RALEIGH, N.C. - The Army West Point baseball team dropped a 12-1 decision to No. 19-ranked Auburn here Saturday night in their second game of the NCAA Raleigh Regional.

The loss sets up a rematch of Friday's opener between Army and N.C. State on Sunday. The Wolfpack defeated Northeastern 9-3 on Saturday afternoon in an elimination game. First pitch for Sunday's elimination contest is slated for 2 p.m. at Doak Field at Dail Park.

Auburn's Casey Mize, who is projected to be drafted No. 1 overall in Monday's Major League Baseball draft, had nearly all of his pitches working Saturday night. The junior entered the game fifth in the nation with 140 strikeouts and tacked onto that total with 11 on Saturday. 

The Black Knights did manage some offense against the righty though as newly commissioned 2LT Jon Rosofftook him yard in the sixth inning. The senior drilled a solo shot to straight away center for his first home run of the season.

Mize had allowed just nine home runs and 10 walks in 102.2 innings of work heading into the game but the Cadets added to those numbers with Rosoff's long ball and walks drawn by Drake Titus and Matt Hudgins. 

Army battled toe-to-toe with its nationally ranked opponent throughout the opening three innings. Unfortunately, the Tigers registered a leadoff home run to left field in the fourth to break the scoreless deadlock.

Auburn then tacked on nine runs on seven hits and two errors in the fifth to break to game open at 10-0. 

The Black Knights tried to cut into that lead when Rosoff launched his one-out long ball over the center field fence but that would be all the Cadets would muster off the Springville, Ala., native in Mize. 

Two additional runs came home for the Tigers in the ninth to ultimately put the game out of reach. 

Rosoff finished as Army's lone cadet-athlete with multiple hits at 2-for-4 with a home run and a double. Trey Martin, Matt Hudgins, John McKenna, and pinch hitter Jax Luzinski all added hits in the game.

Starting pitcher Daniel Burggraaf, who was battling illness leading up to the game, went 4.1 innings allowing nine hits, and six runs, five of which were earned. The junior did manage to strike out five while on the hill.

ARMY HIGHLIGHTS AND GAME NOTES

• The Black Knights saw their six-game winning streak halted in the contest. 
• Martin's hitting streak now sits at 11-straight outings after he singled to left center in the seventh. 
• Rosoff (2x) and Luzinski both accounted for all three of Army's extra base hits in the game. Rosoff recorded his first home run of the year and his team-leading 14th double, while Luzinski tallied his second double of the season. 
• Army turned all three double plays in the game. 
• Jacob Carte, Harry Flannery Jr., Matt Gray, Blake Walters and Joe Santoro each saw action for the Cadets on the mound. 
• The Black Knight pitching staff compiled 11 strikeouts, while the Tigers finished with 14, including 11 from the arm of Mize.
• Hurtubise had his 10-game on-base streak halted in the contest.

FACTS & FIGURES

• The Cadets finished with one run on six hits, while Auburn posted 12 runs on 17 hits. 
• Army was tabbed with the only two errors in the game and they both came during the fifth inning. 
• Both teams left seven runners on base. 

UP NEXT

• Army is back in action Sunday in an elimination game of the NCAA Raleigh Regional with host N.C. State. 
• That contest is slated for 2 p.m. at Doak Field at Dail Stadium.
• The Army/N.C. State winner will then immediately face Auburn in the Raleigh Regional finals on Sunday night.