Missouri Softball vs Auburn Game 3: Live Updates

After taking the first two games of its series against No. 25/25 Auburn, No. 12/12 Missouri softball will look for its 20th win of the season in the second game of a three-game series against the Tigers from the South.

A win today would mark Missouri's first series sweep of an SEC team since Apr. 29-May 1, when the Tigers swept Texas A&M.

How it Happened

KK McCrary leads off with a well-hit single into right, then advances to second on a sacrifice bunt.
Kayley Lenger makes a nice running catch in foul territory, but McCrary advances to third.
Laurin Krings gets out of a jam with a strikeout to end the inning. Auburn had runners on second and third with two outs, but Amelia Lech got blown away by Krings for the third out.
Jenna Laird leads off the bottom of the first with a two-strike single up the middle.
Laird's attempted steal of second is originally called safe, but upon a challenge from Auburn, Laird is called out.
Julia Crenshaw hits a high fly ball to deep left field, but Abbey Smith corralled it at the warning track for the third out of the inning.
Krings ends the top of the second with another swinging strikeout. She's got three through two innings.
Maddie Gallagher makes it to second base with one out in the bottom of the second with a little help from Auburn. A ground ball to Lech at first base was booted, and it scurried into foul territory, allowing Gallagher to take two bases.
Maddie Penta ends the second inning with back-to-back strikeouts. Still scoreless here at Mizzou Softball Complex.
Auburn gets on the board with an RBI triple from Makayla Packer. It was a fly ball into shallow left field, and Chantice Phillips' diving attempt came up short. 1-0 Auburn.
Laird gets on base with a full-count, two-out single in the bottom of the third, but Honnold immediately grounds out to end the inning.
Marissa McCann relieves Krings to start the top of the fourth. Krings allowed three hits and a run while striking out three.
On McCann's sixth pitch of the afternoon, Lech hits a fly ball that barely clears the fence in left field. 2-0 Auburn.
McCann just snared a line drive right back at her and doubled up Icess Tresvik at first base.
Missouri just pulled off a double play in the bottom of the fifth. McCann threw a strikeout, and the runner on first left early on a steal attempt.
Krings is back in the game. Remember, softball pitchers can come back into the game after they've subbed out.
Mya Dodge is now in left field for Missouri, and Madison Walker is at first base.
On the second pitch of the inning, Walker's diving attempt to corral a ground ball fails, and Auburn has a runner on second with no outs.
Amelia Lech goes yard for the second time today. This time, it's a two-run home run that clears the hill in left field. 4-0 Auburn.
Taylor Pannell enters the game for Krings with runners on first and second and no outs.
Honnold saves a couple of runs with a running catch in left center field, stranding two Auburn base runners to end the top of the sixth.
Katie Chester reaches base with a walk in the bottom of the seventh.
Mya Dodge hits a bloop single into center field to keep the home Tigers alive.
Pinch-hitter Stefania Abruscato strikes out to end the game.
FINAL: Auburn 4, Missouri 0.

Auburn Starters	Missouri Starters
DP KK McCrary	SS Jenna Laird
CF Makayla Packer	CF Alex Honnold
SS Nelia Peralta	C Julia Crenshaw
3B Anna Wohlers	3B Kara Daly
1B Amelia Lech	2B Maddie Gallagher
RF Icess Tresvik	DP Katie Chester
2B Rose Roach	LF Chantice Phillips
C Aubrie Lisenby	1B Abby Hay
LF Abbey Smith	RF Kayley Lenger
P Maddie Penta	P Laurin Krings

How to watch:

Who: Auburn Tigers (12-4-1) vs Missouri Tigers (20-2)

Where: Mizzou Softball Stadium; Columbia, Missouri

When: Saturday, March 9 at 2 p.m., Sunday, March 10 at 12 p.m.

TV: SEC Network+

Last Meeting:

Prior to this season, the two Tiger squads last met in late March, where Auburn swept Missouri (the final scores were 4-0, 2-1 and 2-1). The only two Missouri Tigers who recorded RBIs in that series (Riley Frizell and Payton Jackson) are no longer with the team.

Series History:

With Missouri's victories on Friday and Saturday, Missouri took a 13-12 lead in the all-time series between the two teams.