HOOVER, Ala. (Interstat) — Andreas Alvarez pitched five no-hit innings and LJ Cormier completed the combined shutout as Auburn blanked Texas A&M 7-0 in a Southeastern Conference tournament game Friday at Hoover Metropolitan Stadium.

Alvarez struck out nine, walked none and allowed no hits over the first five innings. Cormier followed with four innings of no-hit relief, striking out four, as the Tigers held the Aggies to just two base runners on walks over the first five innings and two total hits in the game. Texas A&M’s only hits were a first-inning single by Hayden Sorrell and a seventh-inning single by Jace Royo.

Auburn (38-18) scored first in the top of the first inning. With one out, Ethin Bingaman walked and Eric Guevara singled up the middle. B. Terrell doubled to right center, driving in Bingaman. The Tigers added four runs in the second inning. M. McCraine led off with a solo home run to center field. T. Belza singled and B. Carter singled. After a sacrifice bunt by C. Rembert, Chase Fralick doubled to left center, scoring Carter and Belza. Guevara singled to right center, scoring Fralick, making it 5-0.

Texas A&M (39-14) threatened in the third inning when C. Binderup and C. Kellner walked, but Alvarez struck out the next two batters and a flyout ended the inning. In the fourth, the Aggies put another runner on base with a walk, but again could not score.

Auburn extended the lead in the sixth inning against reliever Shane Sdao. Carter doubled and Rembert doubled him home. In the seventh inning, Bingaman homered to left field for the final run.

Texas A&M used four pitchers. Gavin Lyons allowed two hits and one earned run in four innings, striking out five. Sdao gave up four hits and two earned runs in two innings with three strikeouts. Weston Moss pitched a hitless eighth with one strikeout, and Clayton Freshcorn pitched a hitless ninth.

Auburn finished with 11 hits. Guevara had two hits and drove in a run. Fralick had a double and two RBIs. Bingaman homered and had two RBIs. McCraine also homered. Carter had two hits and scored twice. Rembert doubled and drove in a run.

For Texas A&M, Sorrell and Royo each singled.

The game was scoreless through the early innings as Alvarez dominated. The key sequence came in the second inning when Auburn strung together four runs, capitalizing on a one-out solo homer and then consecutive hits and a double to break the game open. The Tigers never looked back, as Alvarez and Cormier continued to silence the Aggies’ bats.

Alvarez’s performance was a sharp turnaround from his previous start May 15 against Georgia, when he allowed nine hits and eight earned runs in 4 1/3 innings in a 9-7 loss. On Friday, he was in complete command.

Auburn had lost four of its previous six games but bounced back after a 3-1 win over LSU on Wednesday. Texas A&M had won three straight entering the game, including a 7-6 win over Mississippi State on May 16.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Auburn 5, Texas A&M 7. Interstat’s ELO system had projected Texas A&M with a 56.60 percent probability to win. Auburn had been installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of plus 1.5.