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BASEBALL Butch Thompson quick notes 5/2 (injuries)...

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Butch Thompson is meeting with the media Thursday afternoon to preview this weekend's series against Ole Miss at Plainsman Park...

** Bobby Peirce and Ike Irish participated in a scrimmage Tuesday. Irish is likely to play as a DH this weekend. Peirce had two at-bats but did not play in the field Tuesday. Peirce is day-to-day going into this weekend.

** Mason Maners was a little rusty in his return from a hand injury last weekend. Hoping he's be sharper against Ole Miss. Will monitor him closely.

** Good to be back home after two weeks on the road. We have a chance to reach the SEC tournament but we need to play or best baseball down the stretch.

** Playing Ole Miss and Missouri, which are directly ahead of AU in the SEC standings, gives AU a legit shot.

** Auburn's pitching staff has given us a chance to be successful in the last two series. Our pitching went from non-competitive to competitive.

** Injuries have setback lineup and the hitting has struggled as the pitching has gotten better. Need to get both going at the same time.

** Butch considers this Auburn's postseason, which started a couple of weeks ago. They have to play way above average to make it to Hoover and keep playing.

** Dylan Watts looked like a starter last weekend instead of a reliever forced into a starting role. Making progress and developing. He has three pitches going in fastball, slider, change.

*****THAT'S ALL*****
 
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