Anna Davis: Late Rally Lifts Auburn Baseball Past Louisiana Tech

AUBURN, Ala. – Trailing by six in the 10th inning, Auburn tied the game with six runs in the home half of the frame and used a go-ahead homer in the 11th to complete the comeback and defeat Louisiana Tech 12-11 Saturday at Plainsman Park.

After doubling in two runs to start the comeback in the six-run 10th, Brody Wortham hit a solo homer with one out in the 11th that proved to be the difference. Chris Stanfield tied the game with a two-out single in the 10th before Wortham’s game-winner.

To make way for the comeback, Auburn’s bullpen quartet of Tanner Bauman, John Armstrong, Tommy Vail and Chase Isbell did not allow a baserunner in the last five innings.

Bauman pitched two scoreless while the other three each turned in clean frames. Vail struck out the side in the 11th and earned the win. Isbell recorded the final three outs, including a strikeout, to record the save.

Cam Hill got Auburn’s scoring started with a sacrifice fly in the second and Ike Irish hit a solo homer in the third. The team then scored three runs on a wild pitch and fielder’s choice in the eighth before exploding in the late innings.

Brody Wortham: 2-for-2, 2 R, 2B, HR, 3 RBI

Ike Irish: 2-for-4, 2 R, HR, RBI

Cooper McMurray: 2-for-3, R, BB

Cole Foster: 2-for-4, RBI

Gavin Miller: 2-for-3, R, 2B, BB, RBI

Tanner Bauman: 2.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K

John Armstrong: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K

Tommy Vail: W, 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K

Chase Isbell: S, 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K

The Tigers will host archrival Alabama in its second and final fall exhibition game Friday, October 28 at 6:30 p.m. CT at Plainsman Park.