Tennessee baseball’s series opener against Auburn is in a weather delay until at least 8 p.m. ET due to inclement weather in the area.
*The game has entered a rain delay in the middle of the first inning at 8:13 p.m. ET. The game will resume on Saturday. Auburn leads 2-0.
*The game has been pushed back to 11:35 a.m. ET
The weekend series was originally set to begin at 6 p.m. ET on Friday night before the two teams moved up the first pitch to 5:30 p.m. ET to beat the rain. But the bad weather arrived earlier than originally expected, leading to the delay.
Inclement weather is in the forecast on Saturday too. But for now, first pitch time remains at 6 p.m. ET. All three games in the weekend series are being streamed on the SEC Network+.
Tennessee enters the weekend series looking to bounce back from consecutive series losses. April was a rough month for the Vols as they dropped three out of four series and now is now on the outside looking in to earn a top eight seed nationally entering the home stretch of the regular season.
Tony Vitello is hoping that a flip in the middle of his defense and AJ Russell’s return to the weekend rotation will spark the Vols as the calendar turns to May.
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After a rough 2024 season, Auburn has bounced back this season and is back as one of the top handful of teams in the SEC. The Tigers lost just two games in the pre conference slate. UAB got them in a midweek game, and a second time last month, as well as one game in an Old Dominion series.
Auburn has won five of its seven SEC series to this point in the season but its conference record is just a game above .500 because the Tigers were swept in both series— at Georgia and at Texas. The Tigers have series wins over Alabama, Vanderbilt and a series sweep over LSU.
Auburn’s two best players from last season are back and are its best bats again. Cooper McMurray is hitting .337, nine home runs, 13 doubles and 40 RBIs. Ike Irish is hitting .329 with 11 home runs, 11 more extra-base hits and 37 RBIs. Four Tigers are hitting over .300 and four Tigers have four or more home runs.
Stay tuned to this article for updates on the first pitch time for Friday night’s game at Lindsey Nelson Stadium.
