Arkansas was in a giving mood and Auburn capitalized.

The No. 16 Razorbacks entered Friday's series opener with just 14 walks in over 100 innings of SEC play but issued six free passes, which led to five runs for the No. 11 Tigers in an 11-1 win in five innings Friday night at Jane B. Moore Field.

It was exactly the kind of performance Auburn desperately needed after dropping a pair of games at then-last place Missouri last weekend.

"We left Missouri with a bad taste and they worked hard this week," Auburn coach Mickey Dean said. "I think that they wanted to show the fans that last weekend isn't who they are. That was like playing a football game: You got a week to prepare after a bad loss and you know what happens sometimes, a team comes out and just takes care of business. It's only one game, it only counts as one."

It was Auburn's first run-rule win in SEC play since a 13-2 win over Georgia on April 23, 2016, its most runs in an SEC game since a 13-4 win at Georgia on April 1 last season and its seventh straight run-rule win against Arkansas.

"You could see the energy gets a lot higher when we're winning like that," said Kaylee Carlson (18-3), who allowed one hit and walk one with four strikeouts over four innings behind her most run support of the season. "I think when our team is able to score runs it just brings our whole team up. That was probably one of the best games we played."

The scoring began in the bottom of the second when Morgan Podany hit an two-run double to left, giving Auburn its first hit with the bases loaded in SEC play this season (1 for 14). After Victoria Draper walked to load the bases again, Taylon Snow, Casey McCrackin and Courtney Shea all drew RBI walks before Tannon Snow (2 for 3) hit a two-run single to make it 7-0.

It was a particularly special night for Tannon Snow, as her teammates surprised her by wearing purple ribbons in support of her battle with epilepsy and her parents and older sister threw out the first pitch.

"It's great to have everybody and the support system here has been incredible," she said.

Taylon Snow added a sacrifice fly in the third and the Tigers (37-10, 10-8 SEC) added three more in the fourth via a two-run home run from Alyssa Rivera and infield single by KK Crocker.

Dean was glad the hits finally came with the bases loaded but was even more pleased with the patience his team showed while Arkansas' pitchers struggled with command.

"We weren't anxious," Dean said. "We weren't trying to get outside of ourselves. That was just as impressive as Morgan's double and Taylon's sac fly. ... You work on things, you work on things, this game is brutal. It is a brutal game. You're going to fail a lot of times and people are going to get inside your heads and you just got to shutout the outside voices.

"They're kids and I think sometimes too many outside voices get in their heads and it affects them. They just need to keep the outside voices outside."

It was more than enough offense for Carlson, who last had such ample run support in her 8-0 perfect game win against Ohio State last season. She had both velocity and command and kept Arkansas from getting a runner in scoring position during the first four innings.

"I was throwing harder (and) my changeup was working," Carlson said. "Whenever that's going together then I usually feel pretty good."

Chardonnay Harris allowed one run on two hits and a walk in the final inning.

Mary Haff, who entered Friday's game with five walks in 55.2 innings of SEC play, allowed five earned runs on two hits and three walks over 1.1 innings and Caroline Hedgcock allowed six runs, five earned, on five hits and three walks over two innings for Arkansas (33-10, 8-8 SEC).

Due to an inclement weather forecast for Sunday, the teams will play a doubleheader on Saturday beginning at 3 p.m.

James Crepea is an Auburn beat reporter for Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter @JamesCrepea.