One of the weirdest home runs I've seen resulted in a big win for Auburn on Saturday. Joseph Sanders hit a three-run home run that capped the Tigers' 10-9 come-from-behind win against No. 5 Florida State at Plainsman Park.

At least, eventually it was ruled a home run. Sanders' blast was to center field, just to the left of the batter's eye. FSU's Tyler Holt had a beat on the ball and timed his leap at the fence perfectly as the ball hit his glove.

Problem is, the glove didn't stay on the premises, tumbling over the fence with the ball as Sanders was rewarded with his fifth home run in seven games this season.

“I saw it go in Holt’s glove and he’s a great center fielder,” said Sanders, who was 2-for-5 with five RBIs. “I was like, ‘He just did that.’ … But I saw when he landed, he didn’t have a glove so I was like, ‘Thank God.’”

Some other notes and thoughts from the game ...

• Auburn finally got a strong performance by a reliever. Right-hander Austin Hubbard gave up one run in the final three innings to earn the save, the Tigers' first this season. His only mistake was a leadoff home run to Holt in the eighth. He struck out four and ended things when catcher Tony Caldwell threw out D'Vortney Richardson trying to advance on a ball in the dirt.

• Along with Sanders, Brian Fletcher hit a home run. That makes 17 in seven games for the Tigers, who head coach John Pawlowski said would have to manufacture runs this season. “Whether it will continue or not remains to be seen, but some balls that are up in the zone, they’re hammering them pretty good,” Pawlowski said. “Big strong kids in small ballparks in college baseball, you never know what can happen.”

• Big day for the top and bottom of the order for the Tigers. Leadoff man Trent Mummey went 3-for-4 with three runs and an RBI, followed by Sanders, who was 2-for-5 with five RBIs. Fletcher and Justin Hargett, the eight and nine hitters, went 2-for-3 with three runs apiece.

• The middle five batters? They were 1-for-15. Yet Auburn still won.

• Starter Jon Luke Jacobs gave up five runs on six hits in five-plus innings, leaving after his 104th pitch, a home run over the batter's eye to Stephen Cardulla. But Jacobs overcame a rough start, giving up two runs in the first inning and another in the third. "I thought he did a good job," Pawlowski said. "The thing is, against a team, Florida State, he did a great job of going out there and giving us a chance. Because it’s easy to fold the tents when you’re down 3-0 and we don’t have much going offensively. But I thought he gave us a chance to win. In my opinion, he got better as the game went on. And that was encouraging."

• Michael Hurst earned the win after facing one batter, but it was an important one. He got Cardulla to line out to third with the bases loaded, ending a sixth inning in which FSU sent 10 batters to the plate.

• Up next: Weather permitting, Auburn and FSU finish their four-game set at Plainsman Park today at 2 EST. Paul Burnside will take the mound for the Tigers.