Baseball Falls to Auburn in SEC Tournament

Friday, May 22

Hoover, Ala.

8:25 PM

Texas A&M

39-14

Auburn

38-18

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Runs R	Hits H	Errors E
Auburn	1	4	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	7	11	0
Texas A&M	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1

May 23, 2026 | Baseball

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By: Nolan Koslosky, Athletics Communications

HOOVER – No. 10-ranked Texas A&M dropped its opening game in the SEC Tournament to No. 6 seed Auburn, 7-0, Friday evening at the Hoover Met in Hoover, Alabama,

The Maroon & White (39-14) fell behind early as the Tigers (38-18) opened the scoring in the first behind an RBI double. Auburn extended its lead to 5-0 in the second behind five hits, including a leadoff homer and a two-RBI double.

The Aggies held the Auburn bats in check until two consecutive doubles allowed the Tigers to plate a run in the sixth. The opposition tacked on a solo homer in the seventh to cap the scoring at 7-0.

Ethan Darden (4-3) was charged with the loss after allowing four runs in 1.0 inning pitched as the starter. Gavin Lyons tossed 4.0 innings of relief, allowing one earned run while striking out five. Shane Sdao, Weston Moss and Clayton Freshcorn made appearances out of the bullpen to combine for the final 4.0 innings. Sdao punched out three while Moss fanned one. Freshcorn tossed a clean eighth inning, inducing three flyouts.

TOP PLAYERS
Gavin Lyons – 4.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 5 K
Bear Harrison – 0-for-1, 2 BB, 1 HBP

SCORING SUMMARY
T1 | Ethin Bingaman walked. Eric Guevara singled up the middle and Bingaman advanced to third. Bub Terrell doubled to right center to score Bingaman. A&M 0, Auburn 1.

T2 | Mason McCraine homered to center field. Taylor Belza and Bristol Carter hit back-to-back singles. A Chris Rembert sacrifice bunt advanced Belza and Carter. Chase Fralick doubled to left-center field to plate a pair of runs. Guevara singled to right-center field to score Fralick. A&M 0, Auburn 5.

T6 | Carter doubled to left-center field. Rembert doubled down the right field line to plate Carter. A&M 0, Auburn 6.

T7 | Bingaman homered to left field. A&M 0, Auburn 7.

GAME NOTES

Lyons' fourth strikeout of the game marked his 50th of the season.
Blake Binderup extended his on-base streak to nine games.
Bear Harrison was hit by a pitch for the 31st time in the Maroon & White, tying Blake Allemand for fifth-most all-time in program history.
The junior catcher has reached base in each of the last 28 games.
Caden Sorrell extended his hitting streak to seven games.
The Aggies have recorded double-digit strikeouts in 19 games this season.
Despite the loss, Texas A&M still leads Auburn, 22-18, in the all-time series.

UP NEXT
The Aggies await their NCAA Tournament draw as a projected top-eight national seed. The selection show takes place on Monday at 11 a.m. on ESPN2.

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