AUBURN, Ala. — Minutes after capping off three shutout innings in Auburn's 3-2 extra-inning victory against No. 10 Alabama, Tigers reliever Austin Hubbard was asked if he had anything left in the tank for the remaining two games in the series.

"I'll go every day," he said. "I don't think much is going to keep me out."

Auburn left it all on the table against in-state rival Alabama on Thursday, twice rallying back from one-run deficits to force extra innings, when Brian Fletcher drew a bases-loaded walk to force home Bradley Ray with the winning run at Plainsman Park.

The win improves Auburn's record to 30-24 (10-18 SEC) and keeps alive the Tigers' hopes of earning an NCAA regional berth despite the fact that they missed out on qualifying for the eight-team SEC tournament.

"We're playing like we really don't have much to lose," Hubbard said. "You kind of leave it all out there."

The loss put a dent in Alabama's bid to win the conference's regular season crown. With two games left to play, the Crimson Tide (36-16, 17-10 SEC) are in fourth place overall, 1½ games back of SEC-leading LSU, which beat Mississippi State on Thursday.

Other notes ...

• Catcher Tony Caldwell had two big two-out hits on the night, singling home the game-tying run in the seventh and again in the ninth. "It felt really good to come through in the clutch for once," he said. "I haven't been swinging it that well with runners in scoring position and finally came through."

• Incredibly pitched game. Alabama's Austin Hyatt gave up one run in 8 1/3 innings, striking out eight. Auburn's Jon Luke Jacobs nearly matched him pitch-for-pitch, giving up two earned runs on three hits in seven innings, the deepest he's pitched in a game as a Tiger. He struck out a career-high nine. "You look at all the home runs by both teams and you look at what transpired: both pitchers went out there and I thought both pitchers were dominating," Auburn head coach John Pawlowski said.

• Hubbard locked things down in relief. He had five strikeouts in his three shutout innings.

• It was somewhat of an anticlimactic finish. Auburn loaded the bases in the 10th on a single and two hit batsmen. After Alabama reliever Tyler White got Hunter Morris to pop out to short for the second out, Fletcher worked a 3-2 count. The sixth pitch of the at bat sailed high and outside of the strike zone, forcing home the winning run.

• The game also marked the return of Joseph Sanders, who was back in the Tigers' lineup following a three week absence after having his jaw broken by a pitch. The junior earned a hearty applause from the pro-Auburn crowd before his first at-bat as the designated hitter. He went 0-for-4 on the night.

• The teams play again tonight at 7 ET. Grant Dayton (2-6, 6.10 ERA) will pitch for Auburn against Alabama's Del Howell (5-2, 5.94).