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'He pushes me. I push him' - Casey Mize, Keegan Thompson lead Auburn baseball rotation

AuburnTigers.com

AUBURN, Ala. - Auburn baseball coach Butch Thompson thinks starting pitchers Keegan Thompson and Casey Mize could form a proverbial partnership. As in, the book of Proverbs.

As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another. Proverbs 27:17

“They make each other so much better,” Auburn’s coach said. “They work together every day. Casey’s biggest influence is not a coach this year. I think it’s a player.”

“He pushes me. I push him,” Mize said. “It’s really helped both of us.”

Returning from elbow surgery after missing the 2016 season, Thompson starts Friday’s 2 p.