A trip home from Omaha was on the line between Stanford and Auburn as they faced off in an elimination game on Monday. The Tigers were looking to extend their stay in the College World Series and face another SEC opponent this week. Well, thanks to a massive sixth inning, Auburn will be hanging around for a bit longer, defeating Stanford 6-2.

This was Auburn's first win in the College World Series since 1997.

After Stanford took an early lead and benefited from pitcher Drew Dowd, who threw four innings and only giving up three hits, recording six strikeouts. It was exactly what the Cardinals were looking for until they had to make a pitching change in the 5th inning. It was Quinn Matthews coming out of the bullpen for Stanford, who was about to endure a tough inning in the sixth.

Struggling for four innings, Auburn found itself in a great spot in the 5th inning, trailing 2-0. The Tigers ended up leaving 2 runners on base after Stanford took advantage of some sloppy base running ended the inning. Yes, the Stanford pitching got them out of the jam, but Auburn was struggling to take advantage of opportunities.

The Tigers were led on the mound by Trace Bright, who broke an Auburn College World Series record by recording eight strikeouts in five innings of work. The pitching rotation ended the day with 16 strikeouts for the Tigers.

This wouldn't be the case for the Tigers in the 6th inning, after loading the bases. Stanford pitcher Quinn Matthews walked in the first runner, struck out Brooks Carlson, but then felt the Tigers wrath. It was Cole Foster who stepped up to the plate and hit a rocket to left center, bringing home three runs in the process while he slid into second base. The Tigers led 4-2 and didn't look back.

Speaking of Cole Foster, the Auburn 2B has been under the weather for the past few days and Tigers head coach Butch Thompson said that Foster is 'doing all he can' right now to keep himself healthy enough to play.

During his pregame show with the Auburn radio network, Thompson mentioned that the team is currently dealing with some type of illness.

"There's a list of excuses that weakens us that we don't have to talk about — traveling across the country and seven or eight guys on the toilet too much and not feeling well from a tough week," Thompson said on the pregame radio.

"Every one of those are excuses. We got to post and play at one of the most special opportunities these boys — most of them will ever get in their life is in front of them today. So none of that matters. All of these excuses, you flush 'em, you put 'em away, and you got opportunity to go out and win a ballgame today in the College World Series."

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Auburn Hanging Around Omaha After Defeating Stanford 6-2 In College World Series Elimination Game