Wednesday's Auburn softball doubleheader against Murray State was a spot-on reflection of its season so far as the Tigers both blew out and rallied from behind the Racers to pick up a pair of victories.
The No. 21 Auburn softball team won the first game of their doubleheader against the Murray State Racers 10-0 after the game stopped in the sixth due to the mercy rule.
But in the second game, Auburn rallied from a 3-0 deficit in two innings to win a wild 6-4 game and earn the series sweep.
The Tigers lead the nation in homeruns and scoring, and in true Tiger fashion, there were plenty of runs in the first game. The blow-out victory was the sixth consecutive mercy rule victory for the Tigers, who had outscored their opponents 79-8 in the past six games.
The Tigers wasted no time in getting the ballgame in their favor, with Ashley Melero, Jade Rhodes and McKenzie Kilpatrick all batting in runners. The Tigers scored four in the first, and quickly shut down the Racers batters in the top of the second.
Morgan Estell brought Tiffany Howard in for the Tigers fifth run, and then Melero and Estell scored off of a base hit single from Rhodes to make the score 7-0. Auburn Ace Lexi Davis continued to shut down the Murray State batters, pitching a third consecutive inning to take the Tigers to the bottom of the third, where Morgan Estell continued her monster game with a homerun crushed into right-center field to extend the Tiger lead to 8-0.
The Tigers loaded the bases, and then scored two runs off of walks to give Auburn a 10-0 advantage going into the fifth.
Jenna Abbott came in as relief to Davis and closed the game out, with Auburn earning their 25th victory in easy fashion.
In game two, Auburn's offense cooled off in a major way. The Tigers did not get a single CheyAnne Gaskey until the third inning.
The Racers built up a 3-0 lead into the fourth inning before Auburn made its first comeback.
A pair of walks and an Emily Carosone base hit, all with the bases loaded, gave Auburn a 4-3 lead. Carosone finished the game 2-for-3 with two RBI and one run scored.
But the Racers answered back in the top half of the fifth with four more runs to re-take the lead at 7-4.
The Tigers' offense roared again in the bottom of the sixth with home runs from Abbott and Cooper to finish the game.
Auburn will be back on the field Friday for its second SEC series of the 2014 season, facing Mississippi State for a traditional weekend slate of three games.
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