Long ball dooms Auburn in series opener at Texas A&M
The No. 25 Auburn Tigers are working to win its first SEC series of the season, and hope to find luck in College Station this weekend against the No. 12 Texas A&M Aggies.
Auburn struck first in Friday’s opener. However, Texas A&M scored five runs on three home runs over the final three innings to earn the series-opening victory, 5-1, at the Aggie Softball Complex in College Station, Texas.
The Tigers had opportunities to score by leaving seven total runners on base, including the 7th inning, where the bases were left loaded before a flyout ended Auburn’s scoring threat. Head coach Mickey Dean hopes to see his team take advantage of future opportunities.
“We had great effort,” Dean said postgame. “Our execution wasn’t quite what we needed it to be. We didn’t get any runs in our two bases-loaded opportunities. We are making mistakes in the circle that we normally don’t make. We have to figure that out. We didn’t finish our opportunities at the plate or in the circle.”
Rose Roach put the Tigers on the board first with an RBI single to left field that was deep enough to score Annabelle Widra to push Auburn ahead, 1-0, in the top of the 3rd inning. Texas A&M responded by hitting three home runs over the final three innings. Trinity Cannon tied the game in the 4th inning with a solo blast to center field, paving the way for Kylei Griffin to push the Aggies ahead with a two-run shot in the 5th.
The decisive blow took place in the 6th inning when Julia Cottrell hit a two-run home run to right-center field.
Widra led the team in hits with two. Icess Tresvik, Rose Roach, Nelia Peralta, and Millie Roberts each collected a hit in the loss. Shelby Lowe took the loss in the game after allowing three earned runs on three hits in five innings of work. Malayna Tamborra and Emmah Rolfe combined to pitch the final inning.
Auburn looks to avenge Friday’s loss on Saturday in game two of its weekend series at Texas A&M. Saturday’s game begins at 4:30 p.m. CT, and can be seen live on SEC Network.
RUNS | HITS | ERRORS | LOB | |
No. 25 Auburn | 1 | 6 | 0 | 7 |
No. 12 Texas A&M | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
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