SEC Baseball Tournament 2017: Wednesday Scores, Updated Bracket and Schedule

After weather caused a series of delays during the first day of play at the 2017 SEC Baseball Tournament, Wednesday featured the final game of the single-elimination first round and the beginning of the double-elimination second round.

Eight teams look to stake their claim as the best the SEC has to offer in 2017, including top-seeded Florida as it meets an Auburn team that swept the Gators in a three-game series in March.

Matchup	Result/Start Time (ET)
No. 5 Mississippi State def. No. 12 Georgia	3-0, Mississippi State
No. 3 Kentucky def. No. 11 South Carolina	7-2, Kentucky
No. 2 LSU vs. No. 10 Missouri	10-3, LSU
No. 1 Florida vs. No. 8 Auburn	5-4, Florida

SEC Tournament Bracket (via SEC Country)

Kentucky 7, South Carolina 2

Kentucky took advantage of four South Carolina errors en route to a 7-2 victory in the Wildcats' first SEC tournament game.

South Carolina started the scoring by taking a 2-0 lead in the top of the third inning when Alex Destino hit a sacrifice fly and Jonah Bride followed with an RBI double.

Kentucky would settle in after that early wake-up call. The Wildcats immediately responded with two runs of their own in the bottom of the third, with the second coming on a South Carolina error by second baseman Justin Row that would have been the final out of the inning.

Kole Cottam put Kentucky on top for good in the fourth inning with a solo home run. The team would pull away in the sixth inning on Evan White's three-run double.

Brad Schaenzer, Zach Logue and Chris Machamer combined to allow eight hits, two earned runs and six strikeouts in Kentucky's first win in SEC tournament play since 2014.

Mississippi State 3, Georgia 0

Konnor Pilkington pitched eight shutout innings, scattering five singles and striking out six, to help Mississippi State knock off Georgia 3-0.

Georgia has been very kind to Pilkington this season. As the SEC Network noted, the right-hander has thrown 16 scoreless innings against the Bulldogs.

Mississippi State jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first inning on Brent Rooker's moon shot to left field, via SEC Network:

Rooker would also score the Bulldogs' third run of the game after opening the bottom of the third inning with a single and later coming home on Hunter Vansau's sacrifice fly.

The win moves Mississippi State into the second round where it will take on Arkansas. Georgia's season comes to an end with a disappointing 25-32 record, marking the program's sixth straight year of missing the NCAA tournament.

LSU 10, Missouri 3

LSU brought its bats to the battle of the Tigers and exploded for a 10-3 win over Missouri.

Cole Freeman led the way with four hits, four RBI and two runs and provided major insurance in the eighth inning with a three-run homer. It was part of a four-run inning for LSU after Missouri climbed within 6-2 in the top half of the frame.

SEC Network noted the effort marked the 40th win of the season for the consistent Tigers:

The top of LSU's order was particularly lethal in win No. 40. Freeman, Kramer Robertson and Antoine Duplantis combined for eight hits, seven RBI and six runs.

Missouri received solo home runs from Kameron Misner and Nelson Mompierre, but LSU's pitching staff was formidable otherwise.

Caleb Gilbert, Nick Bush, Zack Hess and Matthew Beck scattered eight hits and didn't allow more than a single run in an inning. They kept Missouri at bay while the offense set the tone.

Florida 5, Auburn 4

The No. 1 seed in the SEC tournament notched a victory in dramatic fashion in its first game.

The Florida Gators survived a challenge from the Auburn Tigers in the final contest of the evening with a 5-4 win. Florida broke the tie in the bottom of the eighth when Christian Hicks worked a bases-loaded walk, and Michael Byrne notched the save with a scoreless ninth.

It appeared as if Florida would cruise to victory when Deacon Liput opened the scoring with an RBI single in the third. It added three more runs in the fourth with RBI from Jonathan India, Hicks and Mark Kolozsvary, which gave starter Alex Faedo a commanding 4-0 lead.

However, things unraveled for the Gators in the seventh. A throwing error by India helped set up a four-run frame for the Tigers, and Conor Davis' double scored Will Holland and Jonah Todd to tie the game. Auburn could have taken the lead, but Dylan Ingram slipped rounding third on the wet field.

It proved costly as Florida escaped the jam still tied and ultimately earned the win.

Faedo allowed one earned run with seven strikeouts in six innings, while his starting counterpart, Cole Lipscomb, gave up four runs (three earned) in 3.2 innings.