For the second straight year, Auburn baseball leaves the Amegy Bank College Baseball Series in Arlington, Texas, with a clean sweep of its opponents.
Auburn began its weekend with a 5-1 win over a previously unbeaten Kansas State, punched back from an early deficit to secure an 8-5 win over No. 9 Florida State and toppled No. 15 Louisville 10-6 to cap off the perfect weekend.
Here is a recap of the Tigers’ weekend:
Game one
Auburn got back in the win column on Friday with a 5-1 win over Kansas State in game one of the Amegy Bank College Baseball Series.
Auburn starter Jake Marciano put together another masterful start, earning his first win in orange and blue with six scoreless innings, eight strikeouts and no walks with two hits. He retired the first nine Wildcat batters he faced with six strikeouts the first time through the order.
In his first two Auburn starts, Marciano has allowed one run on four hits with no walks and 20 strikeouts. The sophomore southpaw gave way to Drew Whalen to start the seventh, and the right-hander turned in two innings, allowing just an unearned run with a strikeout.
After being shut out in its midweek matchup with Cincinnati, Auburn tallied 11 hits with four players recording multiple hits.
Bristol Carter, who was slotted into the leadoff spot in lieu of Chris Rembert, reached base three times on a hit and two walks, stole two bases, scored three runs and drove in another.
Auburn led off the first frame with three singles, and a fielder's choice plated the Tigers’ first run. Auburn doubled its lead in the fifth with Carter scoring from second on a Bub Terrell single. Carter scored again in the ninth on an RBI single from Eric Guevara, and he scored on a sacrifice fly.
Garrett Brewer entered in relief of Whalen in the ninth and allowed a two-out hit before finishing his second game of the season.
Game two
After falling behind by four runs in the first frame, Auburn scored seven unanswered runs on its way to an 8-5 win over No. 9 Florida State on Saturday at Globe Life Field.
Jackson Sanders got the nod and allowed four runs in the first inning, but didn’t allow a hit the rest of his outing, ultimately earning the win and registering a career-high nine strikeouts in his five innings of work. He retired the last 10 batters he faced in the outing.
Auburn’s bats got rolling after a scoreless first, tallying seven runs in the second through the seventh. Bristol Carter and Brandon McCraine led the way with three hits apiece as the Tigers tallied 11 hits for the second consecutive day.
Florida State jumped out to a 1-0 lead with a double and an RBI single to start the game. The Tigers were a pitch away from getting out of the inning, but a two-out single scored another run and kept the inning alive, as the Seminoles ultimately scored four in the opening frame.
Auburn got on the board in the second on an RBI groundout from Caiden Combs and made it a two-run affair in the third after Carter hit a solo home run. A three-run fifth and runs in each inning after helped the Tigers record their second win against a top-10 team in the Amegy Bank College Baseball Series in the last two years, and was the program’s seventh straight win in the tournament.
Jett Johnston relieved Sanders in the sixth and gave up two hits and a run with two strikeouts before Ryan Hetzler earned the save in one ⅓ innings of work.
Game three
Auburn toppled No. 15 Louisville 10–6 to cap off the perfect weekend at Globe Life Field.
Highlighted by a five-run seventh, Auburn scored in six frames and tallied 13 hits and three longballs, highlighted by Ethin Bingaman’s pair in the fourth and seventh innings.
The Tigers never trailed, scoring one run each across the second through fifth frames before tallying five hits and four runs in the fifth.
Alex Petrovic got the nod and worked six innings, giving up three runs on six hits with five strikeouts. Christian Chatterton relieved him and worked two scoreless frames before passing the baton to LJ Cormier, who nearly finished the last two with six strikeouts. Brewer came in to record the final out.
Louisville did not get on the board until the fourth on a two-run homer. It scored again in the sixth on a sacrifice fly and tried to fight back in the ninth with a 3-spot before Brewer put an end to things.
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