This isn't the way the Auburn Doubledays wanted to enter the All-Star break.

The struggling Doubledays dropped their fourth straight game, as the Batavia Muckdogs completed a three-game sweep with a 5-3 victory Sunday in Batavia.

Starter Joel Carreno didn't get the job done as he surrendered three runs in the first two innings and five overall.

The Doubledays out-hit the Muckdogs, 8-7, but their big hits came with the bases empty.

Trailing 5-0, Auburn mounted a slight comeback in the seventh as Adam Amar slugged his ninth homer of the season and Karim Turkamani delivered an RBI single.

Auburn added another run in the ninth on a Joel Collins solo home run.

Carreno (5-4) took the loss but Evan Crawford, Charles Huggins and Bobby Bell pitched three innings of hitless ball in relief.

Bartolo Nicolas, Collins and Jon Del Camp each had two hits to lead Auburn's offense.

The Doubledays (31-27) are in the midst of their second worst losing streak of the season - they lost five straight games from July 5 to 10.