Heavy rain and thunderstorms plagued the SEC this weekend, including the Auburn series in Knoxville Tennessee No. 6.
Friday's series opener started a few hours later than the original CT start time and was put on hold at the top of the first inning. The Ike Irish pushed Auburn forward with two home runs in the opening frame before heavy rain forced the game to resume Saturday morning. The Irishman and Game 1 starter Samuel Dutton made progress in Game 1, while the second game left fans of both teams on the edge of their seats. However, the double heads could not be completed until heavy rains hit the Knoxville area.
Here is a summary of each game of Saturday's action played by Auburn and Tennessee in Knoxville.
Auburn continued to win a 6-1 victory Friday night to open the series, thus gaining momentum. The Irish extended the Tigers' lead to 3-0 in the third inning after two home runs on Friday night and scored an RBI single to score Cade Belyeu. Cooper McMurray raised Auburn's lead to 4-0 in his sixth home run, while Chris Rembert hit one of his own in eighth place. Eric Snow scored on the Wild Field in No. 9.
Samuel Dutton started out with eight hits in the 6 2/3 innings, able to hit four hits. Ryan Hetzler closed the volunteers in the last 2 1/3 innings and slammed the goal, where he allowed only two hits and hit two batsmen.
Saturday's second game will resume at the top of Sunday's 10th inning
Like the first game, Auburn controlled the second game by gaining two quick runs in a pair of RBI singles by Irish and Lucas Steele in the first game. Tennessee's Hunter Ensley tied for two RBI singles in the third inning, from there, the Tigers and volunteers ran. Chase Fralick pushed Auburn 4-3 at the top of the 9th inning, but Tennessee's Dalton Bargo tied for an extra inning in the bottom frame.
Cam Tilly, Carson Myers, John Armstrong and Parker Carlson made strong pitching performances in Game 2, hitting 14 batsmen together. Myers allowed seven hits in 3 1/3 innings, but only one shot was allowed while beating six batsmen at the same time. Tilly ran two runs on his first four hits, lasting 2 2/3 innings.
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