SEC Baseball Tournament 2023: Wednesday Scores, Updated Bracket and Schedule

The top seeds in the 2023 SEC baseball tournament entered play Wednesday in Hoover, Alabama.

Florida, Arkansas and LSU are all ranked among the five best teams in D1Baseball.com's Top 25. The Tigers opened the day's action against sixth-seeded South Carolina, which defeated Georgia on Tuesday. The Razorbacks and Gators follow against Texas A&M and Alabama, respectively.

The SEC tournament is double-elimination from this point forward. The higher seeds will have an opportunity to rebound if they're upset, while the lower seeds can regroup if they're suddenly facing elimination.

Here's a recap for how the second round unfolded.

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Wednesday Results

• No. 3 LSU def. No. 6 South Carolina, 10-3
  
• No. 2 Arkansas def. No. 10 Texas A&M, 6-5 (11)
• No. 1 Florida def. No. 9 Alabama, 7-6 (11)
• No. 4 Vanderbilt def. No. 5 Auburn, 6-4

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Thursday Schedule

• No. 10 Texas A&M vs. No. 6 South Carolina, 10:30 a.m. ET 
• No. 9 Alabama vs. No. 5 Auburn, 2 p.m. ET
• No. 3 LSU vs. No. 2 Arkansas, 5:30 p.m. ET
• No. 4 Vanderbilt vs. No. 1 Florida, 9 p.m. ET

Full schedule and bracket are available on the SEC's official site

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Vanderbilt 6, Auburn 4

Vanderbilt opened its tournament run with a late rally to hold off Auburn on Wednesday night.

The Commodores broke a 2-2 tie in the bottom of the sixth when Davis Diaz scored on a fielder's choice.

Sloppy defense by the Tigers in the seventh allowed Vandy to tack on an extra run. Enrique Bradfield Jr. reached and advanced to second on an error by Cole Foster. Bradfield moved to third on a wild pitch from John Armstrong and he scored on Diaz's single to left.

Vanderbilt added two huge insurance runs in the bottom of the eighth off Drew Nelson. Patrick Reilly did a fantastic job of shutting down the Tigers for his first four innings of relief.

Auburn was able to breakthrough against Reilly to open the ninth. Cooper McMurray drew a leadoff walk, followed by a two-run homer from Bryson Ware that cut the deficit to 6-4.

Ware's homer was his 23rd of the year, tied for the most in a single season in Auburn history. Reilly settled in after that brief hiccup to retire the next three hitters in order and secure the win.

Vanderbilt advances to the third round for a showdown with No. 1 Florida. Auburn will look to keep its SEC tournament hopes alive against No. 9 Alabama.

Florida 7, Alabama 6

Talk about a wild finish, and one Florida fans won't soon forget.

The Gators found themselves tied with Alabama at three apiece after 10 innings during Wednesday's SEC tournament matchup. Tommy Seidl ended the deadlock in a huge way in the top of the 11th, however, ripping a three-run double that seemed likely to give the Crimson Tide the victory.

Not so fast.

Florida was not to be deterred, as Josh Rivera's RBI single in the bottom of the inning and BT Riopelle's three-run, walk-off homer gave the Gators a dramatic 7-6 victory.

That earned the win for Cade Fisher, who only faced one batter in the top of the 11th.

Alton Davis, who faced three batters and didn't record an out, was the losing pitcher.

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LSU 10, South Carolina 3

LSU has the fourth-highest slugging percentage (.568) in the nation, and that high-powered offense was on full display Wednesday. The Tigers scored 10 runs on 12 hits, with four different players enjoying multi-hit games.

Brayden Jobert got LSU on the board with a two-run home run in the bottom of the second.

The Gamecocks snatched a run back in the top of the fifth thanks to a solo homer from Ethan Petry, but the Tigers responded with a four-run outburst in the bottom half of the inning. The first two runs came on bases-loaded walks, and the last two were via a pair of sacrifice flies to center.

LSU manufactured four more runs on RBI singles across the sixth and seventh.

Right-hander Thatcher Hurd was on the hook for all three of South Carolina's runs. He struck out four and allowed four hits in 5.1 innings of work.

Despite the lopsided score in the end, Nate Ackenhausen earned his second save after throwing 3.2 innings of scoreless ball to close things out.

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Arkansas 6, Texas A&M 5

Kendall Diggs' solo home run was the difference as Arkansas beat Texas A&M in extra innings in its first tournament game. He deposited a 2-1 pitch over the right-field fence to send the Razorbacks fans home happy.

Based on how the afternoon was unfolding late on, it looked like A&M might pull off the upset. Austin Bost hit a game-tying homer in the ninth for the Aggies. Then reliever Ty Sexton managed to keep the score tied in the bottom of the 10th when he nailed Hunter Grimes at home on a fielder's choice.

Instead, it wasn't to be for Jim Schlossnagle's squad.

Arkansas overcame a four-run deficit en route to victory. Tavian Josenberger hit a sacrifice fly for the team's first run in the fourth inning, and Jared Wegner's grand slam in the seventh turned the tables on A&M.

That was the left fielder's only hit of the day, but he made it count.