The Auburn Tigers (36-15, 12-8 SEC) fell 8-0 at the hands of the South Carolina Gamecocks (33-16, 8-12 SEC) on Saturday afternoon.
Auburn did not record a hit in the run-rule affair and only had two base runners during the contest. [autotag]Carlee McCondichie[/autotag] walked and[autotag]Bri Ellis[/autotag] was hit by a pitch.
The Gamecocks took a 1-0 lead on a throwing error in the 2nd inning and began to run away from the Tigers in the 4th inning. South Carolina’s Guilia Desiderio hit her first of two home runs in the game when she cranked a three-run blast to left field to extend South Carolina’s lead to 4-0 in the 4th.
South Carolina added four more runs in the 5th inning when Desiderio and Jordan Fabian each hit two-run homers. Desiderio’s second home run of the game was the final blow, which put the run rule into effect.
[autotag]Annabelle Wildra[/autotag] got the start for the Tigers and allowed four runs off of two hits, walked three batters, and struck out five in 3.2 innings in the circle.
Donnie Gobourne got the start for the Gamecocks, only walking one batter and striking out seven in five innings of action.
RELATED: How to watch Auburn softball’s series at South Carolina
The rubber match is set for Sunday at 12:00 p.m. CDT and will broadcast on SEC Network+.
Contact/Follow us @TheAuburnWire on Twitter, and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Auburn news, notes, and opinion. You can also follow Daniel on Twitter @DanielJLocke
[mm-video type=playlist id=01eqbyzb4ahnasj2m3 player_id=01f5k5y2jb3twsvdg4 image=]
[lawrence-auto-related count=3 category=692566218]