In the first of three games against Yale, the Auburn Tigers bats stayed hot on Friday night.
After Jordan Armstrong took the mound in the top of the first inning, Sonny DiChiara got the Tigers on the board in the bottom of the inning. He hit a two-run shot that would bring Brody Moore home for the 2-0. It was DiChiara’s first home run of the 2022 season. It was all the offense that Auburn would need but they were far from done.
Third baseman Blake Rambusch would get his first of two RBIs in the second when his single to left field brought Kason Howell around to score. The Tigers would take on a pair of runs in the third inning to make it 5-0. Six of the 15 hits on the night were extra-base hits. DiChiara hit his first double and first home runs. Brody Moore, Ryan Dyal, Bryson Ware, and Josh Hall each added doubles as well.
Jordan Armstrong would end up pitching 5.1 with 11 strikeouts, four hits allowed, and one hit batter. John Armstrong would finish out the sixth inning striking out both batters on nine pitches. Chase Allsup and Carson Swilling each pitched an inning with some control issues. The duo combined for three strikeouts and three walks.
Ben Bosse closed out the game by striking out the side in the top of the ninth inning. Auburn improved to 4-1 while Yale lost their first game of the season, and the first game played for the program since 2020. Kipp Grant took the loss as he went four innings with 10 hits allowed and six earned runs.
