SEC Baseball Tournament - Day 2

Thursday, May 23, 2002
 
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    2002 SEC SEC Baseball Tournament
    Hoover Metropolitan Stadium
    Birmingham, Ala., May 22-26.

    Game 5 | 10:00 a.m.| #7 Mississippi State (V) 10, #6 Georgia (H) 3 | Game Stats
    Game 6 | 1:00 p.m. | #8 Arkansas (V) 8, #5 Auburn (H) 5 | Game Stats
    Game 7 | 5:00 p.m. | #2 Alabama (V) 7, #3 Florida (H) 4 | Game Stats
    Game 8 | 8:00 p.m. | #4 LSU (V) 8, #1 South Carolina (H) 3 | Game Stats

    #7 Mississippi State 10, #6 Georgia 3

    Birmingham, AL (AP) -- Chad Henry went 3-for-5 with four RBIs and Paul Maholm pitched a complete game as Mississippi State remained alive in the Southeastern Conference tournament with a 10-3 victory over Georgia on Thursday.

    Seventh-seeded Mississippi State (34-23-1) scored two runs in each of the first two innings and added four in the eighth.

    Georgia (30-27), which has lost seven straight, finally got on the board with three runs in the eighth. But Maholm retired the final six batters, giving up six hits while striking out six and walking two.

    Jon Mungle was 3-for-4 for Mississippi State, driving in two runs and scoring twice. Bobby Goodson also had a pair of RBIs.

    Adam Swann was 2-for-4 with an RBI for Georgia.

    Mississippi State plays the Florida-Alabama loser in another elimination game on Friday night.

    The Bulldogs will likely start Chris Young, who will be making his second career start. Young, the MVP of last year's SEC tournament, shut down Mississippi on Sunday in a game the Bulldogs had to win to reach the tournament.

    Georgia, meanwhile, must hope for an NCAA regional bid. 

    Score by Innings                    R  H  E
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Mississippi State... 220 001 041 - 10 14  1
Georgia............. 000 000 030 -  3  6  2
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    #8 Arkansas 8, #5 Auburn 5

    Birmingham, AL (AP) -- Andrew Wishy went 3-for-5 and drove in three runs to lift Arkansas to an 8-to-5 win over Auburn today in an elimination game of the Southeastern Conference tournament.

    Scott Roehl (4-0) allowed just one hit in 4 and two-thirds innings of relief to earn the win.

    The Razorbacks (31-25) play the L-S-U-South Carolina loser in an elimination game Friday night.

    Arkansas snapped a 3-3 tie with a four-run fifth, capped by Scott Hode's two-run, two-out double.

    Michael Conner and Cody Clark each added three of Arkansas' 15 hits.

    The Tigers (34-24) were led by Sean Gamble, who went 4-for-4 and scored twice. Trent Pratt was 2-for-3 and drove in three runs.

    Fifth-seeded Auburn went 0-and-2 in the tournament, possibly damaging its hopes of making an NCAA regional. 

    Score by Innings                    R  H  E
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Arkansas............ 102 040 100 -  8 15  3
Auburn.............. 201 020 000 -  5 11  1
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    #2 Alabama 7, #3 Florida 4

    Birmingham, AL (AP) -- Brent Boyd homered and Chad White had a two-run double as Alabama beat Florida 7-4 Thursday night to advance to the semifinals of the Southeastern Conference baseball tournament.

    Lance Cormier (10-3) pitched 7 2/3 innings, allowing four runs on eight hits for the Crimson Tide, which will meet the winner of Friday's Florida-Mississippi State loser's bracket game on Saturday.

    Alabama (46-12) took a 2-1 lead in the fifth on an RBI double by Allen Rice. The Tide added a run in the sixth and made it 4-1 in the seventh on Boyd's eighth homer of the year, then broke it open with a three-run eighth, including White's two-RBI double.

    Ben Harrison had a two-run double as Florida (41-16) rallied for three runs in the bottom of the eighth. Brian Reed came on with two out and finished the game for his ninth save.

    Alex Hart (13-2) allowed five hits and five walks, and took the loss. 

    Score by Innings                    R  H  E
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Alabama............. 001 101 130 -  7  9  0
Florida............. 100 000 030 -  4  8  1
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    #4 LSU 8, #1 South Carolina 3

    Birmingham, AL (AP) -- Sean Barker hit 3-for-5, including his seventh home run of the season, to lead No. 4 seed LSU to an 8-3 come-from-behind win over top-seed South Carolina in the Southeastern Conference tournament Thursday night.

    LSU (40-17) trailed 3-2 going into the seventh, then took the lead on RBI singles from Wally Pontiff, Wally Barker and Chris Phillips. David Raymer had a two-RBI double to bring the Tigers' lead to 7-3.

    South Carolina (45-13) took a 2-0 lead on an RBI single by Brian Buscher in the third. Steve Thomas scored in the fifth on a throwing error. Thomas, Buscher and Gary Bell posted two hits each.

    Brian Wilson (9-4) pitched seven innings, allowing two earned runs for the win. Reliever Jake Tompkins allowed one run in two innings, with four strikeouts.

    Blake Taylor (5-1) lasted one inning in relief, facing eight batters and giving up four runs, to take the loss.

    South Carolina faces Arkansas at 6 p.m. on Friday in an elimination game. The winner faces LSU on Saturday at 1:30 p.m. 

    Score by Innings                    R  H  E
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LSU................. 000 002 510 -  8 11  0
South Carolina...... 001 011 000 -  3 12  1
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