After winning the series at No. 24 Arkansas last weekend, Auburn baseball dropped game one of their home series losing 3-0 to No. 23 Mississippi State.
The game remained scoreless through the first three innings as Dillon Ortman pitched 1-2-3 second and third innings.
In the bottom of the third Damon Haecker hit a hard ball to third that could have scored Jordan Ebert from second but Mississippi State's third baseman made a great play at third base to end the inning and prevent the RBI single.
Mississippi State struck first in the top of the fourth when C.T. Bradford led off with a solo home run. But after the homer Ortman was able to get the next three Bulldog batters out.
Auburn got runners on the corners with two outs in the bottom of the fourth but the inning ended when they tried to double steal and Blake Austin got thrown out at home.
Mississippi State hit another solo homer to take the 2-0 lead in the top of the fifth.
Auburn left two more runners in scoring position in the bottom of the sixth.
Ortman pitched another 1-2-3 inning in the seventh.
In the top of the eighth the Bulldogs hit an RBI double to take a 3-0 lead and that was it for Ortman as Justin Camp replaced him and managed to escape the inning.
Auburn went down in order in the bottom of the eighth.
The Bulldogs got their first two batters on in the ninth and then Daniel Koger came in. But then they loaded the bases and with no outs Reid Carter escaped the bases loaded jam to end the inning.
In the bottom of the ninth Auburn got two runners on with no outs but they could not manage to bring a run home, which clinched Mississippi State's victory.
Auburn will look to bounce back tomorrow in game two tomorrow at 6 p.m. at Plainsman Park.
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