Gutierrez Walks Off Auburn, 2-1, in Game One

BATON ROUGE – Freshman Raeleen Gutierrez hit a walk-off sac fly to right field to score pinch runner Akiya Thymes and lift No. 13 LSU (30-17, 12-10 SEC) to a 2-1 win over Auburn (26-20, 6-16 SEC) Friday night at Tiger Park.

Enjoy your Friday night Tiger fans... We already started celebrating. ????#MakeItCount | @raegutierrez55 pic.twitter.com/Rk4TAIoKmB

— LSU Softball (@LSUsoftball) May 8, 2021The teams will meet in game two of the series at 6 p.m. CT Saturday. The game will be streamed live on SEC Network+ through WatchESPN.com and the app.

Senior Amanda Doyle opened the seventh inning with a double to center field and Thymes was moved to third on a bunt by Georgia Clark. The game-winning run…