AUBURN, Ala. (AP) — , his second long ball of the game, Blagen Pado also homered twice, and Coastal Carolina opened the Auburn Super Regional with a 7-6 victory over the host Tigers in a contest that ended early Saturday morning.
The game was delayed for nearly two hours in the middle of the sixth inning due to weather, with Coastal Carolina leading 6-3.
When play resumed, Auburn scored an unearned run in the sixth to get within 6-4. Eric Snow tied it at 6 with a solo shot over the giant War Eagle Wall in left field in a two-run seventh.
Auburn had two on with no outs in the ninth, but Matthew Potok got out of the jam with a strikeout and double play. CCU second baseman Blake Barthol, a Parkland grad, made the inning-ending double play with a diving catch for the second straight frame in the 10th to secure the win. Barthol tossed the ball to shortstop Ty Dooley at second to complete the double plays both times.
Barthol (.284) went 2 for 5 at the plate.
Coastal Carolina (52-11) extended the nation’s longest active win streak to 22 games.
Coastal Carolina homered in three straight innings for a 5-1 lead in the fourth — two coming with two outs.
Pado sent a shot over the left-field wall to tie it at 1 and he added another blast to left — a three-run homer — for his eighth of the season.
Bodine gave Coastal Carolina its first lead, 2-1, on a deep shot to right field. He also singled in a run in the fourth for a 6-1 lead.
Bodine was 3 for 5 with three RBIs and Pado drove in four runs.
Potok (4-1) picked up the win after holding Auburn to one hit in two scoreless innings. Ryan Lynch earned his eighth save.
Auburn (41-19) starter Samuel Dutton allowed six earned runs in 3 2/3 innings. Ryan Hetzler (2-1) took the loss.
The teams were scheduled to play Game 2 on Saturday at 3 p.m.
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