Observations: Auburn baseball takes two big home wins vs. OU

Make it four straight SEC series wins for the Tigers, who used the long ball and timely pitching and defense to get it done this weekend.

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AUBURN — For the fourth week in a row, Auburn baseball has won an SEC series — this time by taking two out of three from Oklahoma at Plainsman Park.

And, for the second week in a row, Auburn has won a series against a team with a top-20 RPI ranking.

And, with that, Auburn has jumped up to sole possession of fifth place in the SEC standings.

Auburn head coach Butch Thompson could not be more thrilled about all of it.

“A good, hard-fought weekend for us,” Thompson said Sunday. “Starting two weeks ago, we got the toughest back-end schedule, five weeks of anybody in college baseball. I’m thankful we were able to bounce back from last night and win a series.”

In the last three weeks, Auburn has faced off against the No. 31, No. 13 and No. 17 ranked teams in the RPI and has won each series.

It only gets more difficult.

Next up is a trip to College Station to take on No. 7 Texas A&M before heading to Dudy Noble to take on No. 16 Mississippi State.

The good news is Auburn will be back home for its final series of the season. The team the Tigers will host at Plainsman Park? The Georgia Bulldogs, who currently own sole possession of first place in the SEC standings.

So, even though Auburn is playing some of its best baseball of the season, which Thompson is happy about to an extent, the message has stayed the same: Chop wood, carry water.

“Throw the feelings out,” Thompson said regarding his team’s attitude down the stretch. “Keep the head down and keep going. We’ve got to keep growing as a ball club. If we stay the same or take the focus off where it needs to be, there’s consequences with the schedule remaining.”

So while Thompson and his team won’t be looking back on their most recent series win, we can! Here are four big Observations from Auburn’s home series win over Oklahoma over the weekend.`

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