Auburn softball's fifth preseason intrasquad scrimmage featured some extreme performances, both of the dominating and subpar variety.

Kaylee Carlson scattered four hits and a walk and struck out three over five scoreless innings while Victoria Draper (4 for 6), Alyssa Rivera, Justus Perry, Kendall Veach and Casey McCrackin combined for 10 hits, including a grand slam, and seven RBI on Friday afternoon at Jane B. Moore Field.

"We're starting to let the hands go a little bit," Auburn coach Mickey Dean said. "We even hit some balls hard that were caught that were outs."

Carlson didn't face more than four batters in any inning and once again hit 68 miles per hour on the radar gun and had good control of her changeup as well. Auburn's ace cruised through Auburn's hitters with the exception of a single and double from Rivera.

The scrimmage got off to a brutal start though, as a ground ball off the bat of KK Crocker (2 for 3) took a tough hop and caught shortstop Taylon Snow in the face. The freshman left the field and did not return, but Dean said Snow was OK after being hit in the eye.

Veach hit a two-run single and Perry drove her in via a double off Makayla Martin in the bottom of the second inning.

The pitchers breezed through the third and fourth innings, but the wheels came off for Martin in an uninspired effort in the bottom of the fifth.

Perry drew a two-out walk, Draper singled to load the bases, an error allowed an unearned run to score and McCrackin followed with a grand slam.

It was the second home run of the preseason for McCrackin, who worked at second base with the starters and is still competing with Crocker for the job.

"If you're not competing then you're kind of complacent and that's not good anyway," McCrackin said. "So having people to push you is also very good."

Martin allowed eight runs, three earned, on nine hits and three walks, but more concerning than the results was a lackadaisical display of effort in the last half inning.

Dean said the junior would have to "deal with" it when mistakes are made and spent more than 15 minutes talking to Martin afterward.

"If she wants to be in the circle and she wants the ball in her hand, then she's going to have to take control," he said. "Otherwise it's someone else."

Otherwise, Dean was happy with the energy of the team as the temperatures dropped.

"A consistent thing that I want to see is that we can recover from any mistakes and I thought we did a better job of that tonight," Dean said. "We didn't hold on to things, at least as a team. Some individuals held on to some stuff, I think that's easy to see from the stands, but overall we were."

Auburn will hold its last intrasquad scrimmage of the preseason at 2 p.m. Saturday.

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