# 2019 American Athletic Conference baseball tournament

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.

## Format and seeding

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

| First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | | | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| 1 | East Carolina | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Wichita State | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Wichita State | 6 | 8 | Wichita State | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | 4 | UConn | 9 | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | UConn | 4 | 4 | UConn | 9 | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Houston | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Houston | 3 | | | | 4 | UConn | 8 | — | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 8 | Wichita State | 3 | — | | | | | |
| 1 | East Carolina | 13 | | | | | | | | 8 | Wichita State | 3 | — | | | | |
| 5 | Houston | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Houston | 2 | 1 | East Carolina | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | 8 | Wichita State | 12 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | UConn | 5 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Cincinnati | 22 |
| 2 | Cincinnati | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Cincinnati | 22 |
| 7 | Memphis | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | Memphis | 6 | 2 | Cincinnati | 8 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | 3 | Tulane | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | Tulane | 5 | 3 | Tulane | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | UCF | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | UCF | 2 | | | | 2 | Cincinnati | 10 | – | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 6 | UCF | 6 | – | | | | | |
| 7 | Memphis | 7 | | | | | | | | 6 | UCF | 6 | – | | | | |
| 6 | UCF | 8$^{10}$ | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | UCF | 8$^{10}$ | 6 | UCF | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | 3 | Tulane | 2 | | | | | | | | | |

## Conference championship

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 |||||||||||||