Missouri Softball vs Auburn Game 3: Live Updates

After taking the first two games of its series against No. 25/25 Auburn, No. 12/12 Missouri softball will look for its 20th win of the season in the second game of a three-game series against the Tigers from the South.

A win today would mark Missouri's first series sweep of an SEC team since Apr. 29-May 1, when the Tigers swept Texas A&M. 

How it Happened

• KK McCrary leads off with a well-hit single into right, then advances to second on a sacrifice bunt. 
• Kayley Lenger makes a nice running catch in foul territory, but McCrary advances to third.
• Laurin Krings gets out of a jam with a strikeout to end the inning. Auburn had runners on second and third with two outs, but Amelia Lech got blown away by Krings for the third out. 
• Jenna Laird leads off the bottom of the first with a two-strike single up the middle. 
• Laird's attempted steal of second is originally called safe, but upon a challenge from Auburn, Laird is called out. 
• Julia Crenshaw hits a high fly ball to deep left field, but Abbey Smith corralled it at the warning track for the third out of the inning. 
• Krings ends the top of the second with another swinging strikeout. She's got three through two innings. 
• Maddie Gallagher makes it to second base with one out in the bottom of the second with a little help from Auburn. A ground ball to Lech at first base was booted, and it scurried into foul territory, allowing Gallagher to take two bases.  
• Maddie Penta ends the second inning with back-to-back strikeouts. Still scoreless here at Mizzou Softball Complex. 
• Auburn gets on the board with an RBI triple from Makayla Packer. It was a fly ball into shallow left field, and Chantice Phillips' diving attempt came up short. 1-0 Auburn. 
• Laird gets on base with a full-count, two-out single in the bottom of the third, but Honnold immediately grounds out to end the inning. 
• Marissa McCann relieves Krings to start the top of the fourth. Krings allowed three hits and a run while striking out three. 
• On McCann's sixth pitch of the afternoon, Lech hits a fly ball that barely clears the fence in left field. 2-0 Auburn. 
• McCann just snared a line drive right back at her and doubled up Icess Tresvik at first base. 
• Missouri just pulled off a double play in the bottom of the fifth. McCann threw a strikeout, and the runner on first left early on a steal attempt. 
• Krings is back in the game. Remember, softball pitchers can come back into the game after they've subbed out. 
• Mya Dodge is now in left field for Missouri, and Madison Walker is at first base.
• On the second pitch of the inning, Walker's diving attempt to corral a ground ball fails, and Auburn has a runner on second with no outs.  
  
• Amelia Lech goes yard for the second time today. This time, it's a two-run home run that clears the hill in left field. 4-0 Auburn. 
• Taylor Pannell enters the game for Krings with runners on first and second and no outs. 
• Honnold saves a couple of runs with a running catch in left center field, stranding two Auburn base runners to end the top of the sixth. 
• Katie Chester reaches base with a walk in the bottom of the seventh. 
• Mya Dodge hits a bloop single into center field to keep the home Tigers alive. 
• Pinch-hitter Stefania Abruscato strikes out to end the game.
• FINAL: Auburn 4, Missouri 0.

How to watch:

Who: Auburn Tigers (12-4-1) vs Missouri Tigers (20-2)

Where: Mizzou Softball Stadium; Columbia, Missouri

When: Saturday, March 9 at 2 p.m., Sunday, March 10 at 12 p.m.

TV: SEC Network+

Last Meeting:

Prior to this season, the two Tiger squads last met in late March, where Auburn swept Missouri (the final scores were 4-0, 2-1 and 2-1). The only two Missouri Tigers who recorded RBIs in that series (Riley Frizell and Payton Jackson) are no longer with the team.

Series History:

With Missouri's victories on Friday and Saturday, Missouri took a 13-12 lead in the all-time series between the two teams.