Game Notes

South Alabama Jaguars (6-5)
vs.
Auburn Tigers (9-3)

Tue., March 7 • Plainsman Park • Auburn, Ala. • 3 p.m.

Media Information
On the Radio:  Jaguar baseball games are broadcast live in Mobile on 99.5 FM The Jag, and also available via the iHeartRadio app. 

Live Streaming:  Tuesday's game will be broadcast on SEC Network+ and available on WatchESPN.com.

Live Stats:  Live stats for every South Alabama baseball game are available through the multimedia section of USAJaguars.com.

Twitter:  Follow the official Twitter account of South Alabama baseball — 
@SouthALBaseball — for news and updates.

Probable Starting Pitchers
Tue., March 7
USA - LHP Andy Arguelles (0-0)
AU - RHP Christian Camacho (0-0)

All-Time Series
South Alabama holds a 49-24 all-time lead over Auburn in a series that began in 1968. The Jaguars have won the last two meetings in the series, both of which came in Auburn in 2015 & '16. USA is 2-2 against the Tigers under head coach Mark Calvi.

Jag Notes
• South Alabama leads the Sun Belt Conference in batting average (.317) and on-base percentage (.435), ranks second in walks (65), runs scored (98), slugging percentage (.473) and triples (5), and third in stolen bases (18) and hits (118). The Jags rank ninth nationally in OBP, 17th in base on balls and 18th in runs scored.

• USA leads the SBC in fielding percentage (.984) despite committing three errors in three games last weekend at the Cox Diamond Invitational in Pensacola, Fla. South Alabama ranks 13th nationally in fielding percentage entering Tuesday's contest.

• Center fielder Travis Swaggerty carries a team-best eight-game hitting streak into Tuesday's contest, having recorded at least one hit in every game he has played in this season. Swaggerty has driven in runs in five of eight contests this year.

• First baseman Wells Davis has hit safely in a career-high six straight games, but does not have an RBI in his last four games played.

• Will Luft ranks second in the league in triples (2).

• Adam Wolfe ranks second in the SBC in home runs (3). 

• Drew LaBounty ranks third in the conference in walks (10).


LABOUNTY LAST WEEK
Shortstop Drew LaBounty batted .538 with two doubles, five RBI, two runs scored and two stolen bases while posting a .647 on-base percentage and 1.339 OPS in four games last week. He hit safely in all four games, while recording multiple hits in three of four contests, and drove in at least run in all four games including one multi-RBI performance.

TWO OR FEWER TO WIN
USA is 3-0 when allowing two or fewer runs, but is 3-5 when surrendering three or more.

FIRST-INNING RUNS
The Jaguars have scored 15 first-inning runs this season, but have not plated a run in the ninth inning this year.

TWO-OUT RBI
Of USA's 87 team RBI, 44 have come with two outs. Eddie Paparella leads the team with seven two-out RBI this season.

ARGUELLES MAKING SECOND CAREER START
Freshman left-hander Andy Arguelles is scheduled to make his second career start in Tuesday's contest at Auburn. The southpaw made his first career start in last week's win over New Orleans, and finished with a career-high four strikeouts but also allowed four runs in 2 2/3 innings without factoring in the decision. 

WOLFE'S THREE-HOME RUN DAY AT BAYLOR
Senior outfielder Adam Wolfe went 3-for-4 with three home runs, five RBI and three runs scored in the Feb. 26 series finale at Baylor. Wolfe became the first Jaguar to hit three home runs in a game since David Doss homered three times against UAB in 2009 in a tournament in Waco, Texas.

MELTON NAMED SBC PITCHER OF THE WEEK
Jaguar left-hander Zach Melton was named the SBC Pitcher of the Week on Feb. 21 after tossing six no-hit innings while striking out nine batters and issuing one walk in his first career start against Eastern Illinois on Feb. 18. He retired the final 13 batters he faced in the game following a two-out walk in the second inning.

JAGS SET SCHOOL RECORDS IN FIRST SERIES OF 2017
South Alabama's 32 runs and 30 RBI against Eastern Illinois on opening weekend set new school single-game records, breaking the previous records of 29 runs and 26 RBI which was set in 2013 against New Orleans at Stanky Field.

PAPARELLA TIES RBI RECORD    
Eddie Paparella tied former Jaguar Alex Pastore's single-game RBI record with nine RBI in USA's 32-0 win over Eastern Illinois earlier this season. Paparella finished 5-for-6 with a triple, a home run, nine RBI and four runs scored in the game. Pastore's nine-RBI performance came against Auburn in 1973.