SEC Baseball

Auburn doubles up Kentucky

Auburn's Cody Nulph (17) slides into home scoring against Kentucky catcher Greg Fettes in the fourth inning during the Southeastern Conference college baseball tournament at the Hoover Met, Tuesday, May 19, 2015, in Hoover, Ala. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

HOOVER, Ala. (AP) — Daniel Robert and Jackson Burgreen each had three hits and Cole Lipscomb pitched 7-2/3 strong innings to lead Auburn to a 6-3 win over Kentucky on Tuesday night in the single elimination first round of the Southeastern Conference tournament.

The Tigers (35-22) will face regular-season champion LSU (46-9) on Wednesday. Lipscomb (8-2) allowed two runs on four hits while striking out nine. He didn't issue a walk.

Tom Ka'ai led off the seventh inning with a home run for Kentucky (30-25) and had two RBIs.

Burgreen had a two-run triple in the fourth for Auburn. He and Robert both drove in two runs.

Auburn is playing in its first SEC tournament since 2013 and had lost five of its last seven games.

Kentucky scored two runs in the eighth on RBI singles by Ka'ai and Kyle Barrett. Ka'ai had three hits.