2019 American Athletic Conference baseball tournament

2019 American Athletic Conference
baseball tournament
Teams	8
Format	Double-elimination tournament
Finals site	Spectrum Field; Clearwater, FL;
Champions	Cincinnati (1st title)
Winning coach	Scott Googins (1st title)
MVP	A.J. Bumpass (Cincinnati)
Television	American Digital Network (Tues-Sat); ESPNews (Championship)
	← 2018; baseball tournament; 2020 →;

The 2019 American Athletic Conference baseball tournament was held at Spectrum Field in Clearwater, Florida, from May 21 through 26. The event, held at the end of the conference regular season, determined the champion of the American Athletic Conference for the 2019 season. The winner of the double-elimination tournament, Cincinnati, received the conference's automatic bid to the 2019 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.^[2]

2019 American Athletic Conference baseball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 13 East Carolina ‍†‍‍^y	20	–	4	.833	47	–	18	.723
Cincinnati ‍‍‡‍^y	13	–	11	.542	31	–	31	.500
Tulane ‍‍‍	12	–	11	.522	32	–	26	.552
UConn ‍‍‍^y	12	–	12	.500	39	–	25	.609
Houston ‍‍‍	12	–	12	.500	32	–	24	.571
UCF ‍‍‍	11	–	13	.458	36	–	22	.621
Memphis ‍‍‍	10	–	13	.435	27	–	28	.491
Wichita State ‍‍‍	9	–	15	.375	28	–	31	.475
South Florida ‍‍‍	8	–	16	.333	26	–	27	.491

† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of July 16, 2019^[1] Rankings from D1Baseball

Format and seeding edit

The top eight baseball teams in The American were seeded based on their records in conference play. The tournament used a two bracket double-elimination format, leading to a single championship game between the winners of each bracket.

Team	W	L	Pct.	Seed	Tiebreaker
East Carolina	20	4	.833	1
Cincinnati	13	11	.542	2
Tulane	12	11	.522	3
UConn	12	12	.500	4	2–1 vs Houston
Houston	12	12	.500	5	1–2 vs UConn
UCF	11	13	.458	6
Memphis	10	13	.435	7
Wichita State	9	15	.375	8
South Florida	8	16	.333

Bracket edit

First round			Second round			Semifinals				Finals

1	East Carolina	2

8	Wichita State	6
			8	Wichita State	7

			4	UConn	9
4	UConn	4

5	Houston	3
						4	UConn	8	—

						8	Wichita State	3	—
1	East Carolina	13

5	Houston	2
			1	East Carolina	5

			8	Wichita State	12



										4	UConn	5

										2	Cincinnati	22
2	Cincinnati	11

7	Memphis	6
			2	Cincinnati	8

			3	Tulane	4
3	Tulane	5

6	UCF	2
						2	Cincinnati	10	–

						6	UCF	6	–
7	Memphis	7

6	UCF	8¹⁰
			6	UCF	6

			3	Tulane	2

Conference championship edit

American Athletic Conference Championship
(2) Cincinnati Bearcats	vs.	(4) UConn Huskies

May 26, 2019, 12:00 p.m. (EDT) at Spectrum Field in Clearwater, Florida
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
(2) Cincinnati	0	1	5	3	0	1	9	0	3	22	24	0
(4) UConn	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	5	9	1
WP: Garrett Schoenle (4–1) LP: Jeff Kersten (5–4) Home runs: CINCY: Mitch Holding; Joey Bellini; Jace Mercer; A. J. Bumpass CONN: None Attendance: 822

References edit

^ "American Athletic Conference baseball standings, teams, and schedules". D1Baseball. Retrieved July 16, 2019.
^ "2018–19 Championship Schedule". The American. Retrieved November 25, 2018.

[1] "American Athletic Conference baseball standings, teams, and schedules". D1Baseball. Retrieved July 16, 2019.

[2] "2018–19 Championship Schedule". The American. Retrieved November 25, 2018.

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