2019 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament
Teams 12
Format See below
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 →
2019 Southeastern Conference baseball standings vte 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 y14 – 16 – 0 .467 40 – 21 – 0 .656 Missouri 13 – 16 – 1 .450 34 – 22 – 1 .605 Florida y13 – 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 Rankings from D1Baseball
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
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.
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 9:30a.m. No. 6 Texas A&M vs. No. 11 Florida SEC Network 4,135 2 1:00p.m. No. 7 Ole Miss vs. No. 10 Missouri 3 4:30p.m. No. 8 Auburn vs. No. 9 Tennessee 10,128 4 8:00 p.m. No. 5 LSU vs. No. 12 South Carolina Wednesday, May 22 5 9:30a.m. No. 3 Georgia vs. No. 6 Texas A&MSEC Network 5,264 6 1:00p.m. No. 2 Arkansas vs. No. 7 Ole Miss7 4:30p.m. No. 1 Vanderbilt vs. No. 8 Auburn13,902 8 8:00p.m. No. 4 Mississippi State vs. No. 5 LSUThursday, May 23 9 9:30a.m. No. 6 Texas A&M vs. No. 7 Ole Miss SEC Network 6,891 10 1:00p.m. No. 8 Auburn vs. No. 5 LSU 11 4:30p.m. No. 2 Arkansas vs. No. 3 Georgia 8,620 12 8:00p.m. No. 1 Vanderbilt vs. No. 4 Mississippi StateFriday, May 24 13 3:00p.m. No. 7 Ole Miss vs. No. 2 ArkansasSEC Network 14,294 14 6:30p.m. No. 5 LSU vs. No. 4 Mississippi StateSemifinals – Saturday, May 25 15 Noon No. 3 Georgia vs. No. 7 Ole Miss SEC Network 12,872 16 3:30p.m. No. 1 Vanderbilt vs. No. 5 LSUChampionship – Sunday, May 26 17 2:00p.m. No. 7 Ole Miss vs. No. 1 Vanderbilt ESPN2 10,487 *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 :