AUBURN, Ala. –Utilizing a trio of clean outings in the circle and an evenly spread offensive attack, Auburn softball defeated Auburn University at Montgomery, 8-1, Sunday afternoon.
Tiger hurlers Shelby Lowe, Samantha Yarbrough and KK Dismukes showed dominance from the circle, matching a solo unearned run with 10 strikeouts.
Lowe earned the starting nod, fanning six Warhawk batters in her six innings of work. Yarbrough tossed the seventh and eighth innings, giving up one bunt single while sitting down three via strikeout.
Dismukes closed out Sunday's marathon. The right-hander walked two, struck out two and gave up one hit in her two predetermined innings of work.
The Tiger offense was powered by 13 hits from nine different batters. Sophomore Kelsey Schmidt carried the torch, going 3-for-4 with two home runs and four RBI. Freshmen Aubrie Lisenby and Abbey Smith also tallied multi-hit performances with two singles apiece.
Schmidt kick-started the Auburn scoring in the bottom of the third, sending a laser over the wall in left center after freshman Rose Roach drew a full-count walk to put the Tigers up by two.
Déjà vu struck in the Tiger fifth as Schmidt led off the inning with another bomb, this time off the left field foul pole. Freshman Nelia Peralta followed suit with another homer to give the Tigers a four-run advantage.
In the bottom of the eighth, the Auburn lineup doubled its run total thanks to a pair of RBI base hits from Schmidt and freshman Jessie Blaine.
A single to center from freshman Bri Ellis, paired with an AUM fielding error, brought home the third run of the frame. Following the Ellis single, Peralta came up clutch once again, drawing a bases-loaded free pass to push across the final Auburn run of the game and expand the Tigers' lead to eight.
The Warhawks were able to scratch across their lone run of the contest in the top of the tenth thanks to a two-out base hit following an Auburn error.
Up Next
Auburn returns to Jane B. Moore Field on Friday, Oct. 15, with a game against Bevill State Community College before concluding its fall exhibition slate with a pair of doubleheader matches against Valdosta State and Chipola College on Sunday, Oct. 17.