It’s almost time for Auburn baseball on a sunny Saturday at Plainsman Park. The No. 1-seed Tigers (34-22-1) fare in an elimination against the No.2-seed Southern Miss (41-18). Auburn is here because of Friday’s extra-innings upset 6-3 loss against No. 4-seed Penn.

Southern Miss lost 4-2 against Samford setting up a winner’s bracket late Saturday game matchup between the Bulldogs and Quakers.

Auburn is going to Tommy Vail as their starter against Southern Miss. Vail has a 3.46 ERA, a 5-1 record, and 77 strikeouts in 65 innings pitched. Auburn has won 14 of the last 16 games Vail pitched, including last week’s win against Missouri in the SEC Tournament.

With a 4.64 ERA, a 6-3 record, and 81 strikeouts in 64 innings, Billy Oldham is the starting pitcher for Southern Miss.

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Auburn 0 Southern Miss 3 Bottom 1st

Bobby Peirce flew out to left. Ike Irish grounds out for the second out in the first. Bryson Ware keeps the inning alive with a two-out single. A wild pitch by Oldham sends Ware to second with two outs. Foster walks, and Ware goes to third with two outs. Chris Stanfield hit a laser, but it was directly to Southern Miss left-fielder Tate Parker for the third out.

Auburn 0 Southern Miss 3 Top 1st

Southern Miss centerfielder Matthew Etzel gets on base to lead off the inning because of a fielding error by Auburn first baseman Cooper McMurray. Dustin Dickerson strikes out, leaving Etzel on first with one out. Etzel moves to second when Slade Wilks drew a walk. Etzel and Wilks get to jog home on Christopher Sargent’s three-run home run that sailed over the leftfield wall.

Vail kept the inning from getting worse by retiring Take Parker with a strikeout and Danny Lynch with a flyout to centerfield.