Despite having the lead twice in the game, Auburn lost at Ole Miss in the 13th inning following a three-run walkoff home run.
Ole Miss was down by two runs in the top of the fifth but scored their first two runs in the bottom of the fifth. In the top of sixth Auburn regained their lead in the top of the sixth to make it 5-2 but the Rebels tied it up two innings later going into the ninth.
Auburn got on the scoreboard first in the top of the first when Jordan Ebert scored following a double earlier in the inning.
Dillon Ortman started off the game strong on the mound with a six-pitch first inning.
Damon Haecker reached third base after Ole Miss' third error of the game but was thrown out at home when the Rebels pitched out on a squeeze bunt attempt.
Ortman kept it going in the bottom of the fourth with a 1-2-3 inning to hold Auburn's 1-0 lead.
Auburn got the bases loaded to start off the fifth and Blake Austin brought in Auburn's second run with a sacrifice fly. But that was all Auburn would get as they left two runners stranded.
In the bottom of the fifth Ole Miss tied it up with two consecutive RBI singles.
Austin kept his bat going in the top of the sixth with a two-RBI double to score Ryan Tella and Damek Tomscha. Keegan Thompson then brought Austin home with an RBI single to make it 5-2.
That score remained the same until the bottom of the eighth when Ole Miss hit an RBI double and an RBI single to come within one run of Auburn. The Rebels then tied up the game once again when they hit a sacrifice fly.
The Tigers went down 1-2-3 in the top of the ninth.
Jay Wade ended the ninth with two straight strikeouts to send the game into extras.
Haecker hit a one-out double in the top of the 13th but Auburn could not manage to score him.
Wade remained on the mound in the bottom of the 13th when Ole Miss got runners on second and third with no outs. Ole Miss' Austin Anderson then hit a three-run walkoff home run to end the game.
With this loss the Tigers fall to 5-5 in the SEC and will look to win both games in the doubleheader tomorrow in Oxford.
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