2019 Southeastern Conference Baseball Tournament

The 2019 Southeastern Conference Baseball Tournament was held from May 21 through May 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

Teams	12
Format	See below
Finals site	Hoover Metropolitan Stadium Hoover, AL
Champions	Vanderbilt (3rd title)
Winning coach	Tim Corbin (2nd title)
MVP	J.J. Bleday, (Vanderbilt)
Television	SEC Network, ESPN2 (Championship game)

2019 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
	Conf									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
Eastern
No. 1 Vanderbilt  ^x‍†‍‡‍^y	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  ^x‍‍‍^y	20	–	10	–	0		.667			52	–	15	–	0		.776
No. 6 Arkansas  ^x‍‍‍^y	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

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

	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	0
	6	Texas A&M	8
	11	Florida	7^10
											3	Georgia	3
										2	Arkansas	1
						2	Arkansas	5
						7	Ole Miss	3
	7	Ole Miss	2
	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	1^8
	8	Auburn	5
	9	Tennessee	3
											1	Vanderbilt	1
										4	Mississippi State	0
						4	Mississippi State	6
						5	LSU	5^17
	5	LSU	8
	12	South Carolina	6
																1	Vanderbilt	13
																5	LSU	4
						8	Auburn	3
						5	LSU	4
											5	LSU	12
											4	Mississippi State	2^7

Schedule

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

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

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. 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
7. Game 6 boxscore
8. Game 8 boxscore
9. Game 10 boxscore
10. Game 12 boxscore
11. Game 14 boxscore
12. Game 16 boxscore
13. Game 17 boxscore