2019 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament


The 2019 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament was held from May 21 through 26 at Hoover Metropolitan Stadium in Hoover, Alabama. The annual tournament determined the tournament champion of the Division I Southeastern Conference in college baseball. The tournament champion earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2019 NCAA Division I baseball tournament[2]

2019 Southeastern Conference
baseball tournament
Teams12
FormatSee below
Finals site
ChampionsVanderbilt (3rd title)
Winning coachTim Corbin (2nd title)
MVPJ.J. Bleday (Vanderbilt)
TelevisionSEC Network, ESPN2 (Championship game)
2019 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
Eastern
No. 1 Vanderbilt  xy 23 7 0   .767 58 12 0   .829
No. 18 Georgia  ‍‍‍y 21 9 0   .700 46 17 0   .730
Tennessee  ‍‍‍y 14 16 0   .467 40 21 0   .656
Missouri  ‍‍‍ 13 16 1   .450 34 22 1   .605
Florida  ‍‍‍y 13 17 0   .433 34 26 0   .567
South Carolina  ‍‍‍ 8 22 0   .267 28 28 0   .500
Kentucky  ‍‍‍ 7 23 0   .233 26 29 0   .473
Western
No. 5 Mississippi State  x‍‍‍y 20 10 0   .667 52 15 0   .776
No. 6 Arkansas  x‍‍‍y 20 10 0   .667 46 20 0   .697
No. 14 LSU  ‍‍‍y 17 13 0   .567 40 26 0   .606
No. 20 Texas A&M  ‍‍‍y 16 13 1   .550 39 23 1   .627
No. 12 Ole Miss  ‍‍‍y 16 14 0   .533 41 27 0   .603
No. 9 Auburn  ‍‍‍y 14 16 0   .467 38 28 0   .576
Alabama  ‍‍‍ 7 23 0   .233 30 26 0   .536
x – Division champion
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 25, 2019[1]
Rankings from D1Baseball

The tournament has been held every year since 1977, with LSU claiming twelve championships, the most of any school. Original members Georgia and Kentucky along with 1993 addition Arkansas have never won the tournament. This is the twentieth consecutive year and twenty-second overall that the event has been held at Hoover Metropolitan Stadium, known from 2007 through 2012 as Regions Park. Texas A&M joined in 2013, and won its first title in 2016. Missouri, which also joined in 2013, has yet to win the event.

Format and seeding

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The regular season division winners claimed the top two seeds and the next ten teams by conference winning percentage, regardless of division, claimed the remaining berths in the tournament. The bottom eight teams played a single-elimination opening round, followed by a double-elimination format until the semifinals, when the format reverted to single elimination through the championship game. This was the sixth year of this format.[3][4]

Team W–L Pct GB #1 Seed
Eastern Division
Vanderbilt 23–7 .767 1
Georgia 21–9 .700 2 3
Tennessee 14–16 .467 9 9
Missouri 13–16–1 .450 9.5 10
Florida 13–17 .433 10 11
South Carolina 8–22 .267 15 12
Kentucky 7–23 .233 16
Team W–L Pct GB #1 Seed
Western Division
Arkansas 20–10 .667 3 2
Mississippi State 20–10 .667 3 4
LSU 17–13 .567 6 5
Texas A&M 16–13–1 .550 6.5 6
Ole Miss 16–14 .533 7 7
Auburn 14–16 .467 9 8
Alabama 7–23 .233 16

Bracket

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First round
Tuesday, May 21
Second round
Wednesday, May 22
Third round
Thursday, May 23
Friday, May 24
Semifinals
Saturday, May 25
Final
Sunday, May 26
3 Georgia 2
6 Texas A&M 8 6 Texas A&M 0
11 Florida 710 3 Georgia 3
2 Arkansas 1
2 Arkansas 5
7 Ole Miss 2 7 Ole Miss 3
10 Missouri 1 3 Georgia 3
7 Ole Miss 5
7 Ole Miss 1
6 Texas A&M 0
7 Ole Miss 3
2 Arkansas 2
7 Ole Miss 10
1 Vanderbilt 11
1 Vanderbilt 11
8 Auburn 5 8 Auburn 18
9 Tennessee 3 1 Vanderbilt 1
4 Mississippi State 0
4 Mississippi State 6
5 LSU 8 5 LSU 517
12 South Carolina 6 1 Vanderbilt 13
5 LSU 4
8 Auburn 3
5 LSU 4
5 LSU 12
4 Mississippi State 27

Schedule

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Game Time* Matchup# Television Attendance
Tuesday, May 21
1 9:30 a.m. No. 6 Texas A&M vs. No. 11 Florida SEC Network 4,135[5]
2 1:00 p.m. No. 7 Ole Miss vs. No. 10 Missouri
3 4:30 p.m. No. 8 Auburn vs. No. 9 Tennessee 10,128[6]
4 8:00 p.m. No. 5 LSU vs. No. 12 South Carolina
Wednesday, May 22
5 9:30 a.m. No. 3 Georgia vs. No. 6 Texas A&M SEC Network 5,264[7]
6 1:00 p.m. No. 2 Arkansas vs. No. 7 Ole Miss
7 4:30 p.m. No. 1 Vanderbilt vs. No. 8 Auburn 13,902[8]
8 8:00 p.m. No. 4 Mississippi State vs. No. 5 LSU
Thursday, May 23
9 9:30 a.m. No. 6 Texas A&M vs. No. 7 Ole Miss SEC Network 6,891[9]
10 1:00 p.m. No. 8 Auburn vs. No. 5 LSU
11 4:30 p.m. No. 2 Arkansas vs. No. 3 Georgia 8,620[10]
12 8:00 p.m. No. 1 Vanderbilt vs. No. 4 Mississippi State
Friday, May 24
13 3:00 p.m. No. 7 Ole Miss vs. No. 2 Arkansas SEC Network 14,294[11]
14 6:30 p.m. No. 5 LSU vs. No. 4 Mississippi State
Semifinals – Saturday, May 25
15 Noon No. 3 Georgia vs. No. 7 Ole Miss SEC Network 12,872[12]
16 3:30 p.m. No. 1 Vanderbilt vs. No. 5 LSU
Championship – Sunday, May 26
17 2:00 p.m. No. 7 Ole Miss vs. No. 1 Vanderbilt ESPN2 10,487[13]
*Game times in CDT. # – Rankings denote tournament seed.

Conference championship

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SEC Championship
(7) Ole Miss Rebels vs. (1) Vanderbilt Commodores
May 26, 2019, 2:00 p.m. (CDT) at Hoover Metropolitan Stadium in Hoover, Alabama
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
(7) Ole Miss 6 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 10 9 1
(1) Vanderbilt 0 1 2 5 1 1 0 0 1 11 17 2
WP: Tyler Brown (3–1)   LP: Austin Miller (5–3)
Home runs:
MISS: None
VAN: Pat DeMarco

References

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  1. ^ "2019 SEC Baseball Standings". Southeastern Conference. Retrieved June 25, 2019.
  2. ^ "Championship – Baseball". Southeastern Conference. Retrieved October 8, 2018.
  3. ^ "SEC Announces Format Change to Baseball Tournament". Tennessee Volunteers. December 19, 2011. Archived from the original on November 18, 2015. Retrieved November 17, 2015.
  4. ^ "SEC adds two teams, changes format for postseason conference tournament". NCAA.com. December 22, 2012. Archived from the original on November 18, 2015. Retrieved November 17, 2015.
  5. ^ Game 2 Boxscore
  6. ^ "Game 4 boxscore". Archived from the original on May 27, 2019. Retrieved May 23, 2019.
  7. ^ Game 6 boxscore
  8. ^ "Game 8 boxscore". Archived from the original on May 27, 2019. Retrieved May 23, 2019.
  9. ^ Game 10 boxscore
  10. ^ Game 12 boxscore
  11. ^ Game 14 boxscore
  12. ^ Game 16 boxscore[permanent dead link]
  13. ^ Game 17 boxscore[permanent dead link]