SEC Baseball Tournament 2018: Final Four Scores, Championship Bracket, Schedule

The SEC baseball tournament championship game was determined Saturday after four of the conference's best teams did battle in the semifinals.

Second-seeded Ole Miss and No. 11 Texas A&M clashed in the first semifinal matchup at Hoover Metropolitan Stadium in Hoover. No. 8 LSU and No. 4 Arkansas faced off after, although the weather did not cooperate early on.

LSU earned its way into the semis earlier Saturday, beating No. 1 Florida in a quarterfinal game that was pushed back a day due to inclement weather.

Here is a rundown of Saturday's semifinal matchups, as well as a look at the schedule for Sunday's championship game.

Saturday Semifinals Scores/Schedule

(2) Ole Miss def. (11) Texas A&M, 2-1

(8) LSU def. (4) Arkansas, 2-1

SEC Baseball Tournament Bracket

Updated SEC baseball tournament bracket available at SECSports.com.

Sunday Schedule

(4) Ole Miss vs. LSU, 3 p.m. ET

Ole Miss 2, Texas A&M 1

The Mississippi Rebels advanced to the SEC baseball tournament title game by virtue of a 2-1 win over the Texas A&M Aggies on Saturday.

In a game that featured great defense and pitching, Ole Miss only needed the two runs it scored in the fourth inning to eliminate the Aggies.

Although the Rebels committed two errors, their strong defensive play early in the game kept Texas A&M off the scoreboard.

In the second inning, Ole Miss third baseman Ryan Olenek threw out Texas A&M left fielder Logan Foster at home to maintain a 0-0 tie:

Two innings later, the Rebels scored the first runs of the game. First baseman Cole Zabowski got things started with an RBI groundout to make it 1-0.

Center fielder Will Golsan then added to the lead with an RBI single:

Ole Miss starting pitcher Jordan Fowler cruised through six scoreless innings, allowing just six hits and one walk while striking out three.

While Texas A&M starter Mitchell Kilkenny took the loss, he performed well with eight hits and two runs allowed, along with seven strikeouts in six innings.

The Aggies finally got to the Rebels' pitching in the bottom of the eighth inning when Foster touched up Will Ethridge for an RBI single.

With Ole Miss clinging to a 2-1 lead, Ethridge worked out of a bases-loaded jam in the eighth and then cut down the Aggies in order in the ninth to preserve the victory.

The win earned Ole Miss a spot in the championship game Sunday, where it will face LSU.

LSU 2, Arkansas 1

Mother Nature interrupted an entertaining pitchers' duel early on, but in the end, the LSU Tigers squeaked out a 2-1 victory to knock off the Arkansas Razorbacks in the semifinals of the SEC tournament.

Arkansas and LSU managed to get into the third inning before the weather caused a stoppage that last more than an hour. It was a scoreless tie headed into the rain delay—but that would not last long after play resumed.

Razorbacks first baseman Jared Gates opened the scoring in the bottom of the third by taking Tigers starter Zack Hess deep.  That would be about the only mistake Hess made on this day.

Getting an early lead helped Arkansas right-hander Isaiah Campbell settle in and find a groove. After allowing a two-out single in the second, he would set down the next 10 Tigers hitters. However, he would exit the game shortly after his streak came to an end.

LSU got a leadoff single from Brandt Broussard to start the top of the sixth and Zach Watson followed with a no-doubter to left field:

After coughing up a third consecutive hit to start the inning, Campbell's day was over: Five-plus innings, four hits, two runs, one walk and seven strikeouts.

Campbell gave his team a good outing, but unfortunately for him, he was facing a starter who pitched even better. Hess allowed just one hit, the Gates solo home run, in seven innings of work, striking out seven while walking two.

Arkansas threatened against LSU reliever Nick Bush in the eighth, getting a pair of one-out singles. Bush wiggled out of trouble, though, keeping his team's one-run lead intact. The ninth proved much easier for the Tigers, as Bush finished the Razorbacks off in 1-2-3 fashion.

Not to be overshadowed by the outcome, but right-hander Jake Reindl pitched four innings of one-hit baseball in relief for Arkansas. 

This latest victory capped off an impressive day for the Tigers. LSU defeated top-seeded Florida, 11-0, earlier on Saturday to set the stage for a showdown against Arkansas.

LSU will now have a chance to defend its SEC tournament title against Ole Miss on Sunday.