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April 22, 2000
AUBURN- Vanderbilt pounded out 17 hits including three each from
Ulises Cabrera, Sean Luellwitz, and Scott Vanderhoff, as the Commodores
defeated eighth-ranked Auburn, 9-8, before a season-high crowd of 3,627
at Plainsman Park, today. The win snapped the Commodore's 15-game
losing streak to the Tigers. Vanderbilt improved to 19-22 overall and
5-14 in the SEC, while Auburn dropped to 35-11 and 12-8 in the
conference.
Vanderbilt withstood two Auburn rallies, including one in the
sixth and one in the ninth to hold on for the victory. The Tigers
scored four runs in the bottom of the sixth to tie the game at seven,
and managed only one run with the bases loaded and one out in the
ninth.
The Commodores broke open a 2-2 tie in the fifth inning on Adam
Blue's three-run home run. Vanderbilt took a 7-2 lead in the sixth with
two runs on two hits and a pair of Auburn errors.
Auburn's four-run sixth was capped by a two-run home run by
Dominic Rich and Brett Burnham's sacrifice fly scoring Gabe Gross to tie
the game at seven.
The guests took the lead for good in the seventh on two
consecutive two-out doubles by John Prothro and Scott Vanderhoff.
Vanderbilt's Jeff Little (4-2) picked up the win in 3.1 innings
of relief. Little allowed one run on no hits, while walking three and
striking out two.
The Tigers' Brent Speigner (4-4) was credited with the loss for
Auburn, surrendering two runs on three hits.
Mailon Kent and Todd Faulkner each extended their career-best
hitting streaks to 22 and 18, respectively for Auburn, while reliever
Colter Bean set the school record with his 98th career appearance.
The Tigers and Commodores wrap up the three game series tomorrow beginning at 1:30 pm at Plainsman Park. Airtime on the Auburn Network set for 1:15 pm. You can listen to Auburn Baseball live in our Live Audio section.
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