After winning the first five MAX Capital City Classics, Auburn baseball lost to Alabama 4-3 Wednesday night to snap their winning streak at Riverwalk Stadium in Montgomery.
With two outs in the top of ninth and runners on the corners, Alabama scored what turned out to be the game-winning run following a throwing error by third baseman Connor Short.
With the loss, Auburn drops back down to .500 with a 6-6 overall record.
From the beginning of the game, both teams left runners stranded on base. In the first inning, Auburn went scoreless after leaving the bases loaded and Alabama left two runners on.
It remained scoreless until the bottom of the third inning, when Dan Glevenyak hit a two-run home run over the left field fence to give Auburn the 2-0 lead.
Alabama's bats responded in the top of the fourth when Casey Hughston and Will Haynee hit back-to-back RBI singles to tie it at 2-2.
Auburn took the lead in the bottom of the sixth when Blake Austin hit an RBI single to score Glevenyak from third.
Alabama responded once again by tying it at 3 when Mikey White hit an RBI single in the top of the seventh.
Auburn starting pitcher Justin Camp was then replaced by relief pitcher Trey Cochran-Gill after allowing that third run. Cochran-Gill escaped that inning with two consecutive outs to keep the score at 3-3.
Camp also gave up nine hits but had four strikeouts and four 1-2-3 innings on the night.
In the bottom of the eighth, Auburn continued to struggle with runners on base when they left one on second base to end the inning. Auburn was 1-for-9 with runners in scoring position.
After the costly error in the top of the ninth, Auburn could only manufacture a walk in its last at-bats to end the game at 4-3.
Auburn is back at home this weekend for a series against Mercer, who is 12-2 so far this season.
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