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Photos of Tennessee baseball winning 2024 SEC Tournament

Photos of Tennessee baseball defeating LSU and winning the 2024 SEC Tournament championship.

No. 1 seed Tennessee (50-11) defeated No. 11 seed LSU (40-21), 4-3, on Sunday in the Southeastern Conference Tournament.

15,686 were in attendance at Hoover Metropolitan Stadium in Hoover, Alabama.

Dylan Loy earned his second won of the season for the Vols. He recorded five strikeouts in 4.2 innings. Loy totaled 78 pitches, including 48 strikes, against 18 batters.

Billy Amick hit a three-run home run in the third inning for Tennessee.

Tennessee won its fifth SEC Tournament title in program history and the second under seventh-year head coach Tony Vitello. The Vols also won the SEC regular-season championship in 2024.

Below are photos of Tennessee’s win against LSU in the SEC Tournament championship game on Sunday.

Tennessee baseball wins SEC Tournament championship

Tennessee baseball defeats LSU to win the SEC Tournament championship in Hoover.

No. 1 seed Tennessee (50-11) defeated No. 11 seed LSU (40-21), 4-3, on Sunday in the Southeastern Conference Tournament championship game at Hoover Metropolitan Stadium in Hoover, Alabama.

AJ Russell started for Tennessee and pitched one inning. He totaled 13 pitches, including 10 strikes, against four batters. Russell allowed a solo home run by Jared Jones in the first innings.

Tennessee totaled eight hits in the contest, including a three-run home run by Billy Amick in the third inning.

The Vols won the SEC regular-season and tournament championships in 2024.

Tennessee won its fifth SEC Tournament title in program history and the second under seventh-year head coach Tony Vitello.

PHOTOS: A look at Tony Vitello through the years

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Tennessee announces starting pitcher for SEC Tournament title game

Tennessee baseball announces starting pitcher for the SEC Tournament championship game on Sunday against LSU.

No. 1 seed (49-11) Tennessee announced its starting pitcher for the Southeastern Conference Tournament championship game on Sunday at Hoover Metropolitan Stadium in Hoover, Alabama.

AJ Russell (0-1) will start for the Vols against No. 11 seed LSU (40-20).

Russell has appeared in five contests for Tennessee this season. He recorded 21 strikeouts and a 4.73 ERA. Russell made his first appearance on Wednesday since March 23.

The 6-foot-6, 207-pound sophomore is from Franklin High School in Franklin, Tennessee.

First pitch between the Vols and Tigers its slated for 3 p.m. EDT and will be televised by ESPN2.

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READ: One interesting fact about every 2024 Tennessee baseball player

Photo by Dan Harralson, Vols Wire

Photos of Vols’ elimination game win against Vanderbilt in SEC Tournament

A look at photos of Tennessee baseball’s elimination game win against Vanderbilt in the SEC Tournament.

No. 1 seed Tennessee (49-11) eliminated No. 8 seed Vanderbilt (38-22), 6-4, in the Southeastern Conference Tournament at Hoover Metropolitan Stadium in Hoover, Alabama on Saturday.

“Obviously, if you’re fortunate enough to get to this portion of the tournament, pitching is at a premium, as is energy level and stuff like that,” Tennessee head coach Tony Vitello said. “You just got to grit it out, and our team followed Zander’s (Sechrist) lead today, so we were blessed to have him out there.”

The Vols advance to the SEC Tournament championship game on Sunday versus No. 11 seed LSU. First pitch between Tennessee and the Tigers is slated for 3 p.m. EDT and will be televised by ESPN2.

Below are photos of Tennessee’s win against Vanderbilt in the SEC Tournament semifinals on Saturday.

 

How to watch Tennessee-LSU championship game

A look at what time and TV channel the Tennessee-LSU SEC Tournament baseball championship game is on Sunday.

The Southeastern Conference Tournament championship game will be contested on Sunday at Hoover Metropolitan Stadium in Hoover, Alabama.

No. 1 seed Tennessee (49-11) will play No. 11 seed LSU (40-20) at 3 p.m. EDT and will be televised by ESPN2.

Live stream on Fubo TV

The Vols will play for its fifth SEC Tournament championship in program history and the second under head coach Tony Vitello.

LSU leads the all time series against Tennessee, 63-32. The Vols completed at three-game series sweep versus LSU during the regular-season. Vitello is 10-7 against the Tigers as Tennessee’s head coach since 2018.

PHOTOS: A look at Tony Vitello through the years

Photo by Dan Harralson, Vols Wire

Vols defeat Vanderbilt, advance to SEC title game

Tennessee baseball defeats Vanderbilt and advances to the SEC title game.

No. 1 seed Tennessee (49-11) defeated No. 8 seed Vanderbilt (38-22), 6-4, on Saturday in the Southeastern Conference Tournament semifinals.

The contest was an elimination game at Hoover Metropolitan Stadium in Hoover, Alabama.

Zander Sechrist (3-1) started for Tennessee and pitched six innings. He recorded five strikeouts. Sechrist totaled 80 pitches, including 57 strikes, against 23 batters.

Marcus Phillips pitched three innings in relief and earned his third save this season.

Tennessee totaled 10 hits against Vanderbilt, including a home run by Christian Moore.

Tennessee advances to the SEC Tournament championship game on Sunday against LSU. First pitch between the Vols and Tigers is slated for 3 p.m. EDT and will be televised by ESPN2.

How to watch Tennessee-Vanderbilt baseball game

How to watch the Tennessee-Vanderbilt baseball game on Saturday in the SEC Tournament.

No. 1 seed Tennessee (48-11) will play an elimination game against No. 8 seed Vanderbilt (38-20) on Saturday in the Southeastern Conference Tournament semifinals.

First pitch between the Vols and Commodores is slated for 4:30 p.m. EDT and will be televised by SEC Network.

The winner will advance to the SEC Tournament championship game on Sunday (3 p.m. EDT, ESPN2).

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Tennessee leads the all time series against the Commodores, 186-166-2, dating to May 10, 1897.

The Vols won a three-game series, 2-1, at Vanderbilt during the regular-season. Vanderbilt defeated Tennessee, 13-4, on Wednesday in the SEC Tournament.

PHOTOS: A look at Tony Vitello through the years

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Jay Johnson explains early morning routines before SEC tournament games

The Tigers had to deal with morning starts in their first two games this week in Hoover.

LSU was the No. 11 seed in the SEC tournament. Its reward for that? The Tigers got to play the first game of the tournament at 9:30 a.m. CT against Georgia. If the Tigers won that game, they’d play the next day at 9:30 again.

Guess what? That is exactly how things went down. LSU beat Georgia 9-1 and beat Kentucky 11-0 to start the tournament 2-0 and in the winner’s bracket.

Playing the earliest game of the day changes up your normal routine in a big way. There is no sleeping in when you have to wake up, get some breakfast, hop on a bus, and get ready for a game.

[autotag]Jay Johnson[/autotag] recently broke down the routine for early games.

“We came in on Sunday,” Johnson said, per On3. “We actually woke ’em up around 8:30 and got them on the bus around 9, 9:30. We practiced here, we were able to get the first slot to try to get them on this time schedule. Let the pitchers sleep in a little more than the position players but got up, got hitting, and ready to go.”

The plan worked to perfection against Georgia and Kentucky. Now the Tigers get ready to play a single elimination game against South Carolina in the SEC semifinals.

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No. 1 Vols defeat Mississippi State

Tennessee baseball defeats Mississippi State in the SEC Tournament.

No. 1 seed Tennessee (48-11) defeated No. 5 seed Mississippi State (38-21), 6-5, on Friday in the Southeastern Conference Tournament.

Friday’s contest was an elimination game.

Drew Beam started for Tennessee and pitched 4.2 innings. He recorded four strikeouts, while allowing two hits, two walks and five earned runs. Beam totaled 84 pitches, including 50 strikes, against 21 batters.

Tennessee totaled 10 hits in the contest, including a home run by Blake Burke in the eighth inning.

Burke led the Vols in hits with three. Reese Chapman, Dean Curley and Hunter Ensley recorded two hits each for Tennessee.

13,335 were in attendance.

READ: One interesting fact about every 2024 Tennessee baseball player

Kentucky baseball is out of the SEC Tournament after a loss to South Carolina

Kentucky baseball was eliminated in the SEC Tournament by South Carolina 6 – 5.

The SEC Tournament did not go well for the number two ranked Kentucky Wildcats. After getting blown out in the opener, they bounced back on Thursday with a win over the Arkansas Razorbacks. On Friday, however, they were knocked out of the tournament by South Carolina by a score of 6 – 5.

Kentucky opened the scoring in the second inning on a Nolan McCarthy double, but Arkansas answered with a three-run homerun. The Cats re-took the lead in the fourth, but Arkansas scored three more in the fifth. Ryan Nicholson doubled in a run in the eighth, but it wasn’t enough, and the Wildcats fell by a single run.

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McCarthy went 1-for-2 with two RBIs, while Mitchell Daly had two hits and scored two runs. Outside of those two, Kentucky managed just two other hits.

Mason Moore hit a wall in the fifth inning. He gave up six earned runs in 4.1 innings. The bullpen was solid, but they were already too far behind.

Kentucky moves on the the NCAA Regional now. They’ll play on May 31st, but the opponent and time of the game is still unknown.