Auburn baseball falls in extra innings in super regional game against Coastal Carolina
After a nearly two-hour rain delay, Auburn baseball falls to Coastal Carolina 7-6 in extra innings behind four home run hits by the Chanticleers.
The Tigers trailed 6-1 entering the fourth inning then scored five runs in the next five, headlined by home runs from Ike Irish and Eric Snow. Auburn’s bullpen totaled 11 strikeouts to hold the Chanticleers scoreless through those five innings.
Caden Bodine drilled his second home run in the tenth, ending the Chanticleers hitting drought since his fourth inning single.
Game two is set for 2 p.m. on Saturday. If Coastal Carolina wins, it will be their first trip to the College World Series since 2016.
Here’s how the action went down inside Plainsman Park:
Tenth Inning
- Double Play. Game over. Coastal Carolina 7, Auburn 6.
- Snow advances to second. One out. Coastal leads 7-6.
- Eric Snow gets a base hit for Auburn.
- Coastal Carolina closer Ryan Lynch is in to pitch the tenth.
- Mid tenth. Auburn trails Coastal Carolina 7-6.
- Caden Bodine drills second home run of the night. Coastal Carolina leads 7-6.
Ninth Inning
- Coastal sends the game to extra innings.
- McMurray strikes out for Auburn. Two outs. Two on.
- Ike Irish walked. Two one. One out for Auburn.
- Bub Terell walked on base.
- Mid ninth
- Tigers get 11th strikeout to close out the bottom of inning
- Auburn pitching up to ten strikeouts
- Auburn 6, Coastal Carolina 6
Eighth Inning
- Auburn out. Score remains 6-6.
- Chris Rembert is Auburn’s lead runner of the inning.
- Coastal Carolina’s Matthew Potok is now in to pitch.
- Mid eighth
- Auburn strikes out Coastal with one on base. Tied at six.
- Coastal gets on base after fielding era from Auburn. Two outs. Tie score.
- Five unanswered runs for Auburn to pull even again.
Seventh Inning
- Bristol Carter files out to close out inning. Tie ballgame 6-6.
- Two outs. Auburn ties the game 6-6 with Coastal Carolina.
- Eric Snow home run. Tie game. 6-6.
- McMurray scores on a Lucas Steele ground out. Auburn trails 6-5.
- Cooper McMurray gets on base with a stand up double.
- Ike Irish strike out for Auburn
- Mid seventh
- Coastal strikes out with no runs. Auburn trails 6-4.
- Griffin Graves is in to pitch for Auburn. Unfortunate turn of events as the delay ends Carson Myers night.
Sixth Inning
- Bub Terell files out. Inning closes with Auburn trailing by two.
- Carter comes home after Rembert bunt. Auburn trails 6-4.
- Carter steals to second. Two outs for Auburn.
- Bristol Carter with leadoff single for Auburn.
- Play resumes at Plainsman Park. Coastal leads 6-3.
- Weather delay. Game resumes 11:45
- Two runs, no hits, No errors. Auburn trails 6-3.
Fifth Inning
- Auburn cuts its deficit to 6-3.
Fourth Inning
- Auburn scores one run. Tigers trail 6-2.
- Coastal Carolina scores four runs to take the lead.
Third Inning
- No runs, no hits and no errors to close out the third.
- Ike Irish files out in Auburn’s first at bat.
- Mid third.
- Caden Bodine home run. Coastal leads 2-1.
- Two outs for Coastal in first two at bats.
Second Inning
- Coastal strikes out Auburn. Score remains 1-1.
- Rembert walked. Two on for Auburn with two outs.
- Auburn’s Deric Fabian gets on base after fielding error from Coastal.
- Mid Second
- Blagen Pado home run. Coastal ties it 1-1.
- Colby Thorndyke hit pops up to third for Coastal second out.
- Walker Mitchell out for Coastal in first at bat.
- Auburn scores one run on four hits in the fourth, all while working Coastal Carolina starter Cameron Flukey for 32 pitches.
First Inning
- Eric Snow strikes out. Auburn leads 1-0 at the end of the one.
- Lucas Steele single sends McMurray to third. Two outs and two on base.
- Cooper McMurray single sends Irish home for first Auburn score. Tigers lead 1-0 .
- Ike Irish crushes a line drive double to centerfield.
- Chris Rembert fails to steal second base. Second out for Auburn.
- Auburn’s Bub Terell strikes out for the Tigers first out.
- Auburn’s Chris Rembert gets on base with an infield single.
- Mid First
- Blake Barthol files out for Coastal. No runs scored.
- Sebastian Alexander hit tracked down by Auburn’s Ike Irish. Second out.
- Caden Bodine files out for first out of the game. Bub Terell makes grab for Auburn.
- Auburn’s Sam Sutton throws a strike on the first pitch of the game.
Pregame
Starting pitchers
Auburn: RHP Sam Dutton (6-3, 3.58 ERA) Coastal Carolina: RHP Cameron Flukey (7-1, 3.12 ERA)
Auburn starting lineup
- RF Chris Rembert
- 3B Eric Guevara
- LF Ike Irish
- 1B Cooper McMurray
- DH Lucas Steele
- 2B Eric Snow
- CF Bub Terrell
- C Chase Fralick
- SS Deric Fabian
Coastal Carolina starting lineup
- C Caden Bodine (.329)
- LF Sebastian Alexander (.309)
- 2B Blake Barthol (.281)
- 3B Walker Mitchell (.282)
- 1B Colby Thorndyke (.317)
- RF Blagen Pado (.256)
- SS Ty Dooley (.308)
- DH Ty Barrango (.240)
- CF Wells Sykes (.297)
Officials: Joshua Schepis (HP); Joe Burleson (1B); Jeff Gosney (2B); Seth Buckminster (3B)
Jerry Humphrey III covers Auburn sports for Single Sparkle . You can follow him on X at @ Jerryhump3 or email him at JHumphreyIII@Single Sparkle .
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