Auburn Baseball vs. USC: How to watch, stream, listen to this weekend’s series at Plainsman Park

The series that almost never was is set to take place at Plainsman Park beginning Friday night.

Auburn welcomes USC to the Plains for a three-game set after cold weather and rain forced administration from both Auburn and USC to call an audible. The series originally planned for Los Angeles was changed in a matter of 6-8 hours according to Auburn head coach Butch Thompson.

“I hate it for our guys not being able to make that trip (to Los Angeles), but I tip my hat to a lot of people in administration, our travel people, Southern Cal’s administrators,” Thompson said Thursday. “It’s tough to pick up a college baseball team and travel across country, so I tip my hat to both administrations for going, ‘This is the right thing to do. How do we get there?”

USC has arrived, they have practiced at Plainsman Park, and they have their hotel. So now reality has set in that one of college baseball’s “blue bloods” is coming to Auburn for the first time in history.

“We’re going to have a 12-time national champion at Plainsman Park for the first time. It keeps getting neater,” Thompson said. “I appreciate (USC). I appreciate our fans for how they’ve jumped on the tickets. I’m just thankful this series is about to be pulled off.”

Auburn and Southern Cal each enter the series with 3-1 records. The Tigers took two-of-three from Indiana in last weekend’s season-opening series and defeated North Alabama, 13-1 on Tuesday in Madison. As for the Trojans, they swept Marist last weekend but dropped a midweek contest to UC-Irvine.

Below, you will find everything you need to know ahead of this weekend’s series between Auburn and USC including a how-to-watch guide, pitching matchups, and key players to watch.

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How to watch this weekend's series

Here’s when you should tune in to see Friday’s game:

• Date: Friday, Feb. 24

• Time: 6 p.m. CT

• TV Channel: None

Here’s when you should tune in to see Saturday’s game:

• Date: Saturday, Feb. 25

• Time: 2 p.m. CT

• TV Channel: SEC Network+

Here’s when you should tune in to see Sunday’s game:

• Date: Sunday, Feb. 26

• Time: 12 p.m. CT

• TV Channel: SEC Network+

How to listen to the weekend's series

Listen to Auburn Baseball all season long on the official Auburn Athletics app for Apple and Android, as well as your local Auburn Sports Network affiliate

Projected Pitching Matchup

Friday

• [autotag]Chase Allsup[/autotag] (0-0, 9.00) vs. Tyler Stromsburg (0-0, 5.06)

Saturday

• [autotag]Joseph Gonzalez[/autotag] (1-0, 0.00) vs. Jaden Agassi (1-0, 1.42)

Sunday

• TBA vs. Eric Hammond (0-0, 3.00)

Projected Starting Lineup

• C: Nate LaRue

• 1B: [autotag]Cam Hill[/autotag]

• 2B: Caden Green

• 3B: [autotag]Bryson Ware[/autotag]

• SS: Cole Foster

• LF: [autotag]Bobby Peirce[/autotag]

• CF: Kason Howell

• RF: [autotag]Justin Kirby[/autotag]

• DH: Ike Irish

Players to Watch

AUBURN

• Ike Irish

• Justin Kirby

• Bryson Ware

• Bobby Peirce

• Joseph Gonzalez

USC

• Nick Lopez

• Carson Wells

• Ryan Jackson

• Bryce Martin-Grudzielanek

• Jaden Agassi

Story originally appeared on Auburn Wire