Auburn needs a win tonight to keep its season alive.

After dropping Game 1 of the Women's College World Series national championship to Oklahoma Monday night, Tigers (57-11) return to ASA Hall of Fame Stadium in Oklahoma City Tuesday at 7 p.m. CT for Game 2.

If the Sooners (56-7) win, they will be crowned national champions. If Auburn wins, a decisive Game 3 will be played Wednesday.

Live updates from the action will be provided below.

FINAL: Auburn 11, Oklahoma 7

8TH INNING: Auburn 11, Oklahoma 7

* B8 Emily Carosone hits a grand slam on the first pitch she sees. Tigers win and force a decisive Game 3

* B8 Auburn's Whitney Jordan grounds out. Victoria Draper bunts and races to first base to beat the throw for a single. Victoria Draper drops a perfectly placed ball into right field.

* T8 No runs, no hits and nobody left on base for the Sooners in the top of the frame.

7TH INNING: Oklahoma 7, Auburn 7

* B7 Auburn fails to get a runner on. Jade Rhodes pops up before Haley Fagan and Madi Gipson both ground out. We're going to extras.

* T7 Auburn brings in freshman Makayla Martin to pitch. She gives up a single to Sydney Romero before she retires Fale Aviu, who pops up. Nicole Pendley grounds out to Kasey Cooper on a hopper, and Romero moves to second base. Kady Self grounds out.

6TH INNING: Oklahoma 7, Auburn 7

* B6 Auburn's Victoria Draper ground outs. Tiffany Howard gets a single. Kasey Cooper takes the first pitch she sees and flies out. Emily Carosone singles to put a pair of runners on for Carlee Wallace, but she grounds out. To the seventh.

* T6 Kelsey Arnold grounds out and Erin Miller pops up to begin the sixth for Oklahoma. The Sooners get a two-out single from Caleigh Clifton. Auburn's Tiffany Howard robs Oklahoma's Shay Knighten of a two-run home run with a hell of a catch at the left field wall.

5TH INNING: Oklahoma 7, Auburn 7

* B5 Nothing doing for Auburn in the fifth -- Haley Fagan strikes out before Madi Gipson and Whitney Jordan both pop up.

* T5 Sooners go three up, three down.

4TH INNING: Oklahoma 7, Auburn 7



* B4 Emily Carosone drops a ball into center field for a single, and advances to second on a wild pitch. Carlee Wallace flies out. Jade Rhodes reaches first on a fielder's choice, and Carosone can't beat the throw to the third base. The final out comes when Rhodes is caught stealing second during Haley Fagan's at-bat.

* B4 Tiffany Howard beats the throw to first base with a single. Kasey Cooper ties this thing up for Auburn with a two-run shot into the stands behind right field.

* T4 Caleigh Clifton grounds out for Oklahoma and Shay Knighten singles. Sydney Romero and Fale Aviu fly out.

3RD INNING: Oklahoma 7, Auburn 5

* B3 Haley Fagan opens the bottom of the third for Auburn with a single that just gets through the infield. She's out at second on a double play. Whitney Jordan follows up her three-run homer with a double, but pinch-hitter Courtney Shea strikes out.

* T3 Kay Self singles down the right field line, but the Sooners don't get another runner on base. Auburn's Rachael Walters retires Lea Wodach, Kelsey Arnold and Erin Miller with a pop up, ground out and strike out, respectively.

2ND INNING: Oklahoma 7, Auburn 5



* B2 Oklahoma pulls starting pitcher Kelsey Stevens for Jayden Chestnut. Auburn's rally continues when Kasey Cooper singles and Howard comes home on a wild pitch to make it 7-5. Emily Carosone is hit by a pitch. Carlee Wallace is walked to load the bases are loaded for Jade Rhodes, but she strikes out.

* B2 Victoria Draper singles, and Auburn scores another run to make it 7-4 as Kady Self can't come up with Tiffany Howard's shot to left field. Howard gets a triple on the play after tripping and falling between second and third base.

* B2 Auburn's Whitney Jordan gets some redemption for her two fielding errors and comes up with a three-run home run to cut the Sooner lead to four runs. It's her sixth of the year.

* B2 Auburn's Carlee Wallace is hit by a pitch on the foot in her first at-bat. Jade Rhodes and Haley Fagan go down swinging. Wallace advances to second base on a wild pitch. Madi Gipson is walked.

* T2 Kasey Cooper stops some of the bleeding with a double play, but another run comes home on a Nicole Pendley RBI single to the gap in left field. Oklahoma leads 7-0, and the inning ends when Pendley is caught stealing second base. Nightmare for the Tigers.

* T2 With no outs on the board, Kaylee Carlson has been pulled. Rachael Walters in the circle for the Tigers.

* T2 Oklahoma takes a 6-0 lead with a Shay Knight RBI single.

* T2 Auburn's Whitney Jordan makes her second error of the game. Her wild throw to first base bring another run home for the Sooners. Oklahoma pushes it to 5-0 with a pair of bunts as Carlee Wallace and Kaylee Carlson can't make the defensive plays in the infield.

* T2 Kady Self's solo home run to center field gives the Sooners a 2-0 lead. A ground ball from Lea Wodach bounces past the glove of a diving Emily Carosone for a single. Kelsey Arnold singles.

1ST INNING: Oklahoma 1, Auburn 0

* B1 Auburn goes three up, three down in the first. Tiffany Howard grounds out. Nicole Pendley makes a nice catch in the outfield on a laser from Kasey Cooper, and the inning ends with Emily Carosone's flyout.

* T1 Oklahoma's on the board with an RBI single from Fale Aviu. Aviu easily steals second base behind Auburn's Kaylee Carlson, who appeared to be completely unaware it was happening. Nicole Pendley flies out to center field for the final out.

* T1 Auburn's Whitney Jordan mishandles a ground ball from Erin Miller. She's tagged with an error, and the Sooners have one on. Miller steals second base during the next at-bat. Kaylee Carlson walks Shay Knighten, and a sacrifice bunt from Syndey Romero puts runners on second and third base.

PREGAME

* Kaylee Carlson (19-2, 2.16 ERA) will start in the circle for Auburn. Paige Parker has thrown every pitch for Oklahoma in the postseason, but the Sooners are going with Kelsey Stevens (9-4, 3.37 ERA) tonight.