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Inside the Auburn Tigers Catcher Chase Fralick and pitcher Jackson Sanders will represent Auburn on the USA Baseball Collegiate National Team . . . "We've tried to play the long game," Thompson said. "Meaning we've valued the high school player, even guys that were good enough to start their pro career . . . Pitcher LJ Cormier, outfielder Mason McCraine, and first baseman Ethin Bingaman were all recognized by D1Baseball for their special seasons with the Auburn Tigers . . . "It's super exciting to think that I'm coming into something that is already a well-oiled machine . . . Sibley is the fifth pitcher to commit to Auburn via the transfer portal, and the fourth left-handed pitcher to join the Tigers' roster ahead of the 2027 season . . . He found everything he was looking for in Auburn and he knew right away once he got on campus. "It just felt like home . . . "We had the right pieces but didn't get it done when we needed to. But it was an awesome year . . . Auburn was dominant on the mound throughout the year . . . "I feel like coming to Auburn, the coaching staff is going to help me take that next step of development and turn me into that player I have always wanted to be . . . One valuable piece of Auburn's pitching staff is locking in another season on the Plains. Sophomore left-handed pitcher Jackson Sanders shared on Instagram this week that he is staying put and will pitch for the Auburn Tigers as a junior in 2027 . . . Beverley said he's excited about next season and playing for the Tigers. He will report to Auburn late in the summer following the Cape Cod League season . . . Saxon Roberts, Trevor Booten, and Justice de Jong are set to depart Auburn and search for new homes within the transfer portal . . . Carter's replacement seems to already be in the building. The Tigers recently secured a commitment from former Georgia State outfielder John Beverley, who hit .365 and stole 35 bases as a sophomore in 2026 . . . "We're going to bring a national championship back . . . Stevens is coming off the best year of his career at South Alabama and will have one season of eligibility at Auburn. The righty pitched in 19 games last year, posting a 2.53 ERA . . . 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 . . .
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