How Chase Fralick made history for Auburn baseball vs Texas A&M
In Auburn baseball's win over Texas A&M on Friday, catcher Chase Fralick made history in the end. Here's how.
HOOVER — Sure, when Auburn baseball beat Texas A&M to reach its first SEC Tournament semifinal in 23 years, it notched plenty of impressive marks. A pitcher logged his 100th strikeout this season for the program's first pair of teammates with triple-digit punch-outs since 1999. The program recorded its first shutout in SEC Tournament history.
It also added to the tournament's 30-plus home run total with a pair of blasts from two true freshmen. All impressive in their own ways, certainly, but not to be forgotten was Chase Fralick making history, the sort that resides in an echelon allowing only for a recreation of the graphic Ole Miss put out earlier this week — about being the first team in college baseball history to use the ABS (automated ball-strike system) challenge. HISTORY MADE‼️ pic.
twitter. com/pP9etn8rAT — Ole Miss Baseball (@OleMissBSB) May 19, 2026 Fralick became the first player in college baseball to walk off a game with a strikeout via ABS challenge, finishing off a 7-0 victory against the Aggies on Friday, May 22. RECAP, HIGHLIGHTS: Auburn baseball shuts out Texas A&M, advances to SECT semifinal "I didn’t think it was a strike, so I'm glad he challenged it," Auburn reliever LJ Cormier said postgame.
"I thought it was too low, but, man, he's learning it. I guess he had a rough first night. But I think he knows the strike zone pretty well.