For the second time this season, Auburn baseball lost to the smaller, in-state Samford Bulldogs.
This time it was on the road in Birmingham on their field in another close 7-6 loss in which the Tigers left 13 total runners on base.
Auburn fell behind 6-0 early before making their late comeback.
The Tigers allowed four unearned runs in the bottom of the third after Samford's Caleb Bryson hit a three-run homer capitalizing off of Auburn's error in the field.
Their comeback fell just short after they scored four runs in the fifth, one in the sixth and their final run in the top of the eighth.
The Tigers now fall to 21-17 overall before they play at Plainsman Park for a weekend series against SEC baseball powerhouse South Carolina.
Auburn will look to snap their three consecutive conference series losing streak against the No. 11 Gamecocks.
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