Auburn baseball lost to Ohio State 1-0 Saturday against Ohio State, stranding nine runners on base in the process.
Despite throwing six innings and only allowing four hits, Michael O'Neal picked up the loss on the mound because of the lack of offensive production.
The lone run in the game came in the fourth inning when Ohio State scored off of an RBI single by Josh Dezse.
Auburn executed one-out bunts, which ended up in runners being thrown out on third base twice. A hit and run also resulted in Anfernee Grier being thrown out at home.
Head coach Sunny Golloway was not happy after the game.
"I'm as mad as I've been in seven or eight years," Golloway said. "When we had runners on first and second, the third baseman just stayed there. He did not move one time."
Auburn hitters bunted the ball all day long, but were advised to bunt it to anywhere but the pitcher, even though two bunts went right to the pitcher.
"All you have to do is bunt the ball with conviction down the third-base line. We tried to exploit that twice and bunted the ball to the pitcher," Golloway said. "We did it twice. We popped one up in a crucial situation."
In close games like this one, missed bunt attempts end up hurting the Tigers in the end.
"I should have put this baseball team in a better position to win. Nothing against Ohio State, but this is a game that disappoints us. It's a game we have to win if we're going to be who we're going to be," Golloway said.
Auburn's final game in the Snowbird Classic in Port Charlotte, Fla. is against University of Connecticut tomorrow at 10 a.m.
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