AUBURN, Ala. – No. 8 Alabama baseball was topped 10-0 by No. 16 Auburn in Friday’s series opener in front of a sold out crowd at Plainsman Park. The contest was made official after seven innings due to the 10-run rule. The loss moves the Crimson Tide to 26-5 overall and 6-4 in Southeastern Conference play.

Zane Adams (4-1) made his eighth start of 2025 and was hit with his first loss of season after surrendering six runs on eight hits with one walk in his lone inning of work. Coulson Buchanan tossed 3.0 innings, allowing two runs on four hits with a strikeout. Tyler Fay and Packy Bradley-Cooney were each tagged for a run, while Ariston Veasey picked up the final two outs of the sixth, notching a strikeout.

Jason Torres was 1-for-3 with a double as Bryce Fowler collected a base-hit to close his 1-for-2 evening.

From Head Coach Rob Vaughn

“Tonight just wasn’t our night. Credit Auburn for coming out of the chute swinging tonight. They outplayed us in all facets of the game today. The beautiful thing about this game is that the sun’s going to come up tomorrow and it’s going to be zero-zero at 2 p.m. We will be ready.”

How It Happened

• B1 | Five hits and a walk led to four Tiger runs in the host’s first turn at the plate. (4-0, Auburn)
• B2 I Consecutive doubles to open the inning were followed by an RBI single, leading to two AU runs. (6-0, Auburn)
• B5 I The first three men in the Auburn lineup reached, loading the bases with nobody out. Back-to-back base-hits plated three more runs for the home side. (9-0, Auburn)
• B6 I AU drew a leadoff walk before the baserunner stole second and third. A one-out RBI double drove in the Tigers’ 10^th run of the night. (10-0, Auburn)

Postgame Notes

• The loss becomes the Tide’s first conference series-opening defeat of the spring
• With his double in the seventh, Jason Torres improved his on-base streak to 11 games
• Kade Snell’s 26-game on-base streak came to a close on Friday
• Justin Lebron’s five-game hitting streak was snapped in the loss
• ATTENDANCE: 6,729

Up Next

• Alabama will return to action on Saturday, April 5 when the Tide closes its series at Auburn with a doubleheader
• Game one of the twin bill is set for a 2 p.m. CT start on SEC Network+, while game two will begin at 7 p.m., airing nationally on SEC Network