Texas A&M 7, Georgia 0
HOOVER, Ala. -- Chris Andritsos belted two homers and knocked in four runs Wednesday as 11th-seeded Texas A&M blanked No. 3 seed Georgia 7-0 in the SEC Tournament.
The victory enabled the Aggies (38-19) to remain in the winners bracket in the double-elimination portion of this tournament. Texas A&M faces No. 7 seed Auburn (39-19), which defeated No. 2 seed Mississippi 9-3, on Wednesday.
Georgia (37-18) faces Mississippi (42-15) in an elimination game today.
Andritsos ripped a three-run home run in the seventh inning and a solo shot in the ninth. He also singled and scored in the fourth.
Texas A&M's Asa Lacey (3-1) struck out 8 and allowed 3 hits and 3 walks in 6 innings. Cason Sherrod had 5 strikeouts and 1 walk in 3e innings of hitless relief.
Georgia starter C.J. Smith (1-1) struck out 6 and allowed 6 hits and 2 runs in 4 innings.
Auburn 9, Mississippi 3
HOOVER, Ala. -- Edouard Julien hit a grand slam Wednesday as No. 7 seed Auburn defeated No. 2 seed Mississippi.
Auburn (39-19) remains in the winners bracket in the double-elimination portion of the tournament and faces No. 11 seed Texas A&M (38-19). Ole Miss (42-15) meets No. 3 seed Georgia (37-18) in an elimination game.
Auburn scored nine runs in the final three innings to rally from a 2-0 deficit.
Julien capped the outburst with his grand slam in the ninth. On Tuesday, he had the game-winning hit in the 11th inning against Kentucky.
Auburn's Conor Davis and Jay Estes each drove in two runs. Ole Miss' Jacob Adams scored twice.
Auburn starter Tanner Burns (6-4) allowed 3 runs -- 1 earned -- in 7 innings. Ole Miss reliever Greer Holston (2-1) took the loss after allowing one unearned run without retiring a batter.
Florida 4, LSU 3
HOOVER, Ala. -- Tommy Mace allowed one earned run in seven innings and top-seeded Florida beat LSU 4-3 on Wednesday night.
The Gators (42-15) snapped a four-game skid and will play either Arkansas or South Carolina next. The Tigers (34-24) face the loser in an elimination game.
Mace (4-0) allowed three hits and Michael Byrne got the final five outs for his 13th save.
Down 3-0 early, the Gators got the go-ahead run on Austin Langworthy's RBI single in the fifth. Jonathan India had two hits and an RBI.
For LSU, Jake Slaughter hit a two-run home run in the second. Daniel Cabrera was 2 for 4 with an RBI.
Byrne struck out the first two batters in the ninth. Zach Watson singled but Antoine Duplantis hit a flyout to center.
At a glance
SEC BASEBALL TOURNAMENT
at Hoover (Ala.) Metropolitan Stadium
All times Central
NOTE All games will be broadcast on SEC Network, except the championship game, which will be on ESPN2.
TUESDAY'S GAMES
(11) Texas A&M 3, (6) Vanderbilt 1
(7) Auburn 4, (10) Kentucky 3 (11)
(8) LSU 8, (9) Mississippi State 5
(5) South Carolina 4, (12) Missouri 2
WEDNESDAY'S GAMES
(11) Texas A&M 7, (3) Georgia 0
(7) Auburn 9, (2) Mississippi 3
(1) Florida 4, (8) LSU 3
GAME 8 (4) Arkansas vs. (5) South Carolina, (n)
TODAY'S GAMES
GAME 9 (3) Georgia vs. (2) Mississippi, 9:30 a.m.
GAME 10 (8) LSU vs. Game 8 loser, 30 minutes after Game 9 ends
GAME 11 (11) Texas A&M vs. (7) Auburn, 4:30 p.m.
GAME 12 (1) Florida vs. Game 8 winner, 30 minutes after Game 11 ends
FRIDAY'S GAMES
GAME 13 Game 9 winner vs. Game 11 loser, 3 p.m.
GAME 14 Game 10 winner vs. Game 12 loser, 30 minutes after Game 13 ends
SATURDAY'S GAMES
GAME 15 Game 13 winner vs. Game 11 winner, noon
GAME 16 Game 14 winner vs. Game 12 winner, 30 minutes after Game 15 ends
SUNDAY'S CHAMPIONSHIP
GAME 17 Semifinal winners, 2 p.m.
Sports on 05/24/2018