With a wild 10-9 walk-off win Sunday over Ole Miss, Auburn kept its postseason bid alive, at least for now.
Auburn teammates mob infielder Javon Hernandez in celebration after he scored the game winning run in a 10-9 win over Ole Miss on Sunday, May 5, 2024 at Plainsman Park.After Javon Hernandez slid into home for the winning run in a cathartic, chaotic temporarily season-saving 10-9 walk-off win over Ole Miss and his teammates raced out with him to celebrate in the outfield, outfielder Mason Maner’s mother Allison ran up to the top of the stands to give out hugs to fellow Auburn parents.
Auburn fell behind 5-0 then took a 6-5 lead in the 7th. It gave up the lead in the top of the 8th. Then took it back 8-6 in the bottom of the inning. In the top of the 9th, Auburn allowed a three-run double to Ole Miss’ Andrew Fischer giving the Rebels a 9-8 lead before Auburn scored two in the bottom of the 9th to win it.Auburn is now 4-20 in SEC play. It needs to win out over its final six SEC games and have one of Ole Miss or LSU lose out just to get the final spot at the SEC Tournament.
“Some of this will pay dividends at some point down the road,” Thompson said Thursday. “We found some anchors to hold on in some of these young guys to get experience may before they were supposed to. That will help us at some point. Hopefully, it’s now. But nonetheless, whenever we get there, that will help us transition to get ready for next year.”
Sophomores Ike Irish and Chris Stanfield are already a clearly established part of what Auburn will be next season. Irish is Auburn’s best player. Freshman Cade Belyeu started all three games for Auburn this weekend and now leads Auburn in on-base percentage among players who have started a game this season.
“Kaleb Freeman is not like a freshman but is a first-year player and took a long time,” Thompson said. “Hung in there probably more than anybody with the skill cause he’s showing some real skill. That was a huge pinch-hit that he had today and he swung the bat good at least as a threatening type, athletic, powerful swing that looks like a quick bat that he has. I’m proud of the way that he’s played, too.
His last two appearances have been a combined 9.2 innings allowing two total runs with six total hits and 17 strikeouts. He had a career-best nine strikeouts in his appearance Sunday against Ole Miss.
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