Tigerbelle 5,299 Posted March 22, 2019 Share Posted March 22, 2019 https://auburn.rivals.com/news/owen-out-for-msu-series?fbclid=IwAR0vTg2HA3u433r6fAy5XbOYcRaiGTUA2ijRwbUm7X3oi5YwK1bqyJlMh-k Owen out for MSU series Bryan Matthews • AuburnSports.com AUBURN | The task just got exponentially harder for No. 12 Auburn this weekend. The Tigers will be without Saturday starter Jack Owen for its three-game series at No. 4 Mississippi State. The latest injury to AU’s pitching staff comes on the heels of Davis Daniel making it through just a couple of innings of his opening-day start Feb. 15. Owen left last Saturday’s 5-2 win over Tennessee due to tendonitis in his throwing shoulder after throwing two pitches in the fifth inning. “I had felt very confident he’d be able to (return), and in his throwing activity this week, he still feels a little something in there,” Auburn coach Butch Thompson said. “We’ll leave him back because when you lose two potential starters like that, it may take three or four arms to cover the tracks. “We’ll take a couple of extra pitchers on this 27-man this week and hopefully Jack will be back with us next week and hopefully Davis will continue the throwing program to get back in a few weeks.” Thompson will list Auburn’s starters this weekend as Tanner Burns (3-0, 0.54 ERA) Friday and TBA both Saturday and Sunday. Carson Skipper (3-0, 1.18), who has started three-straight Sundays, is a strong option to get one of the starts this weekend along with Brooks Fuller (1-0, 1.38) and Bailey Horn (1-0, 8.59). Horn threw 3.0 scoreless innings at UAB Tuesday night to lead Auburn to its 14th consecutive win. "Just the guys that are going to take on that role as weekend starters, them knowing that we have their back and we're going to be doing everything we can as an offense to support them, I think that’s going to be big," junior DH Conor Davis said. "As hitters, we know we’re going to have a bigger role to play this weekend than we have the last two." Owen, a sophomore left-hander, is 3-0 on the season with a 0.31 ERA, 33 strikeouts and just two walks in 29.0 innings. He started the season with 26.1 consecutive innings without allowing an earned run and set the school record with 28.2 innings dating back to last season Daniel, who was experiencing tightness in his forearm, started a light throwing program Thursday. The Tigers enter the series 19-2 overall and 3-0 in the SEC after sweeping Tennessee at home last weekend. The Bulldogs are 20-2 and 2-1 in the conference after taking 2 of 3 at No. 14 Florida last weekend. Game times for the series will be Friday at 6 p.m. CT, Saturday at 2 p.m. and Sunday at 1 p.m. All three games will be on SECN+. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GwillMac6 20,671 Posted March 22, 2019 Share Posted March 22, 2019 dang man!!! MAKE THE INJURIES STOP to our softball and baseball pitchers. SMH. Just when we were absolutely rolling in both sports this crap happens. UGHHHHHH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigerbelle 5,299 Posted March 22, 2019 Author Share Posted March 22, 2019 Yep. We really needed Jack this weekend. But he has to take care of his future. He'll be back when he's healthy and that's the right thing to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BJCrawford 1,568 Posted March 26, 2019 Share Posted March 26, 2019 Anyone have updates on Owen? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigerbelle 5,299 Posted March 26, 2019 Author Share Posted March 26, 2019 I wonder if we will see Davis Daniel before we see Jack..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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