COLLEGE BASEBALL Ohio State rallies past Auburn; Southwest Missouri State next

The Buckeyes scored 25 runs in three regional games.
AUBURN, Ala. (AP) -- Ohio State coach Bob Todd looked around the dugout with his team down four runs and didn't see the expected concern or anxiety.
"Even though we're down 5-1, I said to myself, 'What's going on?' There was a quiet confidence," Todd said.
Brett Garrard drove in four runs and Matt Davis earned his third save of the regional as the Buckeyes rallied for a wild 9-7 victory over Auburn on Sunday to earn its first super regional berth since 1999.
Without top pitcher
Ohio State (44-19) advances to play Southwest Missouri State
The Buckeyes have won six straight and captured the Big Ten Conference tournament despite losing Big Ten Pitcher of the Year Scott Lewis to a torn ligament in his elbow on May 16.
Ohio State beat Auburn (42-21), the No. 4 national seed, twice over the weekend and scored 25 runs in three regional games.
"Nobody gave us much credit," Steve Caravati said. "We know we're not out of a game, no matter how far behind we are."
Drew Anderson, who had homered four times in the first two games, doubled twice while Garrard had a two-run double, an RBI single and a sacrifice fly.
Cody Caughenbaugh slammed a solo homer, his first of the season, off closer Steven Register, in the seventh.
Davis got Karl Amonite to fly out to center with the bases loaded in the eighth after encountering control problems.
"We certainly made it exciting," Todd said. "I don't think I can say enough about the character and poise of this ballclub."
Davis came in after Javon Moran's two-out triple and walked Hulett, then hit Bobby Huddleston with a 3-2 pitch to load the bases for Amonite, who had homered earlier.
Davis walked Clete Thomas to start the ninth but got Scott Schade to ground into a double play to second base. Derek Sain popped up to center to end it.
"I just told myself I wasn't going to let walks beat me," Davis said. "I was just going to challenge the hitter and what happened, happened."
Auburn errors
The Tigers committed four errors, dropped the ball on a tag at the plate and misplayed a ball for a triple in left-center. They outhit Ohio State 14-9.
The Buckeyes scored three runs in the sixth -- capitalizing on two errors and a misplay -- for an 8-7 lead. Garrard singled home Paul Farinacci and scored on a triple by Jedidiah Stephen off Register (3-3) when the ball dribbled off center fielder Javon Moran's glove.