Auburn baseball added yet one more tally to the win column on Tuesday by out-slugging ACC opponent Georgia Tech 9-8 in Atlanta. The Tigers, who had misplaced final week’s non-conference Tuesday contest towards in-state rival UAB, are actually 23-10 on the season.
Butch Thompson’s No. 9 ranked Tigers pounced out to an early benefit within the first inning because of redshirt senior Cooper McMurray’s first-career grand slam. It was the Tulsa, Oklahoma native’s eight house run of the season, and first since March 25 towards South Alabama.
The No. 9 ranked Tigers and No. 15 ranked Yellow Jackets largely traded paper cuts all through the primary half of the 9 inning affair from there, with each squads plating a single run by way of the fifth inning after McMurray opened the scoring with a grand entrance.
As soon as the scorebook flipped to the sixth, Georgia Tech flipped the sport on its head. Beginning with a house run from sophomore infielder Carson Kerce and ending with an RBI single from freshman Alex Hernandez, the Yellow Jackets rallied for five runs towards Auburn reduction pitchers Jett Johnston and Ben Schorr to take a 7-5 lead.
That lead lasted all however a single inning, as Tigers sophomore Eric Guevara knotted issues up with an RBI single within the seventh. Stars Deric Fabian and Ike Irish, together with freshman Bub Terrell, added run scoring hits an inning later, giving Butch Thompson’s squad a much-needed cushion to salt away a 9-8 win.
The win was Auburn’s ninth towards a ranked opponent this season, together with its fourth away from Plainsman Park. The 23-10 Tigers are actually 16-5 in non-conference play this marketing campaign.
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