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Takeaways from Auburn's double-header with Southeastern Louisiana

What did we learn from Auburn's series loss to Southeastern Louisiana?

Andrew Stefaniak

Takeaways from Auburn's double-header with Southeastern Louisiana
Takeaways from Auburn's double-header with Southeastern Louisiana /

Auburn loses both games of the Saturday double-header with Southeastern Louisiana leading to the Tigers first series loss of the season. 

The injury bug hit the Tigers as Cole Foster wasn't able to go in either of these ball games with an abdominal injury. 

So the question is what can we take away from these ball games? 

Well there are a few positives and a few negatives. 

Positives

Zach Crotchfelt
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Zach Crotchfelt had another excellent outing for the Tigers. The freshman threw five scoreless innings, only allowing three hits and striking out five. His changeup looked great in this ball game, helping him to change speeds well and throw off the hitter's timing. Crotchfelt will be great for the Tigers this season and the rest of his Auburn career. 

Ike Irish will not stop mashing baseballs. Irish was 5-9 in the two games of the doubleheader to go with three rbi's. He has been constant offense for this team so far this season. Irish has 31 hits and is batting .477 this year. This freshman has been special and will be for a very long time. 

Chris Stanfield showed the power and speed on Saturday. Stanfield hit his first career home run in game one of the doubleheader and also beat out an infield single. Stanfield was 3-6 on the day driving in four over the two ball games. He is the Tiger's center fielder of the future but has firmly secured himself in the starting lineup with his play. 

Negatives

Chase Allsup
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The Auburn bullpen struggled mightily on Saturday as the Tigers had to throw a lot of young arms. Drew Nelson and Trevor Horne had good outings, but aside from these two, it was a rough day. Auburn will have to find some more consistent arms out of the bullpen if they want to have a good record in conference play. 

Auburn isn't healthy heading into SEC play. Bobby Peirce is still dealing with a nagging injury, and Cole Foster got banged up during batting practice before the doubleheader. Joseph Gonzalez's health is still up in the air. With Arkansas on the schedule for next weekend, the Tigers need these players healthy, and they need it fast. It could be a rough weekend if these guys aren't in the lineup. 

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