South Carolina falls to Auburn after four-run seventh inning – ABC Columbia

AUBURN – No. 19 Auburn scored 4 runs within the backside of the seventh inning, overcoming a 6-3 deficit on its strategy to an 8-6 win over the College of South Carolina baseball group Saturday afternoon (April 23) at Plainsman Park.

Auburn scored single runs within the second, third and fifth innings, however the Gamecocks tied the sport within the high of the sixth. Brandt Belk walked to open the body. With one out, Josiah Sightler was hit by a pitch on a full depend. Auburn acquired a second out however Braylen Wimmer belted a three-run house run over the wall in left.

Carolina then took a 6-3 lead within the high of the seventh. Michael Braswell doubled to proper with one out. After a stroll to Colin Burgess, Kevin Madden introduced in a run with a single to left with two out. Sightler then hit a shot off the shortstop’s glove for a two-run single.

Auburn scored 4 runs off 4 hits within the seventh, taking the lead on a Nate LaRue single to left. The Tigers added insurance coverage within the eighth on a Cole Foster house run.

Sightler, Wimmer and Carson Hornung had two hits apiece whereas Wimmer drove in three runs. Noah Corridor went 6.1 innings, permitting 9 hits and 5 earned runs with 5 strikeouts. The loss went to Matthew Becker, who allowed a pair of runs in an inning of labor.

POSTGAME NOTES

• Brandt Belk noticed his 24-game hitting streak snapped in Saturday’s recreation however he has a 25-game reached base streak after a pair of walks.
• Wimmer now has 5 house runs in SEC video games after his three-run blast on Saturday.
• Wimmer now has 14 multi-hit video games and 5 multi-RBI performances in 2022.

UP NEXT
Carolina and Auburn wrap up the sequence on Sunday afternoon (April 24) with a 1 p.m. Central (2 p.m. Japanese) first pitch from Plainsman Park. The sport might be on SEC Community Plus.