Matt Cerione scored the game winning run as Georgia topped Arkansas 2-1 in 10 innings. (CSTV Photo)

The SEC Tournament had an interesting first day with all four lower seeds winning their opening round games.  Here is your recap for Thursday’s games.

#2 LSU 9, #21 Alabama 6

HOOVER, Ala. — LSU pinch hitter Derek Helenihi blasted a three-run homer and starter Anthony Ranaudo pitched a solid 7.1 innings as the top-seeded Tigers eliminated fourth-seed Alabama from the SEC Tournament, 9-6, on Thursday afternoon at Regions Park. Read the rest of this entry »

Mike Minor pitched Vanderbilt to a 4-1 victory over top-seeded LSU. (Scout.com Photo)

The first round of the SEC Tournament is in the books.  Here is a rundown of the day’s action.

Vanderbilt 4, #2 LSU 1

HOOVER, Ala. ­­— Mike Minor pitched his second complete game victory in three games to lead Vanderbilt to a 4-1 win over No. 2 LSU Wednesday night in the opening round of the Southeastern Conference tournament at Regions Park.

Minor (6-4), pitching on four days rest, scattered six hits over nine innings and allowed just one run while striking out five and walking three. Read the rest of this entry »

Kent Matthes named SEC Player of the Year (Courtesy of Alabama Media Relations)

FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Alabama outfielder Kent Matthes was selected 2009 SEC Baseball Player of the Year, LSU’s Louis Coleman was named SEC Pitcher of the Year and Florida first baseman Preston Tucker and LSU reliever Matty Ott were named SEC Co-Freshmen of the Year by a vote of the league’s 12 head baseball coaches. The coaches also tabbed LSU skipper Paul Mainieri as SEC Coach of the Year. Ben Jones of Auburn was named SEC Baseball Scholar-Athlete of the Year. Read the rest of this entry »

Austin Ross and the Tigers take on Vanderbilt in the first round of the SEC Tournament. (LSU Media Relations Photo)

The top 8 SEC teams collide in Hoover this week with a conference tournament championship and automatic bid to the NCAA tournament on the line.  The LSU Tigers find themselves as the top overall seed, posting a 20-10 record in SEC play and winning the tie-breaker over co-champion Ole Miss.  Florida,  the SEC East champs, earned the two seed.  Ole Miss, who finished tied with LSU for the league’s best record, will be the 3 seed.  Alabama will meet South Carolina in the 4/5 matchup.  Read the rest of this entry »

The SEC ends the regular season this weekend with each squad in conference play. Seven squads have booked a spot in the SEC Tournament with Kentucky and Vanderbilt battling for the eighth spot. There are currently five squads which could win the SEC Regular Season title this weekend with LSU, Alabama, Ole Miss Florida and Georgia all having a chance. Read the rest of this entry »

I am pinch-hitting this week for Colin Weber as he had another commitment. The top series of the weekend sees Florida making their first trip to the new Alex Box Stadium to take on the LSU Tigers. The other marquee series is Arkansas visiting Alabama. The Vanderbilt Commodores have an important series at Georgia as they will give freshman Sonny Gray his first career start on Friday night. We also see Mississippi State visiting Ole Miss in an intrastate rivalry series. The other two series sees Auburn going to Kentucky and South Carolina heading to Tennessee. Read the rest of this entry »

Dallas Keuchel and the Arkansas Razorbacks host LSU with first place in the SEC West potentially on the line. (NWA News Photo)

The road to the SEC championship will be well traveled this weekend with key series in both the Eastern and Western divisions.  The LSU Tigers, leaders by a half game in the SEC West, travel to Fayetteville to take on the Arkansas Razorbacks in a series that has more than just SEC title implications.  Both teams are in the hunt for national seeds in the upcoming NCAA Tournament, and a series victory could be the difference in home field advantage on the road to Omaha.  Read the rest of this entry »

Scott Bittle pitched Ole Miss to a Sunday victory and series win over Georgia, striking out eleven and only allowing one run over seven innings. (Rivals Photo)

Just when it started to look like the only interesting division race would be in the SEC West, Florida sent a message to the Georgia Bulldogs that they would not go down without a fight.  Georgia hit the road for a series at Ole Miss, and the Rebels rallied to a two games to one series victory after dropping the Friday night game.  Florida took advantage of the Georgia series loss, sweeping South Carolina to get within one game of the SEC East lead.  LSU sits alone on top of the SEC West after a sweep of Auburn at home.  Read the rest of this entry »

Rich Poythress (.411, 20 HR, 67 RBI) and the Georgia Bulldogs visit Ole Miss this weekend. (ESPN Photo)

SEC conference play rolls on this weekend with some pivotal matchups that will impact a tight SEC West race.  Arkansas currently sits on top of the West, with a half game lead on LSU and Ole Miss and a one and a half game lead on Alabama.  Georgia leads Florida in the SEC East by three games.  The big matchup of the weekend will take place when the Georgia Bulldogs travel to Oxford to take on Ole Miss.  The Rebels enter the weekend on a three game winning streak, the longest current winning streak in the conference.  South Carolina travels to Florida in an Eastern Division clash.  Read the rest of this entry »

Matt Cerione (left) collected two ninth inning game-winning hits to lift Georgia to a series victory over Arkansas. (ESPN Photo)

With a weekend full of exciting baseball and some surprises, the SEC conference provided plenty of entertainment.  The spotlight series of the weekend was Arkansas at Georgia, and the two teams played three hard-fought games, with all three games decided by a total of four runs.  LSU entered the weekend with what looked like an easy weekend opponent in Tennessee, but the Volunteers marched into the new Alex Box Stadium and took two of three from the Bayou Bengals.  Read the rest of this entry »

The SEC race heats up this weekend with another big series in Athens, Georgia.  The Georgia Bulldogs took the lead in the SEC race after an impressive sweep of Kentucky last weekend.  This weekend they welcome the Arkansas Razorbacks into town, with the Hogs trailing the Bulldogs in the SEC race by only a half game.  Florida sits in second place in the SEC East behind Georgia and will have a stiff home challenge in Ole Miss, who sports the same 9-6 conference record as the Gators.  Vanderbilt, who posted a two game sweep over Arkansas last weekend, looks to improve on their 7-7 SEC record when the Alabama Crimson Tide visit Nashville. Read the rest of this entry »

I usually don’t bring up too many high school baseball articles but thought these two were very interesting.

The first article come from Rivals.com which talks about Clovis West High School which has thrown three no-hitters in their first six games of the season. The interesting part is that each of the no-hitters was thrown by a different pitcher. Read the rest of this entry »