AUBURN - Eleven pitches. That's how many it took for the Auburn Doubledays to fall behind State College in the first inning, and that's the number of throws it took to eventually lose the game in the seventh against State College on Wednesday.

Brandon Magee came out struggling on the mound and the Doubledays couldn't reach far enough into their bullpen to find an answer for the Spikes' sudden surge at the plate. Through five pitchers, Auburn allowed 13 hits in an 8-7 loss at Falcon Park on Wednesday, snapping its six-game win streak - five of them over State College.

“It all starts with pitching,” Doubledays hitting coach Justin Mashore said. “Brandon had a tough time through the first inning and it continued until they pulled him out. He just didn't have it today.”

In three innings, Magee walked four batters, allowed four hits and two earned runs.

The Spikes led until the sixth inning. Ahead 7-4, Kyle Mura blew the save when he allowed Diaz to hit his first home run of the season - a shot to left field, with two outs and two on to tie the score.

“I knew it was two outs and I just wanted to hit something in play, even if it was a drive,” Diaz said. “It was just a good fastball over the plate and I got a good stroke on it. Luckily it went over. I hit it with all I have so I figured if that wasn't going over, nothing else will.”

The Doubledays' momentum ended early in the eighth when Noah Tritz (0-4) was pulled in favor of Dennis Bigley after Nathan Southard doubled and Van Slyke was walked on a full count. On Bigley's first pitch, Yonathan Sivira hit a line drive to center to score Southard for the eventual win.

The Doubledays managed just one hit in the last three innings and Jason Motte earned his sixth save of the year after tossing four strikeouts in the final two innings.

Things looked grim right from the start.

After the Doubledays ruined his 14-game hit streak on Tuesday, Allen Craig retaliated with a two-run single early in the first.

In the second, Matt Lane scored on an errant throw by A.J. Van Slyke to cut the Spikes' lead in half, but it didn't last long. Brian Bull pitched just one inning for Auburn, but it was enough to give the Spikes a comfortable lead as they scored four runs in the fourth.

Auburn came back in the bottom of the inning looking more like the team that has won seven of its last eight games. Shawn Scobee smacked a two RBI single to the right-field corner, and Jonathan Diaz hit the first of four RBIs on a sacrifice fly to right field. Diaz's remarkable performance was not limited to the plate as he made three plays at shortstop in the fifth to help retire batters in order, including an acrobatic leap to throw out Willian Sandoval to end the inning.

“Any time the ball is hit my way, I feel like I have to make the play,” Diaz said. “ I just hoped that those plays would have helped us get back in there and get some runs.”

Craig hit another RBI in the top of the sixth to give the Spikes a 7-4 lead, but catcher Brian Jeroloman later threw him out at second to prevent further damage.

“Just because you do the right thing doesn't always mean you're going to win the game. We just didn't have enough magic in the bag tonight,” Mashore said. “But the guys are playing well. The hitters are doing a good job, we've been playing better defense, and for the most part, the pitching has been good. I think we have one of the better teams in the league. We have a little bit of everything and hopefully they will continue to play well in the next series.”