Auburn baseball kept its winning streak alive with another midweek 6-5 win Wednesday night against Alabama State.
Damek Tomscha and Ryan Tella each hit home runs for the Tigers in a back-and-forth victory that was earned by Daniel Robert's pinch-hit RBI single in the bottom of the seventh inning.
Jacob Milliman started on the mound for Auburn pitching two consecutive 1-2-3 innings to start off the game.
The game was scoreless until the top of the fourth when Alabama State took the 1-0 lead on an RBI double by Richard Gonzalez. Then they added their second run on an RBI single into left field.
Auburn took the lead in the bottom half of the inning when Tomscha hit a solo home run and then Dan Glevenyak hit an RBI double to score Jordan Ebert from first base. Blake Logan singled home Glevenyak for the third run. Then Damon Haecker hit an RBI single to make it 4-2 Auburn.
Alabama State led off the top of the fifth with a solo homer. Auburn's fourth error in the field caused Alabama State to tie it up 4-4. Then ASU took the 5-4 lead due to an infield bunt single to score the runner from third.
Jay Wade relieved Milliman to start the sixth inning and retired all three batters in a row in his first inning. Then Wade only needed five pitches to end the seventh inning.
Tella tied the game in the bottom of the seventh with his first home run of the season. Later in the inning with two outs, Robert hit a pinch-hit RBI single to take the 6-5 lead.
Wade pitched his third consecutive 1-2-3 inning to keep Auburn's lead going into the ninth.
Trey Cochran-Gill earned the save, while Wade earned the win.
Auburn opens up SEC play this weekend in a home series against Texas A&M.
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