The Auburn baseball team opened its season with its best start since 2008 after pulling off a four-game sweep of Maine at Plainsman Park this past weekend.

Coach John Pawlowski’s club started the season off with a bang on Friday in a comeback win that featured a walk-off home run by third baseman Damek Tomscha, giving Auburn a 3-2 victory.

The weekend for the Tigers--who were picked to finish 13th in the SEC--continued to improve after the dramatic season opener.

Auburn’s offense kicked into high gear on Saturday against the Black Bears in the first game of a double header. A five-run fifth inning sparked the Tigers to a 12-3 win before things got a little more interesting later in the afternoon.

Auburn took the lead, opening things up in the first scoring three runs by a two-RBI double by Ryan Tella and a sacrifice by Garrett Cooper, giving Auburn a two-run lead. After adding a run in the second inning, things calmed down until they got a little sticky in the top of the sixth.

Maine used three hits and an error to score two runs, both unearned, to cut the score down to one run. However, the Black Bears were unable to tie the game despite having runners on first and third.

Like the fifth inning on Saturday, Auburn used a big sixth inning on Sunday to complete the four-game sweep.

Down by two, Auburn put together five hits--four consecutively--to score the six runs, taking a two-run deficit and turning it into a three-run lead. Adding an insurance run in the seventh, Auburn’s victory came after Maine added one more run in the ninth.

Every win in the sweep was from behind after the 2012 team only had nine come-from-behind wins all of last season. The 4-0 start marks the 17th time the Tigers have reached such a feat since 1949.

The Tigers return to the field on Friday, hosting the Auburn Baseball Tournament, playing Middle Tennessee State at 6 p.m. Auburn will face the College of Charleston, where Pawlowski coached prior to the Plains, on Saturday at 1 p.m. and Indiana State at 2 p.m. on Sunday.