Auburn falls short in delay-filled night
Coming back onto the field after the second rain delay of the night, No. 17 Auburn failed to keep its comeback rolling and dropped game two to Mississippi State with a final score of 9-5.
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Coming back onto the field after the second rain delay of the night, No. 17 Auburn failed to keep its comeback rolling and dropped game two to Mississippi State with a final score of 9-5.
A sequence of mistakes in the ninth inning cost Auburn (23-11, 7-6 SEC) a series-opening win on Thursday night, as the No. 17 Tigers gave up a one-run lead and suffered a 7-6 loss to Mississippi State (20-15, 5-8 SEC).
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It was the classic trap game for Auburn. A midweek contest scheduled in between two series against the defending national runners-up and defending national champions could have been easy to overlook.
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For the first time since 2017, Auburn has won three consecutive SEC series.
If Auburn earns its third consecutive series win, it will have to come in game three on Sunday. The No. 25 Tigers (21-10, 6-5 SEC), riding high after their 5-1 win over No. 12 Vanderbilt on Friday night, suffered a 19-4 loss to the Commodores (22-8, 5-6 SEC), evening the series at one game a piece.
Auburn combined power bats with lights-out pitching to beat No. 12 Vanderbilt and give head coach Butch Thompson his 200th win as the Tiger’s ball coach.
All eyes are on the newly-ranked No. 25 Auburn Tigers (20-9, 5-4 SEC) and head coach Butch Thompson, who is going for his 200th win as Auburn’s skipper, in their weekend series with the No. 12 Vanderbilt Commodores (21-7, 4-5 SEC).
Auburn defeated UAB 6-4 on Tuesday as a huge weekend matchup with Vanderbilt lurks.
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Auburn took down No. 12 LSU on Saturday, clinching its first series win in Baton Rouge since 2011. The blue-and-orange Tigers are now 19-9 on the season.
Auburn got behind early and failed to put together a rally, as it dropped game two versus LSU by a score of 9-2 to even the series going into decisive game three.
Crashing into the right field wall, right fielder Josh Hall hauled in the winning catch to end the comeback effort and seal the 6-5 win for Auburn to take game one of the series versus LSU.
After a disappointing 5-2 loss to Jacksonville State on Tuesday, Auburn aims to bounce back in a three-game series against LSU starting Thursday.
After splitting the previous two games in extra innings, the Tigers bounced back from a slow start to take home a 13-9 victory over the Aggies. This marks their first series win in College Station since 2013.
An early 4-0 lead proved to be insufficient on Saturday against Texas A&M, as the Aggies crawled back and walked off as winners by a score of 5-4 in 11 innings.
Despite being down to its final strike in the ninth inning, Auburn came from behind to earn a 6-5 victory over Texas A&M in 10 innings.
Auburn baseball (16-5, 1-2 SEC) makes its return to Texas this weekend for a three-game series with Texas A&M (13-7, 2-1 SEC) after starting off the regular season versus Big 12 opponents in Arlington.