![Auburn baseball first baseman Tyler Miller takes a pick off throw too late to catch Alabama base runner Jim Jarvis (10) off base in Sewell-Thomas Stadium Thursday, April 15, 2021. [Staff Photo/Gary Cosby Jr.]](https://images2.minutemediacdn.com/image/upload/c_fill,w_720,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto/shape/cover/sport/406205d7effbbc620e10e00e05116731397669b230ae9bd310b09efdbe172569.jpg "Auburn baseball first baseman Tyler Miller takes a pick off throw too late to catch Alabama base runner Jim Jarvis (10) off base in Sewell-Thomas Stadium Thursday, April 15, 2021. [Staff Photo/Gary Cosby Jr.]")
It could all be over for Auburn baseball if they can’t overcome the deficit between them and the #12 seed in the SEC tournament.
Luckily, they host the #13 seed at Plainsman Park this weekend in the final series of the seasons on the Plains. Next week, a baseball Tiger bowl will take place when Auburn visits Mizzou after a one-game Plainsman Park finale against North Alabama.
Before then, though, Texas A&M is coming to town.
As the Montgomery Advertiser’s Josh Vitale points out, this series could well decide if Auburn baseball will be Hoover-bound for the SEC tournament:
Top 12 teams in the conference standings make the SEC Tournament. Auburn currently sits 13th, but the Texas A&M team it hosts at Plainsman Park this weekend sits 12th.
— Josh Vitale (@JoshVitale) May 14, 2021
A series win would put the Tigers in position to punch a ticket to Hoover. https://t.co/TryQ2R5gIU
Dare I say, it would behoove the Tigers to take down TAMU on their home turf (which is of course made up of beautiful agricultural school grass) in this critical SEC West finale.
With six games left for the Aggies and seven left for Auburn baseball, a narrow Tigers series victory would make things interesting. Texas A&M is in hot pursuit of LSU–who is in hot pursuit of their weekend series opponents Alabama–so this weekend could make the final series’ of the SEC schedule must-see baseball down the stretch of this season.
After all the wrongs of the Auburn season, which has seen the Tigers go from ranked to start the year to being swept by Ole Miss and Kentucky in a week span. Besides Georgia, they have lost every conference series this season.
An SEC tournament win can change the narrative of the season at the speed of light, and winning against the Aggies is the only way they will get a chance to achieve that.