Mississippi State wins in walk-off fashion after Auburn collapses in bottom of 9th inning
The Auburn Tigers led the Mississippi State Bulldogs 4-1 going into the bottom of the ninth inning in both teams’ College World Series opener on Sunday night.
That’s when chaos broke loose, as the Bulldogs cut the lead to 4-2 and then to 4-3. Then, Mississippi State loaded the bases with Marshall Gilbert coming to the plate.
He delivered, chopping a ball up the middle that was just out of reach of the Auburn pitcher and couldn’t be handled by the second baseman:
https://twitter.com/HailStateBB/status/1140461868424880129
That drove in the winning run and the Bulldogs pulled out a thrilling 5-4 victory to get in the win column in Omaha.
A key error from Auburn 3B Edouard Julien cost the Tigers a chance to close out the game earlier in the inning:
https://twitter.com/HailStateBB/status/1140460624872448002
Julien had a big day at the plate, though, it should be noted. He hit a mammoth home run and had three RBI for the Tigers. However, he had a rough bottom of the ninth inning.
Auburn will play Louisville on Tuesday in an elimination game, while Mississippi State and Vanderbilt will also play Tuesday in the winner’s bracket.
That was a devastating loss for Auburn. They had the game in the bag, until they gave it away. They have to recover quickly.
Eerily similar to the SEC tourny loss against your guys. This Auburn team hasn’t learned how to closeout under pressure.
I felt bad for Julien. He has been excellent until the error. Good luck on Tuesday.
What a game! HAIL STATE!
For Auburn, that was BRUTAL!!! Congrats to the Bulldogs. They just simply wouldn’t give up.
I literally went to bed in the top of the ninth
Go to bed at the top of the first on Tuesday
Pulling for Auburn tomorrow. Lets kick that non-SEC intruder out of the bracket.
As for Auburn collapsing, they can be forgiven for that. They are a very young team and MSU has done that to a lot of good teams this year, keeping the pressure on until the other team finally cracks.