Auburn baseball won its final midweek home game of the season Tuesday in near-perfect fashion.
Leading 13-0 heading into the 7th inning, No. 11 Auburn needed just three outs to walk away with a run-rule win over Alabama State, and to complete a perfect game. However, Alabama State’s Breydon Divine ended the possibility of a combined perfect game when he singled with one out in the 7th inning. Niguel Jenkins later walked, but neither run came across to score, and Auburn held on to win, 13-0 over Alabama State in seven innings on Tuesday at Plainsman Park.
As a team, Auburn collected 17 hits, with every batter in the lineup recording at least one hit. Brandon McCraine led the way by going 4-for-4, while Eric Guevara and Chris Rembert had three each. The Tigers also smashed four home runs on the day, with Guevara contributing two. Both of his home runs sent two runs home, and a sacrifice fly in the 1st inning brought his RBI total to five for the game.
“They played great again tonight,” Auburn head coach Butch Thompson said postgame. “Every hitter got a hit, some guys really tore it up. As an offense, it worked. I just don’t think we can operate any better than we did tonight. It was almost perfect. It was a really good effort by looking at the way they approached the game. Played really good defense again. All around, a very positive night.”
In addition to solid plate work, Auburn’s pitching staff was effective over the seven-inning affair. Griffin Graves struck out two of the nine batters he faced, while Jett Johnston and Abe Chancellor struck out six Hornets over three combined innings, and Ethan Harden allowed just one hit over the lone inning he pitched. Collectively, Auburn’s pitching staff struck out nine batters, and neither pitcher tossed over 35 pitches in their outing.
Auburn, winners of three of their last four games, will take their good fortune into Gainesville this weekend in hopes of winning its third-straight SEC series. Auburn opens a three-game set at No. 18 Florida on Thursday at 6 p.m. CT. Each game of the Auburn-Florida series will be nationally televised, with Thursday and Friday’s games airing on SEC Network, and Saturday’s finale will air on ESPN 2.
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