Live Updates: Alabama Baseball at Auburn (Game 2)

The Crimson Tide sends Jacob McNairy to the mound looking to rebound from its one-run loss Friday night.

Alabama baseball suffered its 12th one-run defeat of the season with a 3-2 loss at No. 20 Auburn on Friday night. The slumping Crimson Tide has no time to lick its wounds as it will look to avoid dropping its fifth straight SEC series by evening things up in Game 2 today.

Today's game between Alabama and Auburn is slated for a 2 p.m. CT first pitch. The game will be streamed on SEC Network+.

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Live Updates

Final: No. 20 Auburn 6, Alabama 4

Top 9 

• Alabama goes down in order in the ninth. Auburn wins 6-4. Alabama has now lost its last five SEC series

Bottom 8 

• Landon Green in to pitch for Alabama.
• Green strikes out a pair in a 1-2-3 inning. It's 6-4 Auburn heading into the ninth. 

Top 8 

• Chase Allsup in to pitch for Auburn. 

• Drew Williamson leads off the inning with a single, but Dominic Tamez grounds into a double play.
• William Hamiter strikes out. Alabama is three outs away from dropping its fifth straight SEC series. 

Bottom 7

• Dylan Ray in to pitch for Alabama.
• A two-out rally sees Auburn take the lead. Blake Rambusch singled up the middle before stealing second base. Bobby Pierce provided the go-ahead run with a single to right. It's 5-4 Auburn. 
• Following a single from Brooks Carlson, Auburn gets another run as Pierce scores from third on a wild pitch. It's 6-4 Auburn. 

Top 7 

• Alabama strands Caden Rose at second base. The Crimson Tide has just one hit after the first inning. 

Bottom 6 

• Following a leadoff single from Brooks Carlson, Zane Denton makes a nice play on a bunt to third, throwing out Kason Howell at first. Carlson moves to second with one out. 
• Following a ground out by Mason Land, Nate LaRue ties things up with an RBI single to left center. It's 4-4.
• Garrett Farquhar flies out to left center to end the inning. It's 4-4 heading to the seventh inning. 

Top 6 

• Carson Swilling comes in to pitch for Auburn.
• Alabama goes down in order. The Crimson Tide's bats have gone cold since the first inning. 

Bottom 5 

• Auburn puts the first two runners on base as Nate LaRue leads off the inning with a single and Garrett Farquhar gets hit by the pitch. 

• Auburn tries to sac bunt with Brody Moore but LaRue is thrown out at third. The Tigers have runners on first and second with one out. 
• Auburn scores its second run on an error by Drew Williamson. The first baseman threw wide to second looking to start a double play. The Tigers have runners on first and third with one out. It's 4-2, Alabama. 
• Blake Rambusch hits an RBI single to right to cut Alabama's lead to 4-3. 
• Alabama gets a double play to get out of the inning, but not before Auburn grabs two runs. It's 4-3 Alabama heading to the sixth inning. 

Top 5 

• Drew Williamson draws a two-out walk, but Dominic Tamez flies out to right. 

Bottom 4

• Bobby Pierce puts Auburn on the board with a leadoff home run to center. It's 4-1, Alabama. 
• Jacob McNairy rebounds by retiring the next three batters. It's 4-1 heading to the fifth inning. 

Top 4

• Tommy Sheehan records another 1-2-3 innings. He has retired nine of the 10 batters he's faced.

Bottom 3 

• Following a pair of singles from Garrett Farquhar and Brody Moore, Alabama starting pitcher Jacob McNairy works his way out of a jam to strand two runners on base. It's still 4-0 Alabama heading to the fourth inning. 

Top 3

• Alabama wastes a two-out single from William Hamiter as it's unable to get anything going in the top of the third.

Bottom 2

• Auburn gets a two-out single from Mason Land, but Alabama catcher Dominic Tavez throws him out trying to steal to end the inning. 

Top 2

• Tommy Sheehan is in to pitch for Auburn. 
• Sheehan retires the side in order, getting Caden Rose to fly out before striking out Jim Jarvis and Andrew Pinckney.

Bottom 1 

• Auburn strands a runner on first base after Blake Rambusch dumped a two-out single to right. The Tigers had a couple of deep flyouts in the inning, but couldn't respond to Alabama's fast start. It's 4-0, Alabama heading into the second inning. 

Top 1 

• Alabama puts the first two runners on base as Caden Rose draws a leadoff walk followed by an infield single from Jim Jarvis.
• Andrew Pinckney strikes out, one down. 
• Drew Williamson beats out a double play, and Alabama has runners on first and third with two outs for Dominic Tamez.
• Tamez singles past Auburn shortstop Brody Moore, and Alabama takes a 1-0 lead. 
• William Hamiter hammers a three-run home run over the right-field fence to make it 4-0, Alabama.
• Alabama leaves two runners on base but not before it scored four runs on four hits. 

Alabama baseball starting lineup

1. Caden Rose, CF

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2. Jim Jarvis, SS

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3. Andrew Pinckney

4. Drew Williamson, 1B

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5. Dominic Tamez, C

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6. William Hamiter, DH

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7. Tommy Seidl, LF

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8. Zane Denton, 3B

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9. Bryce Eblin, 2b

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Jacob McNairy, SP

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