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Auburn baseball wins first game of regional over SLU

Auburn dominates the Lions in regional victory.
Andrew Stefaniak|
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Auburn won the first game of the regional over SLU by a score of 19-7. 

Cole Foster had a great day at the plate hitting three home runs in his first game back from injury. 

Solid pitching from Bright, Fuller, and Copeland made it so that Auburn will have a fresh Burkhalter and Skipper against FSU.

This was an all-around great performance and a perfect way to start the NCAA Tournament. 

Auburn will take on FSU at 6 p.m. CT. The game can be found on ESPN+.

Eighth Inning Auburn Leads 17-4.

Copeland is back out for the Tigers. 

Ware and Farquhar both check into the ball game in the eighth. 

A ground ball goes between the legs of Moore. That is the only defensive miscue of the game for the Tigers. 

A walk gives the Lions two men on with no one out. 

A double scores one for the Lions. Men on second and third with no one out. Auburn still leads 17-5. 

Copeland gets a strikeout for the first out of the inning. 

A walk loads the bases for the Lions. 

Copeland get another strikeout for the second out of the inning. 

A double scores two for SLU. Copeland's day is done as Fuller will come in to pitch. 

Copeland did a great job to go as long as he could to save the Tiger bullpen arms. 

Auburn still leads 17-7.

Fuller walks the first hitter he sees. 

A groundout to Moore ends the top of the eighth. 

Farquhar draws a leadoff walk the Foster rips a double off the left field wall. Men in scoring position for DiChiara. 

DiChiara grounds out to the short stop but gets an RBI. 

Auburn leads 18-7. 

Ware grounds out to the short stop and the runner advances to third. Man on third with two outs for Hill. 

Hill rips a base hit to score Foster from third. 

Auburn leads 19-7. 

Moore draws a two out walk. Two on with two out for the Tigers in the eighth. 

Howell grounds out to end the inning. We head to the ninth with Auburn leading 19-7. 

Seventh Inning Auburn Leads 17-4

Copeland is back out to pitch the seventh for the Tigers. 

A leadoff single gives the Lions a base runner. 

A lineout and Moore gets the runner at first. Double play for the Tigers.

A flyout ends the top of the seventh. Auburn leads 17-4. 

Peirce is down on strikes to start the seventh. 

Cam Hill will pinch hit for Carlson. 

Hill draws a walk to give the Tigers a one out base runner. 

Moore slaps a base hit to give Auburn two men on with one out. 

Howell draws a walk to load the bases. 

Dyal will pinch hit for LaRue. 

Dyal is down on strikes which brings up Bello. Two down with the bases loaded.

Bello rips one but right at the right fielder. 

We head to the top of the eighth with Auburn leading 17-4. 

Sixth Inning Auburn Leads 16-4

Copeland is on to pitch the sixth for the Tigers. 

Copeland strikes out the first hitter he faces. 

Copeland gets another strikeout. Two down in the inning for the Tigers. 

A bloop single gives the Lions a two out base runner. 

A great play by Moore ends the inning. 

We head to the bottom of the sixth with Auburn leading 16-4. 

That was a great performance from Copeland who hasn't pitched in a few weeks. 

LaRue starts the sixth off with a moon shot. That is his second homerun of the game. 

Auburn leads 17-4. 

Bello smacks his third hit of the day. He has played extremely well for the Tigers. 

A fielder's choice from Rambusch is the first out of the inning. 

Foster is down on strikes. That brings up DiChiara with two down and one on. 

DiChiara is down on strikes. We head to seventh with Auburn leading 17-4. 

Fifth Inning Auburn Leads 16-4

Bright is back out for the fifth inning. 

Bright gets his eighth strikeout of the game for the first out of the inning. 

A one out walk gives the Lions a base runner. 

Bright strikes out another Lion hitter for the second out of the inning. 

A stolen base moves the runner over to second base. 

A strikeout ends the inning. That is his tenth of the night for Bright

We head to the bottom of the fifth with Auburn leading 16-4. 

Carlson starts the inning with a walk for the Tigers. 

A strike him out throw him out double play erases the leadoff walk. Two down for Howell. 

A groundout ends the inning. We head to the sixth with Auburn leading 16-4. 

Fourth Inning Auburn Leads 13-3

Bright is back out for his fourth inning of work. 

Bright strikes out the first hitter he faces in the fourth. 

A double off the top of the green monster gives the Lions a one out base runner. 

Back-to-back doubles and the Lions scratch one across. 

Auburn leads 13-4. 

Still a man on second with only one out. 

Bright makes a great play to come off the mound and throw the runner out at first. Two out with a man on third. 

Three or four pitchers just trotted down to the bullpen for the Tigers. 

Bright gets a strikeout to end the Lion half of the fourth. 

Auburn leads 13-4. 

LaRue is down on strikes for the first out of the inning. 

Bello smacks his second hit of the game. He has looked really good so far today. He is going to be a stud for Auburn going forward. 

Rambusch gets his third hit of the game. Two on one out for Foster. 

Foster homerun counter is up to three. Two from the left side and one from the right if you are counting. Auburn leads 16-4. 

A new pitcher is in for the Lions. 

DiChiara hits one a mile high for the second out of the inning. 

Peirce is down on strikes. We head to the fifth inning with Auburn leading 16-4. 

Third Inning Auburn leads 13-1

The leadoff man is aboard with a base hit for the Lions. 

A walk gives the Lions men on first and second with no one out. 

Interesting note: I imagine this large lead means Trace Bright has the longest possible leash - the goal now would be to use as few pitchers as possible, so that the rest of the pen is at full strength for Games 2 & 3. Expect Bright to stay in the game to work through trouble and extend the outing as much as possible.

Bright's fifth strikeout of the night gives the Tigers their first out of the inning. 

An infield single loads the bases still only one out. 

A base hit scores two for Southeastern Louisiana. Auburn still leads 13-3.  

Tim Hudson is out to talk with Bright. 

A 5-3 double play ends the Lion half of the Third. Auburn leads 13-3. 

DiChiara rips a base hit to start the inning. He is 3-3 on the day thus far. 

Dyaln Cardwell is in attendance getting the crowd going. 

Peirce is down on strikes. 

Carlson hits one hard and reaches on an error from the shortstop. Men on first and second for Moore. 

Interesting note: He is a view of Foster's two homeruns in the first inning from each side of the plate. 

Moore hits one back up the middle and the Lions get the out at second. Men on the corners with two down for Howell. 

Howell hits one hard but right at the center fielder. We head to the fourth with Auburn leading 13-3. 

Second Inning Auburn leads 11-0

Bright is back out to work in the second with a huge lead. 

The Lion hitter hits one a long way to put a run on the board. Auburn leads 11-1. 

Bright gets a strikeout for the first out of the second inning. 

A groundout to Rambusch is the second out of the inning. 

A strikeout ends the inning. 

The Tigers will look to put some more runs on the board. 

Auburn leads 11-1. 

Moore is down on strikes. Howell steps in for the Tigers. 

Howell grounds out for the second out of the inning. 

LaRue hits one out of this universe. Auburn leads 12-1. 

A double from Bello gives the Tigers a two-out baserunner. 

We are in the second inning and every Tiger has already reached base. 

A Rambusch base hit scores Bello from second. 

The play is under further review. 

After further review Bello was safe at the plate Auburn leads 13-1. 

Foster is down on strikes. We head to the third inning with Auburn leading 13-1. 

First Inning 0-0

The Auburn starter Bright throws the first pitch and we are underway here in game two of the Auburn regional.

Note: As expected, Auburn moves Cole Foster up in the lineup to provide some protection for Sonny DiChiara. Having multiple runners on base makes it harder to intentionally walk Sonny, and Butch Thompson has expressed his belief that Foster can be a "jolt of energy" to an offense that finished the season on a bit of a cold streak.

Bright just threw a fastball at 96 miles per hour. He usually sits around 91-93. You can tell he is fired up to get the ball in this game. 

Bright strikes out the Lion leadoff hitter for the first out of the inning. 

Bright hits the batter to give the Lions a one out base runner. 

The play is currently under review. 

The play stands the ball did hit him. 

A flyout to Foster is the second out of the inning. 

Bright gets a strikeout to end the inning. 

He looked really good that inning aside from the hit by pitch. His fastball had lots of zip behind it. 

Rambusch rips a base hit back up the middle for a leadoff single. Great start for the Tigers. 

Foster hits one to Montgomery and Auburn leads 2-0. Welcome back Cole Foster.

DiChiara rips a base hit. The first three Tiger hitters have reaches. It's great to see Rambusch and DiChiara getting hot early. 

A balk advances DiChiara. I am sure the balk was caused by DiChiara's base stealing threat. 

BOOM! Bobby Peirce hits another Tiger homer and Auburn is up 4-0. 

Carlson rips a double down the line and all five Tigers that have come to the plate have a base hit. 

Another base hit from Moore gives Auburn men on first and second still no one out. 

Howell is hit by a pitch and the bases are loaded. He is gingerly heading to first base but will stay in the game. 

A balk scores Carlson from third. Still two men in scoring position for the Tigers. Auburn leads 5-0. Two balks in one inning. You don't see that all that often. 

LaRue walks and the bases are once again loaded. The Lion starter is not able to record a single out as Southeastern Louisiana will go to the bullpen. 

Bello rips one right at the right fielder but scores a run. Men on first and second with one out for Rambusch. Auburn leads 6-0. 

Rambusch is hit in the head and the bases are loaded again for Foster. 

Foster hits his second homerun of the inning and it's a grand slam. He has 6 RBI's this inning. 

Interesting note: Foster hit two homeruns in one inning from two different sides of the plate since he is a switch hitter. 

DiChiara homers. Auburn leads 11-0. That is Auburn's fourth homerun of the inning. 

Peirce lines out to center for the second out of the inning. 

 A Carlson pop out ends the first inning. Auburn leads 11-0. 

Starting Lineups

Ninth Inning Auburn Leads 19-7

A ground out for Moore is the first out of the inning. 

Fuller comes off the mound to make a great play for the second out of the inning. 

Tigers are one out away from the victory. 

A ground out to DiChiara ends the game. 

Auburn wins 19-7. 

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