Auburn can’t find enough offense in Game 3, loses series to Texas
Here's how Texas took Game 3 from Auburn on Sunday to win the series 2-1
Auburn rallied to varying outcomes in games one and two against Texas this weekend, keeping the top five clash entertaining. But when it was time to decide the series, Texas flexed its muscles and put the Tigers away with relative ease. No.
4 Auburn lost 5-0 to No. 2 Texas on Sunday, losing the entertaining series 2-1. Sunday’s game was the only contest all weekend to be decided by fewer than two runs, as the clash of top five teams mostly lived up to the billing.
“It felt like I was sitting in a dentist chair today for three plus hours,” said Auburn head coach Butch Thompson. “They just systematically beat us. ” In Sunday’s game, Texas’ elite pitching staff was simply too much for the Tigers.
Auburn got shut out and mustered just four hits, as the bats never got going. Part of that was due to Texas starter Dylan Volantis, who’s one of the top starting pitchers in college baseball. He entered the game with a 1.