NCAA Baseball Preview/Prediction: Auburn Regional

NCAA Regional Preview-Auburn

Southern Miss, Samford, Auburn and Penn meet in the NCAA Baseball Auburn Regional this weekend. Look inside for a regional preview and prediction.

By 14Powers SEC Baseball Staff

Series Schedule-Friday

#2 Southern Miss. (41-17) vs. #3 Samford (36-23), 2 p.m., ESPN+
#1 Auburn (34-21-1) vs. #4 Penn (32-14), 7 p.m., ESPN+

Team Statistical Comparisons

Statistic Team National
Rank
Conference
Rank
Value
Base on Balls Southern Miss.
Auburn
Samford
Penn
65
83
100
243
8
9
3
3
284
275
263
204
Batting Avg. Penn
Auburn
Southern Miss.
Samford
83
87
126
136
2
5
8
5
0.291
0.291
0.285
0.283
Double Plays Samford
Auburn
Southern Miss.
Penn
48
131
194
254
3
6
12
4
45
38
33
27
Double Plays Per Game Samford
Auburn
Penn
Southern Miss.
91
151
215
227
4
4
6
13
0.76
0.68
0.59
0.57
Doubles Southern Miss.
Auburn
Samford
Penn
48
74
86
123
4
1
2
2
118
112
109
103
Doubles Per Game Penn
Southern Miss.
Auburn
Samford
34
72
82
145
3
5
1
5
2.24
2.03
2.00
1.85
Earned Run Avg. Penn
Southern Miss.
Auburn
Samford
9
42
136
159
1
1
10
3
4.00
4.60
5.80
6.00
Fielding % Auburn
Samford
Penn
Southern Miss.
35
39
58
121
8
3
2
4
0.978
0.978
0.976
0.971
Hit Batters Southern Miss.
Auburn
Penn
Samford
110
148
189
202
8
3
4
6
70
65
60
58
Hit by Pitch Southern Miss.
Samford
Auburn
Penn
50
113
138
174
6
3
9
2
87
70
67
60
Hits Southern Miss.
Auburn
Samford
Penn
84
89
100
220
6
4
5
2
562
558
553
475
Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings Penn
Southern Miss.
Auburn
Samford
6
14
113
147
1
1
12
3
7.57
8.09
9.50
9.87
Home Runs Samford
Auburn
Southern Miss.
Penn
20
55
75
223
2
8
6
3
101
84
78
44
Home Runs Per Game Samford
Auburn
Southern Miss.
Penn
28
55
89
191
2
9
6
3
1.71
1.50
1.34
0.96
On Base % Auburn
Southern Miss.
Penn
Samford
80
81
114
133
8
9
2
5
0.393
0.393
0.387
0.383
Runs Auburn
Southern Miss.
Samford
Penn
82
88
103
197
9
9
4
2
414
409
397
340
Sacrifice Bunts Samford
Penn
Auburn
Southern Miss.
137
164
179
257
6
2
6
14
19
17
16
10
Sacrifice Flies Auburn
Southern Miss.
Samford
Penn
84
84
98
250
9
5
4
2
27
27
26
16
Scoring Auburn
Penn
Southern Miss.
Samford
82
83
118
148
8
2
10
5
7.4
7.4
7.1
6.7
Shutouts Southern Miss.
Samford
Auburn
Penn
31
98
165
165
2
3
11
4
4
2
1
1
Slugging % Samford
Auburn
Southern Miss.
Penn
42
59
86
110
3
8
5
3
0.504
0.491
0.473
0.462
Stolen Bases Southern Miss.
Auburn
Penn
Samford
155
197
197
246
10
10
5
7
56
46
46
35
Stolen Bases Per Game Penn
Southern Miss.
Auburn
Samford
164
171
210
262
6
10
10
7
1.00
0.97
0.82
0.59
Strikeout-to-Walk Ratio Southern Miss.
Penn
Samford
Auburn
23
39
105
176
1
1
2
13
2.60
2.41
1.99
1.72
Strikeouts Per 9 Innings Penn
Southern Miss.
Samford
Auburn
8
17
75
90
1
3
1
14
10.8
10.4
9.0
8.9
Triple Plays
Triples Penn
Auburn
Samford
Southern Miss.
12
162
162
162
1
6
5
7
22
10
10
10
Triples Per Game Penn
Auburn
Southern Miss.
Samford
5
182
190
195
1
6
7
6
0.48
0.18
0.17
0.17
WHIP Penn
Southern Miss.
Samford
Auburn
19
21
142
159
1
1
2
12
1.34
1.34
1.60
1.63
WL Pct Southern Miss.
Penn
Auburn
Samford
17
21
64
66
1
1
9
2
0.707
0.696
0.616
0.610
Walks Allowed Per 9 Innings Southern Miss.
Penn
Samford
Auburn
60
130
141
218
1
2
2
12
3.98
4.49
4.55
5.17

Key Players

Southern Miss: OF Slade Wilks 20 HRs, OF Matthew Etzel 22 SB, P Tanner Hall 2.23 ERA.
Samford: INF Jayden Davis .363 BA, INF John Anderson 22 HR, P Jacob Cravey 3.19 ERA.
Auburn: C Ike Irish .364 BA, INF Bryson Ware 24 HR, P Tommy Vail 3.46 ERA.
Penn: 3B Wyatt Henseler 17 HRs, P Ryan Dromboski 87 Ks.

Massey College Baseball Ranking Composite

Southern Miss

25

Samford

85

Auburn

17

Penn

97

Auburn Regional Predicted Winner

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