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Live Updates From Alabama's Series Opener Against Auburn

Score updates and analysis from Sewell-Thomas Stadium as the Crimson Tide opens its series against the No. 5 Tigers.
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Sewell-Thomas Stadium
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TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Alabama baseball is riding high after a sweep of ranked Florida last weekend. The Crimson Tide played its best baseball of the season to extend its home winning streak to 14 games. Now, the Crimson Tide enters one of its biggest series of the year, against No. 5 Auburn.

The Tigers are 20-4 on the year, coming off a narrow series loss to another top-five team in Texas last week. Butch Thompson's team boasts one of the most talented rosters in the nation and swept Missouri in its other SEC series. Auburn also have wins over No. 9 Florida State, No. 15 Louisville, and No. 3 Georgia Tech.

Alabama was reeling a week ago, entering the series against Florida on a four-game losing streak after getting swept by Kentucky and hitting what looked to be rock bottom in an ugly midweek loss to South Alabama. Tyler Fay proceeded to throw the program's first nine-inning no-hitter in last Friday's opener to set the tone for an electric three games. Brady Neal drove in 11 runs over the weekend, hitting a sixth inning grand-slam in the final game to secure the much-needed series sweep.

Fay is back on the bump for the series opener against Auburn, set to begin at 6 p.m. CT. He'll face one of the best pitchers in the nation in Jake Marciano, who boasts a 1.00 ERA and 3-0 record over six starts and 36 innings pitched. First pitch is set for 6 p.m. CT and the game will be broadcast on SEC Network+. Follow along for live updates and analysis from the series opener:

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B7

T7 — Alabama 4, Auburn 1

Beyleu grounds it to Heiberger, who turns a 1-6-3 double-play to end the frame.

Auburn walks, but is out at second on a fielder's choice from McCraine, who is now on first with one out.

B6 — Alabama 4, Auburn 1

Maricano is pulled following Vaughn's double. Jett Johnston took over and struck out Holt to end the inning.

Vaughn, who had been slumping entering tonight's game, hits a double to center field to bring Osterhouse home. Vaughn has driven in three of Alabama's four runs on the day. Alabama 4, Auburn 1

Plattner strikes out, but Osterhouse delivers his second straight hit to extend the inning.

Lemm grounds out to start the frame.

T6 — Alabama 3, Auburn 1

Madrigal flies out to Osterhouse in left to end another scoreless frame.

Guevara and Terrell go down swinging back-to-back for the first two outs.

Heiberger allows a leadoff single to Fralick, which is only Auburn's second hit of the game.

Matthew Heiberger is relieving Tyler Fay to start the sixth.

B5 — Alabama 3, Auburn 1

Lebron, Neal and Torres all go down consecutively after the home run, but Alabama gets a little insurance in a game with just five combined hits thus far.

Fowler gets the count full and then hits his third home run of the year to right field, just barely clearing the wall. Alabama 3, Auburn 1

T5 — Alabama 2, Auburn 1

Carter strikes out swinging, and Rembert ends the frame by grounding into a fielder's choice. Fay is at 86 pitches.

Fay hits nine-hole batter Beyleu, his fourth free pass allowed. Sam Mitchell and Matthew Heiberger are warming up in the Alabama bullpen with Fay nearing 80 pitches.

Brandon McCraine flies out to start the inning.

B4 — Alabama 2, Auburn 1

Holt goes down looking, stranding the two runners.

Vaughn flies out to center for the second out.

Osterhouse hits a single just fair to shallow left field. Lemm questionably holds up at second, when it looked like he almost certainly could have taken third.

Plattner goes down looking for the first out.

After nearly ripping a double to left that was just foul, Lemm draws a walk to start the frame.

The student section has been enjoying Alabama basketball's early lead over Michigan.

T4 — Alabama 2, Auburn 1

Steele flies out to end a quick inning for Fay.

Terrell walks a second time. Madrigal then flies out to Fowler at the warning track for the second out.

Guevara, who drove in Auburn's lone run in the first, strikes out to start the fourth.

Fay is already at 53 pitches entering the fourth as Auburn has forced him into long at-bats. Marciano is at just 41.

B3 — Alabama 2, Auburn 1

Torres flies out to second, ending an eight-pitch frame.

Neal pops up a bunt into foul territory, where first baseman Eddie Madrigal is able to make the play for the second out.

Lebron starts the frame with a three-pitch strikeout, going down swinging for the first out.

T3— Alabama 2, Auburn 1

After nearly committing a fielding error on a routine grounder, Vaughn tosses the ball to Fay to end the frame.

Torres makes a play on a well-hit grounder to just beat the runner. Beyleu moves to third with two outs.

Auburn loses the challenge and now has just one left.

Lemm makes possibly his best defensive play of the season, fielding a bunt from Carter bare-handed and rifling it to first to beat him by a split-second. Auburn is challenging the call.

Fay walks nine-hole batter Cade Beyleu to start the third. Auburn's forced three seven-pitch at-bats so far.

B2 — Alabama 2, Auburn 1

Brennan Holt walks, but Fowler pops up to end the inning.

Luke Vaughn sends one to the scoreboard for his fifth home run of the season. Guevara's error proves very costly as both runs are unearned. Auburn would have been out of the inning if he had made the play. Alabama 2, Auburn 1

Justin Osterhouse grounds out, but it moves Plattner to second.

Second baseman Chris Rembert fails to field a slow routine grounder hit right to him, putting Will Plattner on first safely.

Lemm flies out to shallow center to start the frame. Fielder Bristol Carter covered a lot of distance to get to a ball that nearly dropped for a single.

T2 — Auburn 1, Alabama 0

Fay gets Lucas Steele looking for his third strikeout of the evening. He then field a chopper hit right to him to end a 1-2-3 frame.

Eddie Madrigal pops up to Torres for the first out.

B1 — Auburn 1, Alabama 0

Jason Torres flies out shy of the left field warning track to end the inning and strand Neal.

Brady Neal extends the inning with a double off the left field wall.

Lebron lines a 1-2 pitch directly at third baseman Eric Guevara, who makes the catch for the second out.

Bryce Fowler strikes out on three pitches.

T1 — Auburn 1, Alabama 0

Fay gets Bub Terrell looking to end the frame. That's two strikeouts for Fay, but he concedes his first hit and run.

After last week's no-hitter, Fay gives up an RBI single to left field that scores Carter with two outs. Auburn 1, Alabama 0

Fralick flies out to center, moving Carter to third.

Carter steals second on the first pitch to Chase Fralick. John Lemm's throw could have beaten him, but it was just barely too high for Justin Lebron to apply the tag.

Fay comes out on top of a seven-pitch at-bat with Chris Rembert, getting him swinging for the first out.

Tyler Fay walked Auburn leadoff batter Bristol Carter to start the game. He walked just two batters in last Friday's no-hitter.

First pitch was 6:02 p.m. CT.

Pregame:

There is a screen set up in right field for students to watch Alabama basketball take on Michigan in the Sweet 16.

Auburn's lineup
Auburn's lineup | BamaCentral

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Theodore Fernandez
THEODORE FERNANDEZ

Theodore Fernandez is BamaCentral’s baseball beat reporter and a co-host of The Joe Gaither Show. He also works as a weekend sports anchor at WVUA 23 News in Tuscaloosa and serves as one of the station’s lead high school sports reporters. Fernandez is a news media student at The University of Alabama and is pursuing a master’s degree in sports management.

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