Nothing seems to be breaking right for Auburn of late.

Auburn was walloped by Samford, 12-3, Tuesday night in Birmingham as the Tigers dropped their fourth straight game and sixth in their last seven outings.

"It's less about who you're playing right now with our club and more about ourselves," Auburn coach Butch Thompson said on postgame radio. "

This one was particularly tough for Auburn (23-11), which was playing without starters Luke Jarvis (day-to-day) and Josh Anthony (ear infection), stranded a dozen men on base and even dipped into its weekend rotation to use Saturday starting pitcher Davis Daniel for 1 1/3 innings of relief late in the game.

Auburn was just 2-of-14 with runners on base, 1-of-10 with runners in scoring position and struck out 10 times as the offense continued to struggle. Only two players in the Tigers' lineup finished the game with multiple hits: Will Holland and Judd Ward, who got the start in left field in place of Conor Davis.

"We left a small village on the bases," Thompson said. "I felt like we were at first and second most of the night and never could drive and get another hit.... We just couldn't get anything going and they got out of hand. Their swings got bigger and they swung it all night."

Holland finished 3-for-5 and drove in all three of Auburn's runs, the first two on a two-run single in the third and the other on a solo home run in the fifth. Ward was 2-for-4 with a run scored, while the rest of Auburn's lineup combined to go 2-for-25 on the night.

"Those two guys were really interested," Thompson said. "We just got to get more guys interested."

While the offense sputtered, the pitching staff didn't fare much better against the Bulldogs, who jumped ahead early against starter Jack Owen, who struggled yet again on the mound. Owen (1-2, 8.83 ERA) lasted just one-plus inning and allowed four runs on five hits before leaving the game with no outs in the second inning.

Holland's third-inning single cut the Bulldogs' lead in half, but that was as close as the Tigers got the rest of the night as Samford continued to pour it on, scoring at least one run in seven of its eight innings at the plate.

Auburn will now return to Plainsman Park for a weekend series against Mississippi State with hopes of righting the ship.

"We're in the middle of a grind right now, and this is huge being back at home, getting an opportunity -- another SEC series -- to try to get something going," Thompson said. "... I think this is long enough for us trying to find ourselves again."

Tom Green is an Auburn beat reporter for Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter @Tomas_Verde.