Overview
- Texas sealed the series 2-1 with a 5-0 shutout Sunday at Plainsman Park, holding Auburn to four hits as the Tigers stranded 12 runners and went hitless with runners in scoring position.
- Dylan Volantis delivered four scoreless innings on 94 pitches with three hits, four walks and four strikeouts before freshmen Sam Cozart and Brett Crossland and senior Max Grubbs finished the game.
- Casey Borba opened the scoring with a two-run homer in the second inning and added an RBI in the fifth, while Carson Tinney stroked a two-run single in the fourth.
- The weekend swung on late-inning drama, with Auburn winning Friday on Bristol Carter’s walk-off after a defensive miscue and Texas answering Saturday 7-6 by snuffing a ninth-inning rally.
- Auburn dropped one spot to No. 5 in the USA TODAY Coaches Poll after the series, and Texas visits Houston on Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. CT on ESPN+.