Despite holding a five run lead through the first five innings, Auburn baseball lost 6-5 in extra innings on Sunday to drop the series at Kentucky.
The Tigers are now 10-17 in the SEC with only one conference series remaining against LSU at home next weekend.
Kentucky loaded up the bases in the bottom of the first but Keegan Thompson kept them from scoring with an inning-ending groundout.
Auburn responded by loading the bases in the top of the second but they capitalized off of it when Thompson hit an RBI single to bring home Damek Tomscha for Auburn's first run. Dan Glevenyak hit an RBI to score Ryan Tella and then Anfernee Grier kept the inning alive with a two-out two-RBI single to make it 4-0.
The score remained 4-0 in Auburn's favor until the top of the fourth when Glevenyak hit a two-out RBI double to score Tella.
Kentucky's first hit off of Thompson came in the bottom of the fourth but that infield single was all they would get until the bottom of the sixth when Thompson allowed a double and hit a batter, which ended his day on the mound and brought in Jay Wade from the bullpen.
With no outs and the bases loaded Wade walked the next batter to bring in Kentucky's first run. Trey Cochran-Gill then came in to pitch and Kentucky scored off of an Auburn error then brought in two more runs to make it 5-4 following a two-RBI double.
After Kentucky loaded up the bases again with no outs, Tella came in from centerfield to pitch in his first career SEC appearance in the bottom of the seventh. Tella delivered by striking out the side to keep Auburn's lead and keep all three Kentucky runners stranded on base.
But in the bottom of the eighth Kentucky tied it when Austin Cousino hit a solo home run. Tella escaped the eighth though with another strikeout.
Auburn showed some offense in the top of the ninth but they could not manufacture a run after loading up the bases.
Tella pitched a 1-2-3 bottom of the ninth inning to send the game into extras.
Auburn went down in order in the top of the 10th and Kentucky hit a walk-off single in the bottom half of the inning to end the game.
Do you like this story? The Plainsman doesn't accept money from tuition or student fees, and we don't charge a subscription fee. But you can donate to support The Plainsman.
