LEXINGTON, Ky. — Brian Fletcher’s two two-run home runs helped Auburn snap its nine-game SEC losing streak Sunday with a 7-5 win at Kentucky.

Freshman Dexter Price got the win on the mound, going six innings while allowing two runs on six hits.

“This was a good win for our club. It seems like it has been a while and it certainly has,” Auburn head coach John Pawlowski said. “When you look at this game and look for the difference, I think it was Dexter Price. He got deep into the game against a very good hitting team.”

Fletcher and Trent Mummey combined to drive in all seven of the Tigers’ runs Sunday.

By the time Price took the mound in the bottom of the first he already had a two-run cushion as Mummey blasted his 15th home run of the season with Justin Hargett on first after a leadoff walk, snapping a six-game homerless streak for Auburn, its longest drought of the season.

“I knew that if I stuck to the game plan, the way we can hit and the defense behind me would make the plays,” Price said. “Having a two-run lead helps the confidence big-time and takes a big weight off my shoulders. I was able to come out there relaxed.”

Price (4-2) did not allow a hit until the fourth, a leadoff home run by Andy Burns, and by that time Auburn (28-24, 9-18 SEC) was already ahead 5-0 as Mummey drew a two-out, bases-loaded walk in the second and Fletcher smoked the first of his two home runs in the top of the third, a shot to left-center.

All five of Auburn’s runs in the first three innings came off Kentucky freshman Alex Meyer (1-4), who could not get out of the third, his shortest outing of the season. He surrendered just three hits and struck out three but was undone by a career-high-tying seven walks.

Fletcher’s second home run of the day extended Auburn’s lead to six, 7-1, and moved him into second on the team with 16. It was also the 26th of the sophomore’s career and marked his third multi-homer game of the season and fourth of his career.

“Dexter came out and threw a great game and I was able to come out here and see the ball really well and hit a few out,” Fletcher said.

Kentucky (26-24, 11-16 SEC) got back into the game with a three-run seventh, knocking Price out with a leadoff single and then getting three hits and a walk off of Bradley Hendrix, necessitating a move to closer Austin Hubbard with two outs in the inning and Auburn ahead 7-4.

Hubbard induced a groundout to end the seventh and allowed an eighth-inning solo home run to Marcus Nidiffer but was able to work around two baserunners in the ninth to earn his 11th save of the season.

With three home runs, Auburn hit the century mark for home runs on the season.

Hargett drew three of Auburn’s walks while Dan Gamache took four free passes.

Price’s win was the first by an Auburn starting pitcher in SEC play since Jon Luke Jacobs picked up the win over Vanderbilt on March 28.

Auburn, which has been eliminated from SEC tournament contention, returns to Plainsman Park for the final four games of the season, playing host to Georgia Southern at 6 p.m. on Tuesday before closing out the season against Alabama from Thursday-Saturday.