The Jacksonville State baseball team will play host to the  Auburn Tigers on Tuesday, May 7, at Rudy Abbott Field. First pitch is set for 6:30 p.m. and the gates will open at 5 p.m.

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COACHES: Jim Case (Louisiana Tech, 1982) has a 381-309 mark in his 12th year as head coach of the Jacksonville State Gamecocks. Case has an all-time record of 194-98 vs OVC opponents.  Case has a career mark of 2-3 vs Auburn.

NOTABLES
The Gamecocks are in their 64th season of baseball with an all-time record of 1,611-900 (2,511 games)...This is the 32nd meeting between JSU and Auburn, with the Tigers holding a slim 17-14 lead....JSU has won the last two meetings between the two schools...JSU has four three-game sweeps vs OVC opponents for just the second time since joining the league in 2004...It's the first time since JSU set the OVC record for conference wins in 2008 with a 23-4 mark... Travis Stout is on the Stopper of the Year Award Watch list and he tied the school record by picking up his 15th save of the season in a 2-0 win over Belmont on Sunday. He tied OVC career saves leader Todd Hornsby's record of 15 set during the 2011 season...The JSU pitching staff has a 3.76 ERA vs OVC opponents this season, led by Travis Stout's 0.57 ERA (14 appearances with 10 saves) and Cody Ponder's 0.71 ERA (13 appearances)...Griff Gordon has reached base in 17 straight games, the longest active streak on the team...Griff Gordon leads the team with 21 multiple-hit games, while Michael Bishop is second at 19...Paschal Petrongolo and Coty Blanchard are tied for the team lead with eight multiple-RBI games...The Jacksonville State pitching staff has not allowed a home run over its last 61.1 innings pitched, and has allowed just ONE home run over its last 93.2 innings pitched (allowed a 2-run HR at SEMO on 4/26)...JSU is 8-1 in 1-run games against OVC opponents this season and has won eight in a row. JSU is 7-0 in 1-run games at Rudy Abbott Field this year...JSU has won NINE games in its final at-bat this season, and as a matter of fact, JSU has won five straight OVC road games in the final at-bat.

THE AUBURN SERIES
Tuesday's meeting between Jax State and Auburn will be the 32nd meeting between the two teams, with Auburn holding a 17-14 lead in the series. Jax State has won the last two meetings, claiming an 8-7 win in Auburn last season, and winning 5-4 vs the Tigers on March 22, 2011, Jacksonville. This will be the fifth all-time meeting in Jacksonville between the two teams.

The Auburn Series
Auburn Leads 17-14
In Jacksonville, Series tied at 2-2
in Auburn, AU leads 15-11
Neutral, JSU leads 1-0

Date        Site                               Score       Result
3/20/72        Auburn        4-0    W
3/27/73        Auburn        1-15    L       
3/27/73        Auburn        1-6    L
5/01/74        Auburn        4-6    L
4/30/75        Auburn        5-4    W
4/05/76        Auburn        3-5    L
4/05/76        Auburn        7-6    W
4/19/78        Auburn        8-6    W
4/23/79        Auburn        5-4    W
3/10/80        Auburn        10-2    W
4/01/81        Jacksonville        5-9    L
4/07/81        Auburn        4-5    L
3/31/82        Auburn        4-6    L
3/31/82        Auburn        7-6    W
3/29/83        Jacksonville        11-1    W
4/05/83        Auburn        5-6    L
3/27/84        Auburn        3-6    L
3/27/85        Jacksonville        8-12    L
4/10/85        Auburn        6-18    L
4/21/85        (Neurtral)        8-7    W
3/24/86        Auburn        8-0    W
4/04/88        Auburn        10-12    L
2/27/92        Auburn        5-3    W
2/24/93        Auburn        1-7    L
3/05/94        Auburn        11-6    W
3/06/94        Auburn        2-8    L
5/18/10        Auburn        7-9    L
6/04/10        Auburn (NCAA Regional)        7-9    L
2/22/11        Auburn        4-9    L
3/22/11        Jacksonville        5-4    W
5/15/12        Auburn        8-7    W

JSU WINNINGEST TEAM IN THE OVC
Jacksonville State has posted an impressive 170-85 record in OVC play since joining the league in 2004. It marks the most wins by any team in that span and is also the highest winning percentage during that span. Here's a list of the top  OVC teams since 2004 - (updated through May 6, 2013).

Team                  OVC Record      Winning Pct.
1. Jacksonville State        170-85        .667
2. Austin Peay            149-97        .605
3. Southeast Missouri State    133-119        .528
4. Eastern Kentucky        131-115        .532
5. Eastern Illinois        127-115        .524

JSU VS THE OHIO VALLEY CONFERENCE
    Jax State has an all-time record of 224-110 (.671) vs the Ohio Valley Conference current members. Here's a breakdown of the current OVC schools.
    Austin Peay            21-18
    Belmont            5-5
    Eastern Illinois            21-14
    Eastern Kentucky        21-9
    Morehead State            23-6
    Murray State            23-10
    Southeast Missouri State    21-14
    Southern Illinois-Edwardsville    6-3
    UT-Martin            52-15
    Tennessee Tech            31-16
    TOTAL:                224-110 (.671)

TRAVIS STOUT TIES SCHOOL SAVES RECORD AT 15
Sophomore reliver Travis Stout tied the JSU school single-season saves record after picking up his 15th save of the season on May 5 in a 2-0 shutout over Belmont. Stout tied Todd Hornsby record of 15 saves, which he set as a junior in 2011. Stout is currently ranked No. 2 nationally in saves.

TRAVIS STOUT NAMED TO STOPPER OF THE YEAR AWARD WATCH LIST - ONE OF FOUR OVC PLAYERS
Jacksonville State sophomore Travis Stout has been added to the mid-season watch list for the ninth annual National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) Stopper of the Year Award. The award is given to the top relief pitcher in NCAA Division I baseball. Stout, from Smyrna, Ga., currently ranks second in the Ohio Valley Conference with 12 saves and is third in all of Division I baseball. He has made 22 appearances, posting a 3-0 record with a 1.99 earned run average with 19 strikeouts to just six walks. Stout has pitched 22 2/3 innings and is holding the opponents to just a .215 batting average. He has allowed just two extra base hits and is closing in on the Jacksonville State single-season saves record of 15, set by Todd Hornsby in 2011. He is one of four OVC baseball players among the 51 players nationally on the list, joining Austin Peay's Tyer Rogers, Belmont's Josh Davis and Tech's Seth Lucio.

ROBBY LILLY NAMED TO ACADEMIC ALL-DISTRICT
Jacksonville State senior relief pitcher Robby Lilly was named to the Capital One Academic All-District first team selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America. Lilly, a native of Hoover, graduated summa cum laude with Special Honors in Accounting with a perfect 4.0 grade point average and was among the 707 graduates from the University in April. Lilly also became the first male student-athlete to receive the prestigeous Dr. Clarence William Daugette Award, which is awarded to the male graduate with the highest grade point average. The Dr. Clarence William Daugette Award was established in the namesake of a male member of this prominent family who served as the University's President from 1899 to 1942.

MICHAEL BISHOP NAMED OVC PLAYER OF WEEK
Junior Michael Bishop was named the Ohio Valley Conference co-Player of the Week on March 25. Bishop raised his batting average over 50 points during the week after batting .481 with four extra base hits to extend hits hitting streak to a season-best eight games. The junior outfielder has six games with multiple hits over his last seven games, including two games with two hits, one with three hits and a five-hit game. The Pelham, Ala., native was 3-for-5 and scored three runs in JSU's 6-5 loss at Alabama last Wednesday, and then had his best game of the season after getting five hits in JSU's 19-9 win over Austin Peay in the series finale. He had three doubles and two-RBI, while scoring a pair of runs in the win. He posted a .630 slugging percentage and an .481 on-base percentage during the week.

JAX STATE PRESEASON PICKED SECOND IN OVC
Jacksonville State's was picked to finish third in the 2012 OVC preseason poll. Austin Peay is picked the win the league after picking up 14 first-place votes and 193 points, just ahead of OVC newcomer Belmont's total of 182 points. The Gamecocks received 156 points for third, followed by Eastern Kentucky (139), Eastern Illinois (133), Tennessee Tech (107), SIUE (91), Southeast Missouri (73), Morehead State (70), Murray State (45) and UT Martin (21). Jacksonville State has advanced to the championship round of the OVC Tournament seven of the nine years competing in the league.

JSU SIGNS FOUR FOR 2014 CLASS
Jacksonville State has signed four players for the 2014 class.
Brian McAlpine, INF - North Port, Fla. (North Port)
Barrett Gossett, OF - Oak Mountain, Ala. (Oak Mountain) Joe McGuire, INF - Oxford, Ala. (Oxford)
Peyton Williams, OF/INF - Beauregard, Ala. (Beauregard)