Auburn baseball earns 30th win with drubbing of Ole Miss
After outscoring Ole Miss, 24-6 in Friday’s doubleheader sweep, Auburn continued its offensive dominance on Saturday en route to another impressive win.
The Tigers used a 20-hit effort at the plate and a solid defensive day to defeat Ole Miss, 13-5 on Saturday to complete the three-game sweep at Swayze Field in Oxford.
Auburn (30-19-1, 14-13 SEC) set the tone early by jumping out to a 12-run cushion before the Rebels (25-26, 6-21 SEC) had a chance to answer. Ike Irish and Nate LaRue each plated runs on RBI singles in the top of the 2nd, and Cole Foster smashed a solo home run in the 3rd inning to give the Tigers a 3-0 advantage.
Auburn would go on to do their most damage in the 5th and 7th innings. The Tigers scored six runs in the 5th to go ahead, 9-0, with a Cooper McMurray grand slam being the biggest blow of the inning.
Auburn added three more runs in the 7th inning to push their lead to 12-0. Irish got the inning with a solo blast, with Cole Foster and Bobby Peirce adding runs with two-out singles.
The Rebels finally cracked the scoreboard in the bottom of the 7th by scratching four runs across. Bo Gatlin put Ole Miss on the board with a two-run double, and later scored on a two-run home run by John Kramer to cut the Tigers lead to 12-4.
Each team traded runs in the 9th inning to cap scoring. McMurray again would extend the Tigers’ lead with a sacrifice fly to score Chris Stanfield, and Ole Miss answered with a single by T.J. McCants to score Garrett Wood.
Every player in the Auburn lineup recorded a hit in the game, with five players recording three hits. McMurray led the team in RBI with five, while Foster and Irish each picked up two.
Starting pitcher Christian Herberholz allowed just one hit in 2.0 innings. Drew Nelson earned the win for the Tigers by relieving Herberholz for 2.0 innings, where he allowed two hits and struck out one batter. Chase Isbell led the pitching staff in strikeouts with two.
Auburn returns to Plainsman Park to play one more game at home this season on Tuesday. The Tigers and Jax State will do battle on Tuesday at 6 p.m. CT.
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