BATON ROUGE, La. – Auburn fell to No. 20 LSU, 7-1, in the series opener at Alex Box Stadium Thursday night.
The Tigers (31-22, 13-15 SEC) jumped out to a lead on a run in the top of the second, but LSU (33-21, 16-12 SEC) scored seven unanswered runs en route to the win.
"The second time through the lineup, they sent all the guys to the plate," head coach Butch Thompson said on the Auburn Sports Network. "Disadvantaged counts, and they were never off the fastball. We just couldn't do much."
Elliott Anderson (5-2, 4.13) suffered the loss in his second career start while LSU's Eric Walker (5-4, 4.86) picked up the win and Todd Peterson earned the save.
Auburn was first to score in the top of the second as Steven Williams hit a one-out triple off the wall in right and came in to score on a sacrifice fly from Edouard Julien.
Anderson retired the first eight LSU batters he faced before LSU took a 4-1 lead on five-straight two-out singles and a fielding error in the bottom of the third.
After LSU added to its lead on solo home runs in the fourth and sixth innings, Auburn threatened to cut into the advantage as the first two batters in the seventh reached on walks. However, one runner was thrown out on the bases and the other was left stranded.
LSU capped off the scoring in the contests on another solo homer in the home half of the frame.
Auburn and LSU continue the three-game series Saturday at 7 p.m. CT at Alex Box Stadium.