The NCAA baseball tournament is here, and Auburn is hosting a regional for the third time in the last four years.

The Tigers are taking on No. 4 seed Central Connecticut State, the champions of the Northeast Conference, in the first round of the regional.

A win creates a matchup against Stetson with a regional championship game spot on the line, and a loss would lead to an elimination game against NC State.

First pitch between Auburn and Central Connecticut State is set for 7:30 p.m. Follow along below for live updates.

Pregame

Starting pitchers

Auburn: So. RHP Cam Tilly (3-3, 5.00 ERA)

Central Connecticut State: Fr. RHP Drew Munn (8-2, 4.34 ERA)

Auburn starting lineup

1. RF Chris Rembert
2. 3B Eric Guevara
3. LF Ike Irish
4. 1B Cooper McMurray
5. DH Lucas Steele
6. 2B Eric Snow
7. CF Bub Terrell
8. C Chase Fralick
9. SS Deric Fabian

Central Connecticut State starting lineup

1. SS Brady Short
2. DH Colby Brouillette
3. 2B Aidan Redahan
4. 3B Chris Brown
5. 1B Bo Yaworski
6. RF Gianno Merlonghi
7. LF Antonio Ducatelli
8. CF Kyle Gordon
9. C Matt Falk

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