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Recap: Belyeu’s big day lifts Auburn to midweek win over Georgia Tech

The Auburn outfielder delivered the final blow by crushing a three-run homer in the 9th inning of Auburn’s 7-2 win over Georgia Tech on Tuesday.

Auburn baseball fell victim to another long ball by one of the NCAA’s top power hitters, Drew Burress, early in Tuesday’s game with Georgia Tech.

However, Burress’ 21st home run of the season would only be a minor storyline as the Tigers managed to slide out of the flats with a 7-2 win over the Yellow Jackets on Tuesday at Ross Chandler Stadium in Atlanta.

Following his 1st inning home run, Burress recorded his second, and ultimately final, run of the game on a single in the 3rd inning to score Vahn Lackey and extend Georgia Tech’s lead to 2-0. Auburn went on to score seven unanswered runs to secure the win.

Auburn’s scoring surge began in the 4th inning when [autotag]Cade Belyeu[/autotag] hit a sacrifice fly deep enough to score [autotag]Ike Irish[/autotag] to cut the deficit to 2-1. A pair of long balls in the 5th inning by [autotag]Eric Guevara[/autotag] and [autotag]Cooper Weiss[/autotag] and a fielding error allowed Auburn to jump ahead, 4-2.

Belyeu struck again in the 9th inning. His three-run blast off of Georgia Tech’s Mason Patel would be the final blow and would lift Auburn to the 7-2 victory.

Auburn’s ability to overcome early adversity played a role in the win, but it’s defensive performance can not go unnoticed. Tiger outfielders Chris Stanfield and Cade Belyeu robbed Georgia Tech of a pair of two-run home runs that could have ultimately changed the tone of the game. Stanfield took a two-run homer away from Mike Becchetti in the 1st inning, and would later throw out Drew Burress at home in the 3rd inning. Both plays, if successful, would have given the Yellow Jackets a 3-0 lead.

Not only did Belyeu score the final runs of the game, but he took away a two-run home run away from Georgia Tech’s Vahn Lackey in the bottom of the 9th to preserve the lead.

[autotag]Ben Schorr[/autotag] recorded the win on the mound for Auburn by providing two innings of relief and allowing one hit. [autotag]Christian Herberholz[/autotag] closed out the game by striking out two batters over the final two innings. In between Schorr and Herberholz’s outings, [autotag]Cameron Keshock[/autotag] struck out four batters while walking one batter and allowing a hit in two innings of work.

Auburn baseball will continue its SEC schedule this weekend by facing Missouri on the road. The opening game of the series begins Friday at 6 p.m. CT.

Visiting Vols trounce Auburn, sets up Sunday rubber match

Auburn was limited to three hits in Saturday’s loss to Tennessee.

Auburn baseball opened the weekend series with No. 4 Tennessee by stunning the Vols with great offense in a 9-5 victory.

On Saturday, Tennessee returned the favor.

The Volunteers jumped out to an early 5-0 advantage and never looked back. In all, Tennessee recorded 13 hits in Saturday’s 12-2 run-rule victory over Auburn at Plainsman Park to even up the series.

After a scoreless inning from both squads, Tennessee took control of the game by scoring five runs in the top of the 2nd to take the 5-0 lead. The Volunteers led off the inning with a solo blast by Dalton Bargo to take the early 1-0 lead. After the home run, Tennessee used two walks and an RBI double to set up Christian Moore for a grand slam opportunity. He took advantage, and smashed a home run to right center field.

Auburn nearly avoided the big inning, but a two-out walk set up the grand slam.

“If you want to play that game and flip that lineup and keep getting (Christian) Moore and (Blake) Burke to the plate, you can pay for that, and that definitely happened,” head coach Butch Thompson said postgame. “The way (Drew) Beam pitched today, that was more than he needed, so it was a huge moment in the ballgame.”

Tennessee’s starter, Drew Beam, tossed a complete game gem for the Volunteers by striking out eight batters and allowing just three hits to Tiger batters. His offense provided plenty of cushion as well. Following the five-run 2nd inning, Tennessee scored three more runs in the 3rd and one more in the 4th inning before scoring three total runs over the final two frames to secure the win.

Auburn’s lone runs came in the bottom of the 7th inning when two wild pitches allowed [autotag]Cooper McMurray[/autotag] and [autotag]Chris Stanfield[/autotag] to score. [autotag]Cade Belyeu[/autotag] joined McMurray and Stanfield as the only Tigers to record a hit in the game.

[autotag]Conner McBride[/autotag] got the start for Auburn, and his outing was shortlived as he was pulled following the 1st inning grand slam after allowing five runs on four hits. [autotag]Chase Allsup[/autotag]’s outing was the most notable of the game. He worked 4 2/3 innings, where he struck out four batters and allowed four runs on seven hits. [autotag]Tanner Bauman[/autotag] and [autotag]Ben Schorr[/autotag] also recorded some time on the mound in the loss. As a unit, Auburn pitching gave up six home runs in the contest.

Sunday’s rubber game between the Tigers and Volunteers is scheduled for 1 p.m. CT on Sunday at Plainsman Park. The game will be broadcast live on SEC Network+.

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