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Auburn baseball drops first game of series to Rebels

It wasn’t the start Auburn wanted, but the Tigers have a chance for redemption on Monday.

The Auburn Tigers were hoping for a better start to their College World Series bid, but an SEC rival wasn’t going to let those hopes turn to reality.

The Ole Miss Rebels rolled over Auburn 5-1 on Saturday night, handing the Tigers a loss to start the tournament. The tournament operates on a double-elimination format, so the Tigers will have a chance to stay afloat against the Stanford Cardinal on Monday.

Ole Miss wasted no time putting runs on the board, scoring twice in the first inning from two RBIs off a hit by outfielder Kemp Alderman. They scored again in the third inning when senior Kevin Graham hit a solo shot to left field to make it 3-0 Rebels.

The Tigers were unable to get the bats going all game, but they were able to stave off the Ole Miss attack until the top of the sixth inning, when Alderman advanced home on a double play and sophomore T.J. McCants knocked in an RBI to make it 5-0. That would be the last of Ole Miss’ scoring run, and Auburn couldn’t make up the deficit to bring it back.

The Tigers’ only run came in the bottom of the seventh, when a Bobby Peirce single brought fifth-year senior Garrett Farquhar home.

It’s do or die for Auburn on Monday at 1 p.m. CT when they play a Stanford team that lost to Arkansas by 15 runs.

Tigers fall in game one against Kentucky

The Tigers dropped game one of their doubleheader against the Wildcats by a score of 5-1.

After having to reschedule game one of the series due to weather, the Tigers were tasked with playing two games on Friday. Game one between Auburn and Kentucky began at 1 CT. The Tigers starting pitcher was Mason Barnett while the Wildcats starting pitcher was Zack Lee.

It didn’t take long for the home team to scratch across a run. In the bottom half of the first inning, third baseman Chase Estep sent a double into left-center field to bring across second baseman Daniel Harris. After one inning of play, the Wildcats led 1-0.

The Tigers were unable to muster any runs in the first two innings. Unlike Auburn, the Wildcats were able to push across yet another run in the bottom half of the second inning. After right-fielder Adam Fogel reached base earlier in the inning, center-fielder John Thrasher was able to lay down a bunt single to bring Fogel across. After two innings of play in Lexington, the Wildcats led 2-0.

It was a rough day for starting pitcher [autotag]Mason Barnett[/autotag] to say the least. He gave up five hits and four runs in 3.1 innings. The bullpen was able to ease the damage though. Relief pitchers John Armstrong, Tommy Sheehan, and Chase Isbell struck out a combined six batters while allowing just four hits.

In the bottom half of the fourth inning, the Wildcats scored two more runs off of Burnett. An RBI single off the bat of Devin Burkes brought across designated hitter Oraj Anu. Two batters later and it was Thrasher that delivered with a double to plate Burkes. After four innings in the Bluegrass State, the Wildcats led by a score of 4-0.

Finally, in the sixth inning, the Tigers scratched across a run. Second baseman [autotag]Garrett Farquhar[/autotag] delivered with an RBI double to score center-fielder Kason Howell. However, that was the lone run of the first game for the Tigers on Friday afternoon.

The Wildcats scratched across one more run in the bottom half of the sixth inning. The game ended in a Wildcats victory as the Tigers went three-up-three-down in the ninth. The Tigers are set to return to the diamond for game two of the three-game series later Friday evening. The first pitch for the second game was scheduled for 5:00 CT. The game will be aired on SEC Network +.

 

Auburn baseball rallies in full-game comeback to take second Alabama game

Auburn took six innings to complete a four-run comeback and beat the Tide in game two of its rivalry series.

Baseball legend Yogi Berra put it best — it ain’t over ’till it’s over.

The Auburn Tigers lived that creed on Saturday when they came back from a four-run deficit in the first inning to defeat the Alabama Crimson Tide 6-4 in their second victory of the rivalry series. Auburn now has an opportunity to sweep the series when they play the Tide again on Sunday.

Alabama wasted no time kicking off proceedings. Tide catcher Dominic Tamez hit a blistering ground ball to left field to knock in an RBI in the top of the first, and with two men on, outfielder William Hamiter blasted a ball over the right-center fence to put Alabama up 4-0.

That would be the last run they scored.

Auburn managed to keep things stagnant until the bottom of the fourth when it began to chip away. Tigers outfielder [autotag]Bobby Peirce[/autotag] hit a solo shot to center field to cut the deficit down to three. The bottom of the fifth was kind to the Tigers, too — a grievous error on a routine throw to second by the Tide allowed infield player [autotag]Garrett Farquhar[/autotag] to score and infielder [autotag]Blake Rambusch[/autotag] subsequently knocked in an RBI single to cut the deficit down to one. Auburn got the run to tie in the bottom of the sixth when [autotag]Nate LaRue[/autotag] hit an RBI single as well.

It was Peirce, who kicked off the scoring for Auburn, that put them back ahead.

His RBI single brought the Tigers up 5-4 in the bottom of the seventh. He wasn’t done scoring, though — after an errant pitch, Peirce ran home from third and made it 6-4 Auburn, a score that would stand at the end of the game.

After the impressive comeback, the Tigers will look to complete the sweep on Sunday at 3 p.m. CT.