2019 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament

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)
	← 2018; SEC baseball tournament; 2020 2021 →;

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 standings
v t e	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	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

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		4,135^[5]
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		10,128^[6]
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		5,264^[7]
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		13,902^[8]
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		6,891^[9]
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		8,620^[10]
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	SEC Network	14,294^[11]
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	SEC Network	12,872^[12]
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

^ "2019 SEC Baseball Standings". Southeastern Conference. Retrieved June 25, 2019.
^ "Championship – Baseball". Southeastern Conference. Retrieved October 8, 2018.
^ "SEC Announces Format Change to Baseball Tournament". Tennessee Volunteers. December 19, 2011. Archived from the original on November 18, 2015. Retrieved November 17, 2015.
^ "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.
^ Game 2 Boxscore
^ "Game 4 boxscore". Archived from the original on May 27, 2019. Retrieved May 23, 2019.
^ Game 6 boxscore
^ "Game 8 boxscore". Archived from the original on May 27, 2019. Retrieved May 23, 2019.
^ Game 10 boxscore
^ Game 12 boxscore
^ Game 14 boxscore
^ Game 16 boxscore^{[permanent dead link]}
^ Game 17 boxscore^{[permanent dead link]}

[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]}

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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)
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