The Auburn baseball team was defeated 8-2 by No. 3 LSU Sunday, March 24, giving LSU the sweep of the Tigers after having 13 hits.
A big first inning for LSU gave them the early lead by scoring four runs on Auburn pitcher Will Kendall.
Raph Rhymes reached first on a fielder's choice as Alex Bregman was thrown out at second scoring Chris Sciamba for LSU's first run of the game. Kendall then walked Jacobe Jones with the bases loaded to score Rhymes and Chris Chinea hit a two-run RBI to give LSU the early 4-0 lead.
Auburn scored two runs Sunday, the first coming in the second inning from a Blake Austin RBI single up the middle to score Garrett Cooper. The second run occurred in the eighth inning when Ryan Tella hit a sacrifice fly to right field and Mitchell Self scored from third.
The Tigers are now 15-10 on the season and have yet to win an SEC match-up (0-6). Auburn will play at Troy Tuesday, March 26 at 6 p.m.
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