Southern Miss hits four home runs, knocks Auburn out of its own baseball regional
Southern Miss defeated Auburn 7-2 on Saturday, eliminating the Tigers from their own regional.
Southern Miss defeated Auburn 7-2 on Saturday, eliminating the Tigers from their own regional.
With the loss, Auburn will face Southern Miss in a loser-out game Saturday.
Ninth-seeded Alabama (40-18) advances to the fourth round of the tournament for the third straight season.
No. 5 seed Auburn will play an elimination game against No. 9 seed Alabama Thursday after both teams lost their second round games on Wednesday.
Fifth-seeded Auburn wrapped up the first day of the SEC Baseball Tournament with a 10-4 win over ninth-seeded Missouri on Tuesday night.
The SEC Baseball Tournament and those of other conferences are getting underway.
Auburn (43-22) finished with 18 more wins than a year ago and made it to Omaha after being picked last in the Southeastern Conference West.
Auburn will now meet Stanford in an elimination game.
Here’s a look at Auburn and the other seven teams competing in the 2022 College World Series.
Auburn won the Corvallis Super Regional to advance to the College World Series for the second time in the last three tournaments.