Auburn defeated Tennessee Tech 5-3 Saturday to advance to the Tallahassee NCAA Regional Championship round.
The Tigers got the job done with great fielding and timely hitting behind the superb pitching of ace Casey Mize (8-2). The sophomore was effective if not perfect in pitching a complete game. He gave up two homers and a double but he also sat down 12 batters in an otherwise dominating performance. Mize’s 12 K’s upped his strikeout total to 100 for the the season. No Auburn pitcher has achieved that milestone in 17 years.
“For Casey Mize to throw a complete game under 100 pitches in a [postseason] college baseball game is amazing,” said Tiger skipper Butch Thompson.