2020 Auburn Tigers baseball team

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2020 Auburn Tigers baseball
Auburn Tigers logo.svg
Conference Southeastern Conference
DivisionWestern Division
Ranking
CoachesNo. 17
CB No. 17
Record10–3 (0–0 SEC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home stadium Plainsman Park
Seasons
  2019
2021 
2020 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Eastern
No. 1 Florida  00 161 .941
Tennessee  00 152 .882
No. 3 Georgia  00 144 .778
South Carolina  00 124 .750
No. 6 Vanderbilt  00 135 .722
Missouri 00 115 .688
Kentucky  00 116 .647
Western
No. 8 Ole Miss  00 161 .941
Alabama  00 161 .941
Texas A&M  00 153 .833
No. 17 Mississippi State  00 124 .750
No. 18 Auburn  00 135 .722
No. 19 LSU  00 125 .706
No. 14 Arkansas  00 115 .688
Tournament champion
  • – ineligible for postseason due to NCAA sanctions
    As of August 24, 2023 [1]
    Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2020 Auburn Tigers baseball team will represent Auburn University in the 2020 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Tigers will play their home games at Plainsman Park.

Contents

Previous season

The Tigers finished 38–28 overall, and 14–16 in the conference. The Tigers won the Atlanta Regional and the Chapel Hill Super Regional in the 2019 NCAA Division I baseball tournament to advance to the College World Series for the first time since 1997.

Schedule and results

2020 Auburn Tigers Baseball Game Log
Regular Season
February
DateOpponentRankSite/stadiumScoreWinLossSaveTVAttendanceOverall recordSEC record
February 14 UIC No. 8 Plainsman Park
Auburn, AL
W 5–3T. Burns (1–0)J. Key (0–1)C. Greenhill (1) SECN+ 3,7531–0
February 15UICNo. 8Plainsman ParkW 18–1J. Owen (1–0)N. Oliff (0–1)SECN+3,8502–0
February 15UICNo. 8Plainsman ParkW 7–3 R. Fitts (1–0)M. McCabe (0–1)SECN+4,0613–0
February 16UICNo. 8Plainsman ParkW 14–0(7)B. Horn (1–0)B. Nicholson (0–1)SECN+2,0834–0
February 18 Oakland No. 8Plainsman Park
February 21 UCF No. 8Plainsman Park
February 22UCFNo. 8Plainsman Park
February 23UCFNo. 8Plainsman Park
February 25 Alabama A&M No. 20Plainsman Park
February 26Alabama A&MNo. 20Plainsman Park
February 28 Wright State No. 20Plainsman Park
February 29Wright StateNo. 20Plainsman Park
March
DateOpponentRankSite/stadiumScoreWinLossSaveTVAttendanceOverall recordSEC record
March 1Wright StateNo. 20Plainsman Park
March 3 Samford No. 19Plainsman Park
March 6 Chicago State No. 19Plainsman Park
March 7Chicago StateNo. 19Plainsman Park
March 8Chicago StateNo. 19Plainsman Park
March 10 Georgia Tech No. 18Plainsman Park
March 11 Wofford No. 18Plainsman Park
March 13 Texas A&M No. 18Plainsman Park
March 14Texas A&MNo. 18Plainsman Park
March 15Texas A&MNo. 18Plainsman Park
March 17 Alabama State Plainsman Park
March 20at Missouri Taylor Stadium
Columbia, MO
March 21at MissouriTaylor Stadium
March 22at MissouriTaylor Stadium
March 27at Alabama Sewell–Thomas Stadium
Tuscaloosa, AL
March 28at AlabamaSewell–Thomas Stadium
March 29at AlabamaSewell–Thomas Stadium
March 31 UAB Plainsman Park
April
DateOpponentRankSite/stadiumScoreWinLossSaveTVAttendanceOverall recordSEC record
April 3 Mississippi State Plainsman Park
April 4Mississippi StatePlainsman Park
April 5Mississippi StatePlainsman Park
April 7at Georgia Tech Russ Chandler Stadium
Atlanta, GA
April 9at Georgia Foley Field
Athens, GA
April 10at GeorgiaFoley Field
April 11at GeorgiaFoley Field
April 14at Samford Joe Lee Griffin Stadium
Birmingham, AL
April 17 Kentucky Plainsman Park
April 18KentuckyPlainsman Park
April 19KentuckyPlainsman Park
April 21 Florida A&M Plainsman Park
April 24at Arkansas Baum–Walker Stadium
Fayetteville, AR
April 25at ArkansasBaum–Walker Stadium
April 26at ArkansasBaum–Walker Stadium
May
DateOpponentRankSite/stadiumScoreWinLossSaveTVAttendanceOverall recordSEC record
May 1 Florida Plainsman Park
May 2FloridaPlainsman Park
May 3FloridaPlainsman Park
May 5at UAB Regions Field
Birmingham, AL
May 8at Ole Miss Swayze Field
Oxford, MS
May 9at Ole MissSwayze Field
May 10at Ole MissSwayze Field
May 14 LSU Plainsman Park
May 15LSUPlainsman Park
May 16LSUPlainsman Park
Post-Season
SEC Tournament
DateOpponentSeedSite/stadiumScoreWinLossSaveTVAttendanceOverall recordSECT record
May 19–24 Hoover Metropolitan Stadium
Hoover, AL
Legend:       = Win       = Loss       = Cancelled
Bold = Auburn team member
Schedule Source: [2]

*Rankings are based on the team's current ranking in the D1Baseball poll.

2020 MLB draft

PlayerPositionRoundOverallMLB Team
Tanner Burns RHPA36 Cleveland Indians
Bailey HornLHP5142 Chicago White Sox

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References

  1. "2020 Standings". Southeastern Conference. Retrieved March 12, 2020.
  2. @AUPPL (September 28, 2019). "Today's game program features the 2020 baseball slate. Tigers open with a massive 24 game home stand. UCF, Florida, Kentucky highlight the home slate. No Cap City Classic. Can't. Wait" (Tweet) via Twitter.