0–2) Fuller (1) SECN+ 7,387 9–2
Mar. 5 UT Martin No. 19 Plainsman Park 15–9 Fitts (1–0) O'Doherty (0–1) SECN+ 2,621 10–2
Mar. 6 UT Martin No. 19 Plainsman Park 2–0 Wade (2–0) Bullington (0–2) Skipper (2) SECN+ 2,512 11–2
Mar. 8 UTSA No. 19 Plainsman Park 6–0 Burns (3–0) Patel (0–2) SECN+ 3,087 12–2
Mar. 9 (1) UTSA No. 19 Plainsman Park 5–0 Owen (3–0) Foust (2–1) DH 13–2
Mar. 9 (2) UTSA No. 19 Plainsman Park 8–3 Fuller (1–0) Harrison (0–1) 6,569 14–2
Mar. 12 at South Alabama No. 18  Eddie Stanky Field
Mobile, Alabama
6–2 Wade (3–0)  Proctor (0–2)      2,831 15–2
Mar. 15 No. 23 Tennessee No. 18 Plainsman Park 2–0  Anderson (3–0)  Stallings (4–1)   Greenhill (3) SECN+ 3,060 16–2 1–0
Mar. 16 No. 23 Tennessee No. 18  Plainsman Park 5–2  Fuller (1–0)  Linginfelter (4–1)    SECN 3,513 17–2 2–0
Mar. 17 No. 23 Tennessee No. 18 Plainsman Park 5–3  Gray (1–1)  Crochet (1–1)    SECN+ 3,401 18–2 3–0
Mar. 19 at UAB No. 12 Regions Field
Birmingham, Alabama
13–5 Horn (1–0) Bohannon (1–1) 4,037 19–2
Mar. 22 at No. 2 Mississippi State No. 12 Dudy Noble Field
Starkville, Mississippi
6–5 Anderson (4–0) White (1–1) Greenhill (4) SECN+ 10,029 20–2 4–0
Mar. 23 at No. 2 Mississippi State No. 12 Dudy Noble Field 2–15 Ginn (6–0) Skipper (3–1) SECN+ 12,343 20–3 4–1
Mar. 24 at No. 2 Mississippi State No. 12 Dudy Noble Field 15–20 Gordon (3–0) Greenhill (0–1) SECN+ 9,886 20–4 4–2
Mar. 26 vs. Alabama No. 15 Montgomery Riverwalk Stadium
Montgomery, Alabama
3–6 Randolph (1–0) Gray (1–2) SECN 7,896 20–5
Mar. 29 at South Carolina No. 15 Founders Park
Columbia, South Carolina
4–2 Burns (4–0) Lloyd (2–2) Greenhill (5) SECN+ 6,898 21–5 5–2
Mar. 30 at South Carolina No. 15 Founders Park 0–4 Morgan (3–0) Fuller (1–1) SECN 7,390 21–6 5–3
Mar. 31 at South Carolina No. 15 Founders Park 7–5 Fitts (2–0) Shook (2–1) Greenhill (6) SECN 6,564 22–6 6–3
April (5–11)
Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SEC record
April 2 Georgia Tech No. 15 Plainsman Park 3–9 Hughes (3–2) Gray (1–3) SECN+ 3,626 22–7
April 5 (1) No. 14 Arkansas No. 15 Plainsman Park 6–3 Anderson (5–0) Kopps (1–3) Greenhill (7) SECN+ DH 23–7 7–3
April 5 (2) No. 14 Arkansas No. 15 Plainsman Park 6–9 Kopps (2–3) Skipper (3–2) SECN+ 7,332 23–8 7–4
April 6 No. 14 Arkansas No. 15 Plainsman Park 0–8 Wicklander (3–1) Fitts (2–1) Vermillion (1) SECN+ 3,731 23–9 7–5
April 9 Jacksonville State No. 22 Plainsman Park 6–11 Gilliland (1–0) Anderson (5–1) SECN+ 2,838 23–10
April 12 at No. 10 Texas A&M No. 22 Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park
College Station, Texas
0–4 Doxakis (4–2) Burns (4–1) SECN+ 5,873 23–11 7–6
April 13 at No. 10 Texas A&M No. 22 Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park 7–0 Fuller (2–1) Lacy (6–1) Greenhill (8) SECN+ 7,037 24–11 8–6
April 14 at No. 10 Texas A&M No. 22 Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park 1–4 Weber (2–0) Fitts (2–2) Kalich (9) SECN+ 5,516 24–12 8–7
April 16 at No. 11 Georgia Tech Russ Chandler Stadium
Atlanta, Georgia
6–11 Hughes (5–2) Schilleci (0–1) ACCN Extra 1,657 24–13
April 18 No. 15 Ole Miss Plainsman Park 7–4 Fitts (3–2) Ethridge (5–3) Greenhill (9) SECN+ 3,409 25–13 9–7
April 19 No. 15 Ole Miss Plainsman Park 3–5 Nikhazy (4–3) Burns (4–2) Caracci (8) SECN+ 3,100 25–14 9–8
April 20 No. 15 Ole Miss Plainsman Park 6–5 Greenhill (1–1) Caracci (1–2) SECN+ 3,614 26–14 10–8
April 23 at Jacksonville State No. 25 Rudy Abbott Field
Jacksonville, Alabama
14–2 Glavine (1–0) Gilliland (1–1) ESPN+ 1,882 27–14
April 25 at No. 5 Vanderbilt No. 25 Hawkins Field
Nashville, Tennessee
6–12 Fellows (9–0) Burns (4–3) Hickman (3) ESPNU 3,050 27–15 10–9
April 26 at No. 5 Vanderbilt No. 25 Hawkins Field 2-5 Rocker (5–4) Fitts (3–3) Fisher (3) SECN 3,534 27–16 10–10
April 27 at No. 5 Vanderbilt No. 25 Hawkins Field 5-9 Raby (7–1) Fuller (2–2) SECN+ 3,626 27–17 10–11
May (5–6)
Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SEC record
May 3 Alabama Plainsman Park 5–1 Owen (4–0) Finnerty (6–6) SECN+ 3,982 28–17 11–11
May 4 Alabama Plainsman Park 6–7 Randolph (2–2) Greenhill (1–2) Medders (1) SECN 3,532 28–18 11–12
May 5 Alabama Plainsman Park 17–7 Horn (2–0) Guffey (0–1) SECN 3,665 29–18 12–12
May 7 UAB Plainsman Park 4–6 Wesson (2–2) Skipper (3–3) Calvert (4) SECN+ 2,797 29–19
May 10 No. 7 Georgia Plainsman Park 2–11 Locey (9–1) Owen (4–1) SECN+ 3,703 29–20 12–13
May 11 (1) No. 7 Georgia Plainsman Park 4–3 Greenhill (2–2) Wilcox (2–1) SECN+ DH 30–20 13–13
May 11 (2) No. 7 Georgia Plainsman Park 8–10 Kristofak (4–0) Schilleci (0–2) SECN+ 3,340 30–21 13–14
May 14 North Alabama Plainsman Park 8–7 Gray (2–3) Gillum (0–2) SECN+ 3,310 31–21
May 16 at No. 20 LSU Alex Box Stadium
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
1–7 Walker (5–4) Anderson (5–2) SECN+ 10,305 31–22 13–15
May 17 at No. 20 LSU Alex Box Stadium 1–5 Marceaux (4–2) Owen (4–2) Hess (2) SECN+ 11,009 31–23 13–16
May 18 at No. 20 LSU Alex Box Stadium 5–4 Watson (1–1) Hess (3–5) Fuller (1) SECN+ 10,681 32–23 14–16
Postseason (6–3)
SEC Tournament (1–2)
Date Opponent Seed/Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SECT Record
May 21 vs. (9) Tennessee (8) Hoover Metropolitan Stadium
Hoover, Alabama
5–3 Horn (3–0) Stallings (8–4) Greenhill (10) SECN 33–23 1–0
May 22 vs. (1) Vanderbilt (8) Hoover Metropolitan Stadium 1–11 Hickman (7–0) Gray (2–4) SECN 33–24 1–1
May 23 vs. (5) LSU (8) Hoover Metropolitan Stadium 3–4 Peterson (5–2) Greenhill (2–3) SECN 6,891 33–25 1–2
Atlanta Regional (3–0)
Date Opponent Seed/Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record Regional Record
May 31 vs. (3) Coastal Carolina (2) Russ Chandler Stadium
Atlanta, Georgia
16–7 Anderson (6–2) Veneziano (5–3) ESPNU 2,487 34–25 1–0
June 1 vs. (1) No. 3 Georgia Tech (2) Russ Chandler Stadium 6–5 Fitts (4–3) Thomas (9–2) SECN 3,718 35–25 2–0
June 2 vs. (1) No. 3 Georgia Tech (2) Russ Chandler Stadium 4–1 Horn (4–0) Carpenter (1–2) Greenhill (11) ESPN3 3,718 36–25 3–0
Chapel Hill Super Regional (2–1)
Date Opponent Seed/Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record Regional Record
June 8 vs. (1) No. 14 North Carolina (2) Boshamer Stadium
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
11–7 Anderson (7–2) Lancellotti (6–3) Greenhill (12) ESPN2 3,699 37–25 1–0
June 9 vs. (1) No. 14 North Carolina (2) Boshamer Stadium 0–2 Love (8–4) Horn (4–1) ESPN 3,718 37–26 1–1
June 10 vs. (1) No. 14 North Carolina (2) Boshamer Stadium 14–7 Fitts (5–3) Lancellotti (6–4) ESPN2 4,089 38–26 2–1
College World Series (0–2)
Date Opponent Seed/Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record CWS record
June 16 vs. No. 6 Mississippi State TD Ameritrade Park
Omaha, Nebraska
4–5 Gordon (5–0) Burns (4–4) ESPN2 22,671 38–27 0–1
June 18 vs. No. 7 Louisville TD Ameritrade Park 3–5 Elliott (3–2) Horn (4–2) Kirian (5) ESPN 14,481 38–28 0–2

† Indicates the game does not count toward the 2019 Southeastern Conference standings.
*Rankings are based on the team's current ranking in the D1Baseball poll.

Atlanta Regional

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Atlanta Regional Teams
(1) Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets (2) Auburn Tigers (3) Coastal Carolina Chanticleers (4) Florida A&M Rattlers
First RoundSemi-FinalsFinals
1Georgia Tech13
4Florida A&M2
1Georgia Tech5
2Auburn6
3Coastal Carolina7
2Auburn16
2Auburn
1Georgia Tech
Lower round 1Lower final
1Georgia Tech10
4Florida A&M43Coastal Carolina8
3Coastal Carolina9

Record vs. conference opponents

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Last two do not qualify for conf. tourn. Blank are not scheduled. Blue are home games, otherwise away.

Source: 2019 SEC baseball game results

Team W–L ALA ARK AUB FLA UGA KEN LSU MSU MIZZ MISS SCAR TENN TAMU VAN Team Div SR SW
ALA 7–23 1–2 1–2 0–3 0–3 . 1–2 0–3 . 1–2 2–1 . 1–2 0–3 ALA W7 1–9 0–4
ARK 20–10 2–1 2–1 . . 2–1 3–0 2–1 3–0 1–2 . 3–0 1–2 1–2 ARK W1 7–3 3–0
AUB 14–16 2–1 1–2 . 1–2 . 1–2 1–2 . 2–1 2–1 3–0 1–2 0–3 AUB W6 4–6 1–1
FLA 13–17 3–0 . . 0–3 2–1 1–2 1–2 3–0 0–3 2–1 1–2 . 0–3 FLA E5 4–6 2–3
UGA 21–9 3–0 . 2–1 3–0 2–1 2–1 0–3 3–0 . 3–0 1–2 . 2–1 UGA E2 8–2 4–1
KEN 7–23 . 1–2 . 1–2 1–2 0–3 . 1–2 2–1 1–2 0–3 0–3 0–3 KEN E7 1–9 0–4
LSU 17–13 2–1 0–3 2–1 2–1 1–2 3–0 3–0 1–2 1–2 . . 2–1 . LSU W3 6–4 2–1
MSU 20–10 3–0 1–2 2–1 2–1 3–0 . 0–3 . 3–0 2–1 2–1 2–1 . MSU W2 8–2 3–1
MIZZ 13–16 . 0–3 . 0–3 0–3 2–1 2–1 . 2–1 3–0 2–1 1–1 1–2 MIZZ E4 5–4 1–3
MISS 16–14 2–1 2–1 1–2 3–0 . 1–2 2–1 0–3 1–2 . 1–2 3–0 . MISS W5 5–5 2–1
SCAR 8–22 1–2 . 1–2 1–2 0–3 2–1 . 1–2 0–3 . 1–2 1–2 0–3 SCAR E6 1–9 0–3
TENN 14–16 . 0–3 0–3 2–1 2–1 3–0 . 1–2 1–2 2–1 2–1 . 1–2 TENN E3 5–5 1–2
TAMU 16–13 2–1 2–1 2–1 . . 3–0 1–2 1–2 1–1 0–3 2–1 . 2–1 TAMU W4 6–3 1–1
VAN 23–7 3–0 2–1 3–0 3–0 1–2 3–0 . . 2–1 . 3–0 2–1 1–2 VAN E1 8–2 5–0
Team W–L ALA ARK AUB FLA UGA KEN LSU MSU MIZZ MISS SCAR TENN TAMU VAN Team Div SR SW

Updated for entire regular season. Missouri at Texas A&M series had one tie game.

Rankings

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Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
Week
PollPre12345678910111213141516Final
Coaches'[7]2020*
Baseball America[8]17
Collegiate Baseball^[9]23
NCBWA[10]19
D1Baseball2222211918121515

^ Collegiate Baseball ranked 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranked 30 teams weekly during the season.
NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
* A new poll was not released for this week, so for comparison purposes, the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.

2019 MLB draft

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Player Position Round Overall MLB Team
Will Holland SS 5 149 Minnesota Twins
Davis Daniel RHP 7 211 Los Angeles Angels
Edouard Julien 3B 18 539 Minnesota Twins
Jack Owen LHP 21 635 St. Louis Cardinals
Elliott Anderson LHP 23 679 Kansas City Royals

References

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  1. ^ "2019 SEC Baseball Standings". Southeastern Conference. Retrieved June 25, 2019.
  2. ^ "2019 D1Baseball Preseason All-Americans". D1Baseball. January 21, 2019. Retrieved January 21, 2019.
  3. ^ Rooney, Mike; Ebert, Patrick (January 8, 2019). "College Preseason All-Americans". Perfect Game. Retrieved January 8, 2019.
  4. ^ "Collegiate Baseball 2019 All-Americans". Collegiate Baseball Newspaper. December 17, 2018. Retrieved January 8, 2019.
  5. ^ "NCBWA ANNOUNCES 2019 PRESEASON ALL-AMERICA TEAM". NCBWA. February 5, 2019. Retrieved February 5, 2019.
  6. ^ "Vanderbilt picked to win 2019 SEC Baseball Championship".
  7. ^ "USA Today Coaches' Poll". Archived from the original on July 10, 2017. Retrieved April 5, 2018.
  8. ^ "Baseball America Poll". baseballamerica.com. Retrieved December 22, 2018.
  9. ^ "2018 Collegiate Baseball Polls - Collegiate Baseball Newspaper". baseballnews.com. Retrieved December 22, 2018.
  10. ^ "NCBWA > News". sportswriters.net. Retrieved December 22, 2018.