The final weekend of the regular season is upon is and Alabama will be playing in Hoover next week... but first, they take on auburn. The Tide comes into this game after winning their series against LSU over the weekend. auburn is coming off a series win at Missouri (their only SEC series win of the season). I'm not going to dive too deeply into this one, but I will say that while Bama should win this series, auburn isn't quite as bad as their record reflects. They've had some tough breaks and some injuries along the way that have really impacted them. Beyond that, their biggest issue has been their pitching... their starters have put them in some bad spots and their pen has usually made things even worse. This will be auburn's last weekend of baseball for the year though, and that combined with the rivalry, I'd expect them to throw their best punch.
As for Bama, if they can manage a sweep, it would get them back to .500 in league play... that still won't be good enough to grab a regional hosting spot, but it's more than respectable and would certainly improve their standing when the seedings are handed out (results in Hoover could certainly play into it too). Other than winning all 3, my hope for Bama is to see Greg Farone get back on track and Ben Hess continue his resurgence. And obviously, stay as healthy as possible as the page turns to the postseason on Saturday night...
Just an additional side note: The weather will likely force some sort of schedule change for the weekend... my uneducated guess is they play 2 on Saturday...
As for Bama, if they can manage a sweep, it would get them back to .500 in league play... that still won't be good enough to grab a regional hosting spot, but it's more than respectable and would certainly improve their standing when the seedings are handed out (results in Hoover could certainly play into it too). Other than winning all 3, my hope for Bama is to see Greg Farone get back on track and Ben Hess continue his resurgence. And obviously, stay as healthy as possible as the page turns to the postseason on Saturday night...
Just an additional side note: The weather will likely force some sort of schedule change for the weekend... my uneducated guess is they play 2 on Saturday...
