We are set for another jampacked day of baseball in Hoover, with the SEC Baseball Tournament heading into Day 2. Tuesday was a single-elimination round, sending four teams home early. Nobody can be eliminated on Wednesday, with the double-elimination portion of the bracket beginning.
LSU and Kentucky got things started with the early morning game, the second in a row for the Tigers. Head coach Jay Johnson has called his team one of the best in the country at the moment, proving so again. Home runs, including grand slams from Jared Jones and Tommy White, saw LSU cruise to a comfortable run-rule win after eight innings.
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South Carolina and Arkansas followed in the second game of day, coming down to the finish. The game was tied at four entering the final inning before Cole Messina launched a two-run homer to deep centerfield to give the Gamecocks a 6-4 lead. The Razorbacks fought back to make it 6-5 in the bottom of the inning and put another runner in scoring position, but the Gamecocks defense secured the final out on a fly ball.
The third game of the day saw the No. 1 seed fall – and the NCAA Tournament picture shake up in the process. Vanderbilt cruised to a 13-4 victory over Tennessee thanks in large part to a five-run second inning and five RBI from Alan Espinal. That means the Vols fall into the losers’ bracket while the Commodores advance and awaited the winner of Texas A&M vs. Mississippi State on Thursday night.
It was a close one throughout the nightcap as the Aggies and Bulldogs entered the ninth inning tied 3-3. But Connor Hujsak – the hero in Tuesday’s game – came up with a two-run single to put MSU up 5-3 heading into the bottom half of the inning. Evan Aschenbeck then mowed Texas A&M down in order to not only send the Bulldogs to the late game on Thursday, but send the last of the top four seeds into the losers’ bracket.
2024 SEC Baseball Tournament bracket, schedule
Tuesday, May 21
Game 1: No. 11 LSU 9, No. 6 Georgia 1
Game 2: No. 10 South Carolina 10, No. 7 Alabama 5
Game 3: No. 8 Vanderbilt 6, No. 9 Florida 3
Game 4: No. 5 Mississippi State 2, No. 12 Ole Miss 1
Wednesday, May 22
Game 5: LSU 11, No. 3 Kentucky 0 (F/8)
Game 6: South Carolina 6, No. 2 Arkansas 5
Game 7: Vanderbilt 13, No. 1 Tennessee 4
Game 8: Mississippi State 5, No. 4 Texas A&M 3
Thursday, May 23
Game 9: Kentucky vs. Arkansas | 10:30 a.m. | SEC Network
Game 10: Tennessee vs. Texas A&M | 30 minutes after Game 9 | SEC Network
Game 11: LSU vs. South Carolina | 5:30 p.m. | SEC Network
Game 12: Vanderbilt vs. Mississippi State | 30 minutes after Game 11 | SEC Network
Friday, May 24
Game 13: Winner Game 9 vs. Loser Game 11 | 4 p.m. | SEC Network
Game 14: Winner Game 10 vs. Loser Game 12 | 30 minutes after Game 13 | SEC Network
Saturday, May 25
Game 15: Winner Game 13 vs. Winner Game 11 | 12 p.m. | SEC Network
Game 16: Winner Game 14 vs. Winner Game 12 | 30 minutes after Game 15 | SEC Network
Sunday, May 26
Game 17 (Championship game): Winner Game 15 vs. Winner Game 16 | 3 p.m. | ESPN2
All times are ET.
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