Auburn starter Brian Bull allowed only one hit and one run in five innings, putting the Doubledays in great shape for a win.

It was all downhill from there, though.

The bullpen surrendered nine runs on 10 hits in the final three innings, and the Doubledays dropped their second straight game to the last-place Hudson Valley Renegades, 10-2, Sunday afternoon at Dutchess Stadium.

Auburn will have to win tonight to avoid a three-game sweep before a six-game homestand which invites Tri-City and Staten Island.

The Doubledays went on top in the third inning when Shawn Scobee hit a two-out solo home run, his first of the season.

Bull allowed his only run in the fourth after a walk and a double. He left the game the next inning with two strikeouts and two walks.

Then the trouble began.

Chase Lirette, making his first appearance, took the loss after allowing three hits and three runs in his only inning of work.

John Tritz followed and allowed three hits and two runs in the seventh.

Any hopes the Doubledays had of mounting a comeback evaporated in the eighth, after Scott Byrnes gave up four hits and four runs and retired just two batters.

Ron Lowe was the only reliever who didn't allow a run or a hit, retiring the only batter he faced in the bottom of the eighth.

Zach Kalter led off the ninth with a triple to right field and scored on a Luke Hopkins groundout two batters later.

Auburn totaled just four hits and committed two errors.