2026 Auburn Tigers baseball team

The 2026 Auburn Tigers baseball team represented Auburn University in the 2026 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Tigers played their home games at Plainsman Park.

Previous season

In 2025, the Tigers finished 41–20, 17–13 in conference. They finished 6th in the SEC.

Personnel

Roster

2026 Auburn Tigers roster Pitchers 4 – Jake Marciano – Sophomore 6 – Drew Whalen – Junior 9 – Jett Johnston – Junior 12 – Garrett Brewer – Junior 13 – Ethan Harden – Junior 16 – Clayton Armah – Freshman 20 – Marcel Kulik – Sophomore 21 – Andreas Alvarez – Sophomore 22 – Connor Gatwood – Freshman 24 – Justice de Jong – Freshman 27 – Christian Chatterton – Sophomore 28 – Ryan Hetzler – Junior 32 – Griffin Graves – Junior 33 – Mason Koch – Senior 36 – Jackson Sanders – Sophomore 37 – Trevor Booton – Sophomore 41 – LJ Cormier – Freshman 42 – Abe Chancellor – Senior 43 – Alex Petrovic – Sophomore 46 – Saxon Roberts – Freshman 52 – Tanner Waldrop – Freshman Catchers 3 – Chase Fralick – Sophomore 10 – Lucas Steele – Senior 25 – Taylor Belza – Freshman 52 – Tanner Waldrop – Junior

Infielders 1 – Ryne Farber – Junior 2 – Chris Rembert – Sophomore 7 – Todd Clay – Senior 8 – Eric Guevara – Junior 11 – Brandon McCraine – Freshman 23 – Eddie Madrigal – Junior 26 – Caiden Combs – Freshman 44 – Ty Thompson – Freshman Outfielders 5 – Bristol Carter – Junior 14 – Cade Belyeu – Junior 17 – Mason McCraine – Freshman 19 – Bub Terrell – Sophomore 40 – Wade Shelley – Freshman 

Coaching staff

2025 Auburn Tigers coaching staff Name Position Butch Thompson Head coach Karl NonemakerAssociate Head Coach Gabe GrossAssociate Head Coach Everett TeafordPitching Coach

Schedule and results

2026 Auburn Tigers baseball game log (42–22) Regular season (36–18) February (8–2) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SEC recordFebruary 13 * No. 9 Plainsman Park W 2–1 Whalen (1–0) Zmolik (0–1) Brewer (1) SECN+ 5,688 1–0 –February 14 (DH 1) Youngstown State* No. 9 Plainsman Park W 2–1 Hetzler (1–0) English (0–1) – SECN+ 5,710 2–0 –February 14 (DH 2) Youngstown State* No. 9 Plainsman Park W 17–2 Petrovic (1–0) Mikos (0–1) – SECN+ 5,710 3–0 –February 17 Cincinnati* No. 9 Plainsman Park L 0–8 Marsh (2–0) Alvarez (0–1) – SECN+ 5,696 3–1 – Amegy Bank College Baseball SeriesFebruary 20 vs. Kansas State* No. 9 Globe Life FieldArlington, TX W 5–1 Marciano (1–0) Guyette (1–1) – FloCollege 3,219 4–1 –February 21 vs. No. 16 Florida State* No. 9 Globe Life Field W 8–5 Sanders (1–0) O'Leary (1–1) Hetzler (1) FloCollege 3,702 5–1 –February 22 vs. No. 15 Louisville* No. 9 Globe Life Field W 10–6 Petrovic (2–0) Danilowicz (1–1) Brewer (2) FloCollege 6–1 –February 25 * No. 7 Plainsman Park W 4–3 Hetzler (2–0) Kenny (0–1) – SECN+ 5,194 7–1 –February 27 Nebraska* No. 7 Plainsman Park L 8–9 Unger (1–1) Brewer (0–1) Bender (1) SECN+ 6,000 7–2 –February 28 Nebraska* No. 7 Plainsman Park W 15–4 Chatterton (1–0) Jasa (1–1) – SECN+ 6,687 8–2 – March (12–6) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SEC recordMarch 1 Nebraska* No. 7 Plainsman Park W 12–3 Petrovic (3–0) Blachowicz (1–1) – SECN+ 5,411 9–2 –March 3 * No. 7 Plainsman Park W 6–2 Alvarez (1–1) Berry (1–1) – SECN+ 5,289 10–2 –March 6 * No. 7 Plainsman Park W 10–0 Marciano (2–0) Gilley (3–1) – SECN+ 5,607 11–2 –March 7 (DH 1) Winthrop* No. 7 Plainsman Park W 6–0 Sanders (2–0) Earnhardt (2–1) – SECN+ 5,407 12–2 –March 7 (DH 2) Winthrop* No. 7 Plainsman Park W 8–1 Chatterton (2–0) Guzman (0–2) – SECN+ 5,407 13–2 –March 10 * No. 6 Plainsman Park W 17–2 Alvarez (2–1) Conner (1–1) – SECN+ 4,728 14–2 –March 13 at Missouri No. 6 Taylor StadiumColumbia, MO W 2–0 Marciano (3–0) Dohrmann (1–1) Brewer (3) SECN+ 1,375 15–2 1–0March 14 (DH 1) at Missouri No. 6 Taylor Stadium W 4–3 Hetzler (3–0) Rosand (1–2) – SECN+ 1,475 16–2 2–0March 14 (DH 2) at Missouri No. 6 Taylor Stadium W 9–2 Petrovic (4–0) Kehlenbrink (3–1) – SECN+ 1,733 17–2 3–0March 17 No. 3 Georgia Tech* No. 5 Plainsman Park W 9–2 Alvarez (3–1) Angelakos (1–1) – SECN+ 6,498 18–2 –March 20 No. 2 Texas No. 5 Plainsman Park W 4–3 Brewer (1–1) Walker (1–1) – SECN+ 7,247 19–2 4–0March 21 No. 2 Texas No. 5 Plainsman Park L 6–7 Harrison (3–0) Sanders (2–1) Burns (3) SECN+ 8,037 19–3 4–1March 22 No. 2 Texas No. 5 Plainsman Park L 0–5 Cozart (4–0) Petrovic (4–1) – SECN+ 7,011 19–4 4–2March 24 vs South Alabama* No. 5 Riverwalk StadiumMontgomery, AL W 10–0 Alvarez (4–1) O'Del (1–1) – WarEagle+ 2,044 20–4 –March 27 at Alabama No. 5 Sewell-Thomas StadiumTuscaloosa, AL L 1–11 Fay (5–2) Marciano (3–1) None SECN+ 4,862 20–5 4–3March 28 at Alabama No. 5 Sewell-Thomas Stadium L 2–3 Banks (1–0) Heltzer (3–1) None SECN 5,800 20–6 4–4March 29 at Alabama No. 5 Sewell-Thomas Stadium L 1–3 Heiberger (2–0) Brewer (1–2) Banks (4) SECN+ 5,800 20–7 4–5March 31 at No. 3 Georgia Tech* No. 18 Russ Chandler StadiumAtlanta, GA L 3–13 Loy (2–1) Chatterton (2–1) None ESPN2 4,034 20–8 – April (10–5) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SEC recordApril 2 No. 17 Arkansas No. 18 Plainsman Park W 10–2 Alvarez (5–1) Gaeckle (3–3) Cormier (1) ESPN2 5,753 21–8 5–5April 3 No. 17 Arkansas No. 18 Plainsman Park L 2–3 Dietz (3–2) Johnston (0–1) McElvain (1) SECN+ 5,678 21–9 5–6April 4 No. 17 Arkansas No. 18 Plainsman Park W 8–3 Petrovic (5–1) Fisher (2–4) Sanders (1) SECN+ 5,503 22–9 6–6April 7 * No. 15 Plainsman Park L 4–15 Geraghty (1–1) Chatterton (2–2) None SECN+ 5,420 22–10 –April 10 Kentucky No. 15 Plainsman Park W 12–5 Alvarez (6–1) Jelkin (6–1) None SECN+ 23–10 7–6April 11 Kentucky No. 15 Plainsman Park L 4–5 Adcock (3–1) Marciano (3–2) L. Harris (1) SECN 6,519 23–11 7–7April 12 Kentucky No. 15 Plainsman Park W 11–0 Petrovic (6–1) Cleaver (1–3) None SECN 5,004 24–11 8–7April 14 * No. 13 Plainsman Park W 13–0 Graves (1–0) Sander (0–2) None SECN+ 4,931 25–11 –April 16 at No. 20 Florida No. 13 Condron BallparkGainesville, FL L 3–6 King (6–2) Alvarez (6–2) Whritenour (7) SECN 5,199 25–12 8–8April 17 at No. 20 Florida No. 13 Condron Ballpark W 5–3 Sanders (3–1) Peterson (1–3) Hetzler (2) SECN 5,815 26–12 9–8April 18 at No. 20 Florida No. 13 Condron Ballpark W 8–5 Hetzler (4–1) Whritenour (2–2) None ESPN2 5,735 27–12 10–8April 21 at Samford* No. 11 Hoover MetHoover, AL W 14–2 Cormier (1–0) O'Berine (1–1) None 2,903 28–12 –April 24 No. 14 Oklahoma No. 11 Plainsman Park W 6–4 Alvarez (7–2) LJ Mercurius (6–5) Sanders (2) SECN+ 5,711 29–12 11–8April 25 No. 14 Oklahoma No. 11 Plainsman Park L 1–2 Johnson (6–1) Marciano (3–3) Leon (2) SECN+ 5,721 29–13 11–9April 26 No. 14 Oklahoma No. 11 Plainsman Park W 14–4 Petrovic (7–1) Rager (3–2) None SECN+ 5,226 30–13 12–9 May (6–5) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SEC recordMay 2 (DH 1) at No. 7 Texas A&M No. 8 Blue Bell ParkCollege Station, TX W 18–5 Alvarez (8–2) Sdao (3–4) None SECN+ 7,262 31–13 13–9May 2 (DH 2) at No. 7 Texas A&M No. 8 Blue Bell Park W 5–4 Marciano (4–3) Sims (8–1) Sanders (3) SECN+ 6,656 32–13 14–9May 3 at No. 7 Texas A&M No. 8 Blue Bell Park L 3–4 Moss (4–2) Petrovic (7–2) Freshcorn (11) SECN+ 6,818 32–14 14–10May 5 at UAB* No. 6 Regions FieldBirmingham, AL W 10–2 Graves (2–0) Ingram (2–5) None ESPN+ 5,171 33–14 –May 7 at No. 11 Mississippi State No. 6 Dudy Noble FieldStarkville, MS L 3–10 Valincius (8–2) Marciano (4–4) None ESPN2 12,658 33–15 14–11May 8 at No. 11 Mississippi State No. 6 Dudy Noble Field W 5–4 Sanders (4–1) Davis (0–2) None SECN 13,772 34–15 15–11May 9 at No. 11 Mississippi State No. 6 Dudy Noble Field W 13–2 Petrovic (8–2) McPherson (3-1) None SECN 13,506 35–15 16–11May 12 at Jacksonville State* No. 5 Rudy Abbott FieldJacksonville, AL L 1–4 Geraghty (2–1) Graves (2–1) Horst (1) ESPN+ 1,926 35–16 –May 14 No. 4 Georgia No. 5 Plainsman Park L 1–2 Volchko (8–2) Marciano (4–5) Scott (4) SECN 5,438 35–17 16–12May 15 No. 4 Georgia No. 5 Plainsman Park L 7–9 Farley (7–1) Alvarez (8–3) Brown (1) SECN+ 5,566 35–18 16–13May 16 No. 4 Georgia No. 5 Plainsman Park W 14–4 Petrovic (9–2) Aoki (8–1) None SECN+ 6,003 36–18 17–13 Postseason (6–4) (2–1) Date Opponent Seed Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SECT RecordMay 20 (14) LSU (6)No. 6 Hoover Metropolitan StadiumHoover, AL W 3–1 Marciano (5–5) Evans (2–4) Sanders (1) SECN 14,461 37–18 1–0May 22 (3)No. 10 Texas A&M (6)No. 6 Hoover Metropolitan Stadium W 7–0 Alvarez (9–3) Darden (4–3) Cormier (1) SECN 13,105 38–18 2–0May 23 (7)No. 12 Arkansas (6)No. 6 Hoover Metropolitan Stadium L 1–2 McElvain (6–0) Hetzler (4–2) None SECN 14,919 38–19 2–1 (4–1) Date Opponent Seed Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record Regional RecordMay 29 (4) Milwaukee (1)No. 5 Plainsman Park L 8–13 Peterson (6–4) Marciano (5–6) None ESPN+ 6,408 38–20 0–1May 30 (3) NC State (1)No. 5 Plainsman Park W 17–13 Alvarez (10–3) Consiglio (3–5) None ESPN 6,608 39–20 1–1May 31 (2) (1)No. 5 Plainsman Park W 9–3 Petrovic (10–2) Kimball (1–2) Hetzler (1) ESPN+ 6,483 40–20 2–1May 31 (4) Milwaukee (1)No. 5 Plainsman Park W 8–1 Cormier (2–0) Kuhnke (4–2) None SECN 6,090 41–20 3–1June 1 (4) Milwaukee (1)No. 5 Plainsman Park W 8–3 Sanders (5–1) Weckler (0–7) None ESPNU 8,228 42–20 4–1 (0–2) Date Opponent Seed Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record Super Regional RecordJune 5 Ole Miss (1)No. 5 Plainsman Park L 4–6 Calhoun (5–3) Alvarez (10–4) Hooks (8) ESPN2 10,627 42–21 0–1June 6 Ole Miss (1)No. 5 Plainsman Park L 3–5 Robertson (5–1) Sanders (5–2) Hooks (9) ESPN 10,635 42–22 0–2

Record vs. conference opponents

Rankings

References