HOOVER—The momentum turned in No. 20 Auburn’s favor late Wednesday against Kentucky, and it turned off the bat of the Tigers’ best hitter.
With two outs in the bottom of the eight, Sonny DiChiara cranked a pitch from Kentucky’s Daniel Harper deep into left field, closing a one-run Wildcat lead to a tie ball game.No. 12-seed Kentucky kicked off the top of the ninth with back-to-back home runs off Blake Burkhalter to regain a lead and eventual 3-1 wins in the first round of the Southeastern Conference Tournament, ending Auburn’s time in Hoover with an opening-round loss.
People are also reading… With its win, the Wildcats became the first 12 seed in the tournament’s history to advance out of the opening round. “It’s not always what you throw, it’s where you throw it,” Thompson said. “Both those pitches, to me, from looking at the video board, looked like they were up out over the plate in both instances there.”
Carson Skipper started for Auburn, which was his first since 2019. In three innings, Skipper faced 11 batters and struck out seven of them, allowing only a walk and a hit.
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