Here is your SEC Recap for April 4th.
#4 LSU 15 Georgia 5
BATON ROUGE, La. – Two early home runs from rightfielder Mikie Mahtook along with clutch two-out hitting gave No. 4 LSU all the offense it needed to take a 15-5 victory in the series finale against Georgia on Easter Sunday in Alex Box Stadium.
The win gave LSU (23-4, 7-2) its sixth series victory in the last seven against the Bulldogs (10-17, 2-7), dating back to 2002. Additionally, the Tigers have now won seven straight SEC series and 16 of their last 17 league series dating back to the 2008 season.
#18 Vanderbilt 7 #9 Florida 0
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Vanderbilt pitchers Jack Armstrong, Richie Goodenow and Chase Reid combined on a five-hit shutout to lead the Commodores to a 7-0 win over Florida in the series finale Sunday afternoon at McKethan Stadium.
The Commodores moved to 24-6 overall and 5-4 in Southeastern Conference play, while the Gators fell to 20-7 and 6-3 in league play.
Vanderbilt Recap
Florida Recap
#10 Arkansas 17 #30 Kentucky 16
FAYETTEVILLE – Down to his final strike, and the team’s last out, Collin Kuhn hit his first career grand slam off Kentucky closer Matt Little to send the No. 10 University of Arkansas baseball team to a 17-16 win over the Wildcats Sunday afternoon at Baum Stadium. The Razorbacks trailed by three runs entering the bottom of the ninth inning after giving up an eight-run lead of their own. Kuhn finished the game with a career-high four hits.
"This might be the craziest game I’ve ever been involved in," head coach Dave Van Horn said. "There was a lot of emotion out there and both teams really wanted to win. They start with a five-run lead and then we had an eight-run lead. We were down to our last strike and if you think about that last inning, McKinney got a 3-2 (count) walk, McCann had a 3-2 base hit, Wilkins got a 3-2 walk and then Collin hits a 2-2 slider with one arm.
Tennessee 10 #14 Ole Miss 6
OXFORD, Miss. – The University of Tennessee baseball team battled back from four different deficits and scored six two-out runs in the eighth and ninth innings to defeat 11th-ranked Ole Miss, 10-6, and pick up its first Southeastern Conference series victory of the season, Sunday afternoon at Oxford-University Stadium/Swayze Field in Oxford, Miss.
"We had so many guys step up for us today," UT Head Coach Todd Raleigh said. "The biggest thing today was our two-out hitting. We just did a tremendous job of doing what we needed to do and I’m really happy with that.
Tennessee Recap
Ole Miss Recap
#19 South Carolina 14 Mississippi State 2
COLUMBIA, S.C. – South Carolina scored a combined nine runs in the third and fourth innings and freshman right-hander Matt Price hurled five scoreless innings of relief to earn his third win of the year as South Carolina defeated Mississippi State 14-2 on Sunday afternoon to win the rubber game of a three-game SEC baseball series. South Carolina is now 22-6 and 7-2 in the SEC while the loss drops MSU to 15-13 and 3-6 in conference play.
The middle of the order did a lot of damage for the Gamecocks on the afternoon with the 3-6 hitters driving in nine of the 14 runs. All nine starters reached base with eight of nine tallying at least one hit. Adrian Morales was 2-for-4 with a homer and three RBI with Parker Bangs also going 1-for-3 with three runs scored, three RBI and a homer. Nick Ebert also homered and drove in a pair of runs. Kyle Enders, Bobby Haney and Scott Wingo each had two hits. Whit Merrifield extended his hitting streak to 15 games and has now hit safely in 27 of 28 games on the year. South Carolina finished with 11 hits on the afternoon.
South Carolina Recap
Mississippi State Recap
Auburn 7 #29 Alabama 1
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – Grant Dayton gave Auburn exactly what it needed on Sunday afternoon, working into the eighth, allowing one run while scattering seven hits as Auburn claimed the final game of its three-game series at No. 23 Alabama with a 7-1 win. Auburn pounded out 12 hits on the day, including three home runs, to move to 18-10, 5-4 SEC.
"My fastball command was above average and I didn’t have to throw very much off-speed, which is always a plus for me," Dayton said. "We made some great plays in the outfield today. I feel like our defense was outstanding and the score could have been different had it not been for our defense today."
