TEMPE, Ariz. — Auburn could not salvage the final game of its series at No. 2 Arizona State, falling 8-3 on Sunday afternoon at Packard Stadium.

The loss was the third straight for Auburn, which came into the series with a six-game winning streak.

“Arizona State played extremely well all weekend and they didn’t beat themselves,” Auburn head coach John Pawlowski said. “We have to improve. This was certainly a wake-up call for everybody, the guys and our staff.”

Auburn (9-5) jumped on Arizona State (15-0) starter Jake Borup for three runs in the first two innings, but couldn’t muster much offense after that, collecting just one base runner from the third through seventh innings. Borup went five innings, allowing three runs on five hits and a walk, striking out six to go to 4-0 on the season.

The teams traded two-run home runs in the first as Hunter Morris (1-for-4) drove in Justin Hargett (2-for-4) with his second blast of the weekend.

But ASU’s Riccio Torrez (2-for-5, 3 RBI) answered by depositing a Jon Luke Jacobs pitch back over the centerfield wall.

After Auburn took a 3-2 lead, Arizona State tied it up in the bottom of the third, then knocked Jacobs out with a leadoff home run in the bottom fourth to take a 4-3 lead, bringing Grant Dayton in for his first relief appearance since March 18, 2008. Jacobs (0-2) allowed four runs on three hits and two walks to take the loss.

Arizona State, tacked on three more in the fifth and one in the sixth off of releiver Zach Blatt.

Auburn returns home for a pair of midweek games, facing Alabama A&M at 6:30 p.m. on both Tuesday and Wednesday.