# 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
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 | First round Tuesday, May 21 | First round Tuesday, May 21 | Second round Wednesday, May 22 | Second round Wednesday, May 22 | Second round Wednesday, May 22 | Third round Thursday, May 23 Friday, May 24 | Third round Thursday, May 23 Friday, May 24 | Third round Thursday, May 23 Friday, May 24 | Semifinals Saturday, May 25 | Semifinals Saturday, May 25 | Semifinals Saturday, May 25 | Final Sunday, May 26 | Final Sunday, May 26 | Final Sunday, May 26 |
| | | | 3 | Georgia | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Texas A&M | 8 | 6 | Texas A&M | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
| 11 | Florida | 7$^{10}$ | | | | 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 | 1$^8$ | | | | | | | | | |
| 9 | Tennessee | 3 | | | | 1 | Vanderbilt | 1 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 4 | Mississippi State | 0 | | | | | | |
| | | | 4 | Mississippi State | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | LSU | 8 | 5 | LSU | 5$^{17}$ | | | | | | | | | |
| 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 |
| 2 | 1:00 p.m. | No. 7 Ole Miss vs. No. 10 Missouri | SEC Network | 4,135 |
| 3 | 4:30 p.m. | No. 8 Auburn vs. No. 9 Tennessee | SEC Network | 10,128 |
| 4 | 8:00 p.m. | No. 5 LSU vs. No. 12 South Carolina | SEC Network | 10,128 |
| Wednesday, May 22 |||||
| 5 | 9:30 a.m. | No. 3 Georgia vs. No. 6 Texas A&M | SEC Network | 5,264 |
| 6 | 1:00 p.m. | No. 2 Arkansas vs. No. 7 Ole Miss | SEC Network | 5,264 |
| 7 | 4:30 p.m. | No. 1 Vanderbilt vs. No. 8 Auburn | SEC Network | 13,902 |
| 8 | 8:00 p.m. | No. 4 Mississippi State vs. No. 5 LSU | SEC Network | 13,902 |
| Thursday, May 23 |||||
| 9 | 9:30 a.m. | No. 6 Texas A&M vs. No. 7 Ole Miss | SEC Network | 6,891 |
| 10 | 1:00 p.m. | No. 8 Auburn vs. No. 5 LSU | SEC Network | 6,891 |
| 11 | 4:30 p.m. | No. 2 Arkansas vs. No. 3 Georgia | SEC Network | 8,620 |
| 12 | 8:00 p.m. | No. 1 Vanderbilt vs. No. 4 Mississippi State | SEC Network | 8,620 |
| Friday, May 24 |||||
| 13 | 3:00 p.m. | No. 7 Ole Miss vs. No. 2 Arkansas | SEC Network | 14,294 |
| 14 | 6:30 p.m. | No. 5 LSU vs. No. 4 Mississippi State | SEC Network | 14,294 |
| Semifinals – Saturday, May 25 |||||
| 15 | Noon | No. 3 Georgia vs. No. 7 Ole Miss | SEC Network | 12,872 |
| 16 | 3:30 p.m. | No. 1 Vanderbilt vs. No. 5 LSU | SEC Network | 12,872 |
| Championship – Sunday, May 26 |||||
| 17 | 2:00 p.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: MISS: None VAN: Pat DeMarco |||||||||||||