Milwaukee completes shocking upset of No. 4 national seed Auburn
By Andrew Olson
Published:
Auburn, the No. 4 national seed in the 2026 NCAA Baseball Tournament, will face elimination on Saturday. The Tigers were stunned by the Auburn Regional’s 4-seed Milwaukee 13-8 in Friday’s opener.
An automatic-bid winner, Milwaukee entered the game with a 25-31 overall record. The Panthers had the No. 238 RPI, while Auburn was top-5 in the nation.
RELATED: Interested in checking out prediction markets? Use our FanDuel predicts promo code to get in on the action!
The Panthers jumped out to a shocking 10-0 lead early on The Plains and managed to hold on for a 13-8 victory.
THE 26-31 #4 SEED MILWAUKEE PANTHERS HAVE DONE IT
— 11Point7 College Baseball (@11point7) May 29, 2026
They take down #4 national seed Auburn Tigers. Advance to face winner of NC State/UCF. pic.twitter.com/wO9IrMOUvn
The Tigers were out-hit 16-9 in the game. Starting pitcher Jake Marciano, the ace of the Auburn staff, was pulled in the 2nd inning after allowing 6 earned runs on 8 hits, facing 10 Milwaukee batters.
Losing opener puts Auburn in a tough position to keep its postseason hopes alive. The Tigers are now in the loser’s bracket, where they would need to win 4 games over the next 3 games to win the Auburn Regional and advance to a Super Regional.
Auburn will play an elimination game Saturday against the loser of the UCF-NC State game.
Andrew writes about sports to fund his love of live music and collection of concert posters. He strongly endorses the Hall of Fame campaigns of Fred Taylor and Andruw Jones.
