After having a pair of midweek games rained out, Auburn flew to Tempe, Ariz., on Thursday as it prepares for a three-game series against No. 2 Arizona State.

For the second day in a row, Auburn’s baseball team got an unexpected day off Wednesday.

MONTGOMERY — The Alabama and Auburn baseball teams left Riverwalk Stadium on Tuesday night with their reputations intact, their uniforms clean and their fans soaking wet.

It had a playoff-like atmosphere and a sold-out crowd that didn’t stop cheering from the first pitch to the final out.

Cole Nelson didn’t have his normal week of preparation, didn’t have his slider and didn’t really have his sharpest outing Sunday.

The Auburn bats pounced on the Miami (Ohio) pitching staff from the get-go Saturday, scoring seven runs on nine hits over the first three innings en route to a 13-5 win over the Redhawks.

Brian Fletcher had a pretty decent stat line Friday night — 2-for-2 with a home run, a double and three RBI.

John Pawlowski had a plan to tinker with his starting rotation this weekend against Miami (Ohio).