Auburn Baseball broke a 25-year drought of winning a game at the College World Series on Monday. Now, they look to do something that they have not done since 1967 — win two games in the CWS.
The Tigers caught wind in the middle of their elimination game against No. 2 overall seed Stanford on Monday by scoring all six runs over the 6th and 7th innings to claim the 6-2 win over the Cardinal to stay alive in the College World Series.
The win was the first since 1997 when the Tigers defeated Rice, 10-1 in an elimination game of the College World Series.
Now that Stanford has been eliminated, it guarantees that an SEC West team will compete in the College World Series final as Auburn, Ole Miss, and Arkansas remain in their half of the bracket. The Tigers’ quest to become that one team left standing continues Tuesday as they battle Arkansas in another elimination game.
The Razorbacks went deep into their bullpen Monday night, using seven pitchers in their 13-5 loss to Ole Miss, with only one pitcher lasting over 2.0 innings.
Arkansas ran into the same issue that Auburn had with the Rebels on Saturday with its pitching. Ole Miss freshman Hunter Elliot, whose goal was to limit the amount of “Woo Pigs” that Arkansas fans chant throughout the game, achieved that by allowing just one earned run on six hits over 6.1 innings.
Arkansas, who shelled Stanford 17-2 in their opening game of the College World Series, was limited to eight hits on the night. Braydon Webb, Jalen Battles, and Peyton Stovall combined to record six of those hits.