SEC Baseball Tournament 2015: Thursday Scores, Updated Bracket and Schedule

The SEC baseball tournament field continues to whittle on the third day of the event as the conference's best teams vie for a spot in Sunday's championship game.

Eight teams will be in action Thursday, but only six will have their title hopes still intact entering Friday. The top four seeds were alive and well when play began Thursday, but there were also some surprising teams positioning themselves to make a Cinderella run.

As the 2015 SEC baseball tournament gets down to the nitty-gritty, here is a look at how all of Thursday's action has played out thus far.

Bracket Entering Thursday (Courtesy of Ross Dellenger of the Advocate)

Up-to-date bracket available at SECSports.com.

Upcoming Schedule

Game	Date	Time (ET)	Team 1	Team 2	Watch
13	Friday, May 22	4 p.m.	Alabama	Vanderbilt	SEC Network
14	Friday, May 22	TBD	Florida	Arkansas	SEC Network
15	Saturday, May 23	1 p.m.	Winner Game 13	Texas A&M	SEC Network
16	Saturday, May 23	TBD	Winner Game 14	LSU	SEC Network
17	Sunday, May 24	4:30 p.m.	Winner Game 15	Winner Game 16	ESPN2

Thursday Scores and Recap

Game	Winning Team	Losing Team	Score
9	Alabama	Missouri	4-3
10	Florida	Auburn	11-2
11	Texas A&M	Vanderbilt	6-1
12	LSU	Arkansas	10-5

Despite being the No. 11 seed in the tournament, Alabama kept its surprising run going Thursday by defeating No. 7 Missouri and knocking the Tigers out of the tourney.

The Crimson Tide were buoyed by a solo shot from catcher Will Haynie in the bottom of the seventh inning. The score was tied 3-3 at that point, but Haynie's blast off Mizzou starter Tanner Houck proved to be the difference.

As pointed out by the SEC Network, it was no ordinary home run by Haynie, as it traveled an extremely long distance:

With its victory, 'Bama will move on to face the loser of the clash between Vanderbilt and Texas A&M in what will be yet another elimination game.

While Alabama's unlikely roll continues, the Tigers are now at the mercy of the selection committee. They won't receive an automatic bid, but according to Dave Matter of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, they still have a shot at an at-large bid:

Missouri is in a precarious position, to say the least, though, and getting knocked out of the SEC baseball tournament at this juncture won't help its cause.

Thursday's game was a must-win situation for Alabama, however, and it used that pressure to come through with yet another upset.

As competitive as the game between Alabama and Missouri was, the following tilt pitting No. 4 Florida against No. 9 Auburn was no contest as the Gators cruised to an 11-2 triumph.

Following the Tigers' heartbreaking loss to LSU Wednesday, it seemed as though they didn't have anything left in the tank. Couple that with the fact that Florida played desperately baseball, and that is why the margin of defeat was so large.

After Florida took a 1-0 lead in the second inning, it truly open things up in the third as it erupted for eight runs. While Auburn starter Dalton Rentz struggled, he was also done in by a throwing error from second baseman Melvin Gray, which resulted in four of his eight runs allowed being unearned.

As pointed out by Michael Lananna, Florida's did all of its damage in the third inning after recording two outs:

The Gators made their own breaks in addition to Gray's error thanks largely to the middle of the batting order. Third baseman Josh Tobias went 4-for-5 with two runs and two RBI, while first baseman Peter Alonso went 3-for-3 with 3 RBI.

Florida's loss to Arkansas took many by surprise Wednesday, but it got back on track in emphatic fashion Thursday.

The Gators remain on the brink, however, they look far more like the team that garnered the No. 4 seed in the SEC on the heels of their dominant performance against Auburn.

In the marquee matchup of the night, No. 3 Texas A&M and No. 2 Vanderbilt went at it with the winner guaranteeing itself a spot in the semifinals Saturday.

Although the Commodores were favored, the Aggies used a massive display of power to come away with a 6-1 win. Texas A&M led 5-0 after two innings, and it never looked back en route to a huge win.

The Aggies got back-to-back home runs from shortstop Blake Allemand and second baseman Ryne Birk in the second inning, but the big flies didn't stop there as Allemand went yard yet again in the fourth inning.

According to Aggie Sports, Allemand's multi-homer game marked a rare feat at Hoover Metropolitan Stadium in Hoover, Alabama:

Vandy starter Carson Fulmer served up all three of Texas A&M's home runs, which nearly matched his total for the entire season, per Gabe Bock of TexAgs.com:

While the Aggies will have a day of rest, Vanderbilt has a date with upstart Alabama Friday. The loser of that game will be eliminated from the tournament, while the winner will face Texas A&M Saturday for a spot in the title game.

The Commodores can't afford to overlook the Crimson Tide, but they would undoubtedly love to get revenge on the Aggies, and the odds are in favor of them getting that chance.

LSU closed out Friday's SEC tournament action with a 10-5 win over Arkansas.

Neither team had much difficult finding offense through the first two innings. The Tigers led 6-0 after the top of the second inning, but then the Razorbacks dropped four in the bottom half of the inning to claw to within two runs.

Arkansas roughed up Austin Bain in his brief time in the game. He gave up four earned runs over 1.2 innings. From there, though, the Tigers bullpen did its job, allowing just one run over the final 7.1 innings of the game.

Russell Reynolds was pivotal in the win, going 3.1 innings in relief, allowing two hits and striking out three. Ross Dellenger of the Advocate in Baton Rouge noted that Reynolds is only getting a taste of what's to come in terms of his role next year:

Alex Bregman did a little bit of everything for LSU. He went 1-for-2 at the plate, driving in three runs while stealing two bases. He also drew praise with his work in the field, especially on this diving catch in the bottom of the eighth inning, via the SEC Network:

The Razorbacks will certainly want to put this game behind them, especially after committing six errors. Only three of the 10 runs they allowed were earned.

The good news is that Arkansas gets Florida, which it already beat once, on Friday. It's not an ideal situation, but the Razorbacks' fate rest firmly in their own hands.

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