No. 4 Auburn entered this weekend as the first place team in the SEC with a chance to win the SEC regular-season baseball championship with a sweep of last place Alabama. However, it was Bama that did the sweeping. The Tide took two one-run games on Saturday 4-3 and 7-6 and then won a 15 inning slugfest late Sunday night.
While the Auburn offense was hampered by significant injuries with Luke Jarvis and Daniel Robert unable to play, the Tigers could have won both of Saturday’s contest but for hitting into four double plays and uncharacteristically committing five errors, all of which led to runs.