Baseball Recap: Auburn Has No Trouble Against Prattville

Tigers

Margin (Wins)

02/18/25 @ Columbus	13
02/15/25 @ Dothan	13
03/05/25 vs Prattville	7
02/27/25 @ Bryant	7

The home team had won the previous four meetings between Auburn and Prattville, and Auburn kept the tradition alive. The Auburn Tigers put the hurt on the Prattville Lions with a sharp 9-2 victory on Wednesday. The result was nothing new for the Tigers, who have now won four matchups by seven runs or more so far this season.

Will Whatley made a splash no matter where he played. He looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run over four innings pitched. What's more, he gave up only zero walks, the fewest he's had over his last five games. He was also solid in the batter's box, scoring two runs and stealing Two bases. while going 3-for-4. That's the most runs he has posted over his last 13 contests.

In other pitching news, Hank Brantley looked comfortable as he pitched 2.1 innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. He has been consistent : he hasn't given up more than two hits any time he's pitched this season.

Back at the plate, JB Upton was excellent, going 1-for-3 with one triple, one stolen base, and one run. That triple marked the first that he hit this season. Another player making a difference was Weston Luther, who scored two runs while going 2-for-4.

Auburn was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .452. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved their batting average total in three consecutive matches.

Auburn moved to 8-5 with that win, which also ended their three-game losing streak. As for Prattville, they dropped their record down to 4-7 with the defeat, which was their fifth straight on the road.

Both teams will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Auburn will take on Stanhope Elmore at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. We've got a battle between Lions coming up.