Tennessee baseball is looking to earn its second SEC Tournament Championship in three years when it faces off against LSU at the Hoover Met on Sunday afternoon.
It’s the latest meeting between two programs that have become budding rivals in the last few years.
Here’s everything to know about the SEC Tournament Championship matchup.
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How To Watch — No. 1 Tennessee (49-11, 22-8 SEC) vs LSU (40-20, 13-17 SEC)
- Game time: 3 p.m. ET
- Watch: ESPN2
- Stream link: ESPN2
How They Got Here
Tennessee earned a bye into the double elimination portion of the tournament by earning the one-seed before dropping its SEC Tournament opener against Vanderbilt 13-4. But the Vols made an impressive run out of the loser’s bracket by knocking off Texas A&M 7-4 on Thursday, Mississippi State 6-5 on Friday and Vanderbilt 6-4 on Saturday.
LSU is one of the nation’s hottest teams, making a run to the championship game as the 11-seed in the SEC Tournament. The Tigers knocked off Georgia 9-1 in their tournament opener before run-ruling Kentucky 11-0 and defeating South Carolina 11-10 to advance to the semifinals. LSU saw the Gamecocks again in the semis and survived a wild extra innings game than saw the Tigers win 12-11 on a walk off homer.
Projected Pitching Matchup
- RHP AJ Russell (3 GS, 0-1, 4.73 ERA, 1.43 WHIP, 21 K, 8 BB, 13.1 IP) vs. LHP Nate Ackenhausen (3-4, 5.35 ERA, 1.40 WHIP, 48 K, 21 BB, 38.2 IP)
Bats To Know
Tennessee:
2B Christian Moore — .386/.452/.801, 28 HR, 44 EBH, 63 RBI, 26 BB, 39 K
1B Blake Burke — .370/.438/.704, 17 HR, 42 EBH, 51 RBI, 26 BB, 36 K
3B Billy Amick — .318/.388/.657, 18 HR, 31 EBH, 50 RBI, 20 BB, 42 K
RF Kavares Tears — .344/.440/.672, 17 HR, 30 EBH, 48 RBI, 35 BB, 55 K
LF Dylan Dreiling — .325/.448/.691, 17 HR, 35 EBH, 60 RBI, 42 BB, 50 K
LSU:
Tommy White — .337/.411/.675, 24 HR, 36 EBH, 69 RBI, 26 BB, 35 K
Jared Jones — .286/.429/.723, 25 HR, 41 EBH, 54 RBI, 49 BB, 69 K
Hayden Travinski — .272/.386/.459, 15 HR, 27 EBH, 52 RBI, 31 BB, 63 K
Michael Braswell — .310/.420/.455, 3 HR, 18 EBH, 33 RBI, 29 BB, 36 K
Steven Milam — .328/.422/.503, 6 HR, 19 EBH, 35 RBI, 30 BB, 31 K
