No. 3 GEORGIA TECH YELLOW JACKETS vs. No. 11/18 AUBURN
MARCH 27 – 29, 2026 • 7 PM • 7PM • 3 PM
Atlanta, Ga. (Mac Nease Baseball Park at Russ Chandler Stadium)
Presented by PODS
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Probable Starters
Tuesday – GT – LHP Cooper Underwood (1-0) vs. AU – RHP Christian Chatterton (2-0)
Tuesday – 7 PM
Giveaway: Light Up Rally Towel presented by Al Dente for first 1,000 fans | Bingo & $3 Beer
TV: ACCNX | Watch Live
Play-by-Play: Mike Monaco
Analyst: Kyle Peterson
Radio: GT Gameday App
Play-by-Play: Colin Lacy
Live Stats
SERIES STATS: GT vs Auburn
Overall: AU leads: 131-113-5
at Home: GT Leads: 66-55-2
GAMEDAY CENTRAL
Game Notes | Gameday Rosters
TOP STORYLINES
• No. 3 Georgia Tech will hope to continue its winning ways this Tuesday in front of a sold-out crowd at Mac Nease Baseball Park when No. 11/18 Auburn comes to town.
• This will be the second half of a home-and-home series between GT and Auburn, after the Tigers won the game two weeks ago at Plainsman Park.
• This is the fourth Top 25 battle for Tech this season having won the series at No. 8 Clemson (2-1), dropped a midweek at No. 4 Auburn (0-1) and are coming off a sweep of No. 14 NC State (3-0) for a 5-2 season record against Top 25 teams, 3-0 at home.
• Those five wins over Top 25 opponents matches the season output from last year.
• GT is now 16-2 at Mac Nease Baseball Park for the first time since 2013.
• The Jackets are the highest ranked team in the ACC across five different national top 25 polls, coming in at No. 3 across all five major polls for the third consecutive week.
• The Yellow Jackets enter this week as the best offense in the country and the best offense in modern college baseball history. In the 16 seasons of the BBCOR era, the 2026 Yellow Jackets have produced the best batting average (.365), on-base percentage (.488) and runs/game (11.4) of any Power 4 team after seven weeks in the BBCOR era.
• Tech leads Division I in four standard statistical categories: batting average (.365), on-base percentage (.488), OPS (1.116) and runs (307) and are Top 10 in multiple others: slugging (2nd – .628), hits (2nd – 344), walks (2nd – 192), doubles (5th – 72) and home runs/game (5th – 2.00).
• The Jackets also lead Division I in five advanced stats: BABIP (.423), WOBA (.499) WRC (295) WRAA (109) and WRC+ (159).
• Georgia Tech is halfway through the regular season and currently on pace to set BBCOR era program records in runs, hits, RBI, walks, OPS, OBP, slugging % and batting average.
• Tech has scored 307 runs through their first 27 games. It’s the most runs Georgia Tech has recorded after 26 games in the program’s 131-year history and the most runs any Power 4 team has scored through 27 games in the BBCOR era (since 2011).
• GT is outscoring its opponents 307-124, that +183 margin is the highest through 27 games in program history.
• The Jackets have already matched their record for 20-run games in a single season in the BBCOR era, with three – tying the record set in 2023 when the team did so over 57 games.
• Tech has scored 10 or more runs in 17 of its 27 games this season.
• Tech stands at 22-5 and have won each of their first seven series of the season for the first time since 2011.
• Carson Kerce leads the NCAA with 16 doubles this season. Will Baker is just behind with 13 (7th in Division I). GT is the only program in the nation with multiple players delivering more than 12 doubles this year.
• Kerce is averaging 0.59 doubles/game which puts him on pace for 32 by the end of the season. The program record is 27, set by Jay Payton in 1994.
• Three Tuesdays ago, vs. West Georgia on March 10, junior Vahn Lackey made GT history by becoming the first player in recorded history to play eight different defensive positions in a single game, every position but pitcher. He went 3-for-4 at the plate, finishing a single shy of the cycle and leads the team in avg (.423), runs (36), home runs (10), RBI (36), slugging (.845) OBP (.541) and stolen bases (7-for-7).
• Drew Burress has hit a BBCOR era program record 49 home runs over his GT career, the 5th-most in Georgia Tech program history. He is now three home runs away from tying Andy Bruce (1988-91) for the fourth-most HRs by a Yellow Jacket and eight homers shy of the record (57) set by Jason Varitek (1991-94).
• The Yellow Jackets lead the nation with five different players batting over .380, no other program has more than four and only four have more than two: Vahn Lackey (.423), Jarren Advincula (.411), Alex Hernandez (.389), Carson Kerce (.387) and Will Baker (.381).
• Georgia Tech is the only team in the nation with six players with 30 or more runs scored. No other program has more than four: Vahn Lackey (36), Drew Burress (33), Alex Hernandez (32), Ryan Zuckerman (32), Jarren Advincula (31) and Will Baker (30).
• This will be the 250th meeting between Georgia Tech and Auburn. Auburn leads the all-time series 131-113-5 with the Yellow Jackets holding the edge in Atlanta: 66-55-2
• The Jackets are looking for their first win in the series since 2023, having dropped the last five meetings.
CAMPUS ROAD CLOSURE
Traffic for this weekend’s series may be affected by the closure of Hemphill Ave from Ferst Dr to 9th St due to emergency water line repair work. Fans are encouraged to give themselves extra time and consider alternate routes when driving to campus.
