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SCORE: Alabama 4, Missouri 3 RUNDOWN: Alabama’s Casey Hughston gave the Crimson Tide an early 1-0 lead, but Missouri took a 3-1 lead midway through, getting a two-run bloop double from Brett Peel in the fifth and an RBI single from Trey Harris in the sixth. Alabama battled back, getting a two-run single from Cody Henry in the sixth and a long home run to left from catcher Will Haynie…

A five-run deficit didn’t scare LSU in the SEC tournament quarterfinals, and now the Tigers (47-9) are moving on after clawing out of the season-high hole against Auburn. On today’s edition of Talkin’ Tigers, sports reporter Rachel Whittaker, LSU columnist Ron Higgins and pitcher Zac Person give 3-minute analysis of LSU’s gritty victory. The Tigers are no strangers to trailing during SEC games – 11 of the past 13 – but they’ve won 8 of…

SEC Baseball Tournament action begins with a pair of elimination games on Thursday. The four teams that have not dropped a game in the double-elimination tournament will be featured in Thursday’s last two matchups at Hoover Met. All four games can be seen on the SEC Network and live streamed on WatchESPN. The first two matchups can be heard on Sirius 219/XM 190 and the final two games of the day…

It’s another bright and early morning for Alabama baseball. The No. 11 seed Crimson Tide (31-27) play No. 7 seed Missouri (30-27) in an elimination game at the SEC Tournament at 9:30 a.m. CT here at the Hoover Met. Check it out on the SEC Network or WatchESPN. Pitchers are Alabama senior LHP Taylor Guilbeau (2-6, 3.68) vs. Missouri freshman RHP Tanner Houck (8-4, 3.40). Alabama is the home team. Check back here for updates….

Newburgh, N.Y. The ball fields at Delano-Hitch Park were covered in snow when Jim Wilson launched a campaign to keep them in use. As president of the City of Newburgh Little League, he had seen participation numbers plummet to the point where the league was in danger of folding. Now, he and the league’s board of directors were calling parents one by one, asking if their children would play this…

FSU baseball avenged a recent series sweep by defeating Clemson 3-1 to open the ACC Tournament. lRelated Chopping Block FSU’s comeback falls short, Seminoles swept by Clemson to end regular season See all related The fourth-seeded Seminoles (38-19, 1-0 Pool A) leaned on a strong pitching performance by Boomer Biegalski and a three-run third inning to snap a five-game losing streak, including three straight losses to Clemson to end the…

Michigan’s Carmen Benedetti, left, celebrates his RBI double in the sixth inning during the Big Ten baseball tournament at Target Field on Wednesday, May 20, 2015, in Minneapolis.(Photo: Elizabeth Flores TNS) MINNEAPOLIS — The first pitch from Michigan sophomore left-hander Brett Adcock was one better served with a cup of coffee. Taking the field for this morning’s 9:03 a.m. CDT first pitch, it didn’t take the Wolverines long to show…

SCORE: Vanderbilt 7, Missouri 6.  RUNDOWN: Vanderbilt came back from a four-run deficit late in the game to defeat Missouri, 7-6, in extra innings in the 2015 SEC Baseball Tournament.  Rhett Wiseman was the hero for second-seeded Vanderbilt (40-17) with a solo home run to end the game in the 10th inning. It was the fourth home run of the day for the Commodores, an impressive feat given that none of…

SCORE: Texas A&M 4, Alabama 3 RUNDOWN: Alabama took an early 3-0 lead on Aggies ace Grayson Long, getting and RBI double from Cody Henry and RBI singles from J.C. Wilhite and Kyle Overstreet.  After a two-out walk in the third, A&M got three after that. Ryne Birk had an RBI double, Mitchell Nau singled in a run and Logan Taylor doubled in a run.  Nick Banks‘ RBI single in the…

ACC Tournament Notes DURHAM, N.C. – Florida State (37-19, 17-13) will enter the 2015 ACC Baseball Championship as the fourth-seed and will open competition on Wednesday, May 20 at 11:00 a.m. against fifth-seeded Clemson (31-25, 16-13) inside the Durham Bulls Athletic Park in Durham, N.C. The Seminoles will then face the winner of Tuesday’s play-in game between No. 8 North Carolina and No. 9 Virginia Tech on Thursday, May 21…

No. 2 Vanderbilt (39-17) faces No. 7 Missouri (30-26) in the first double-elimination game for both on Wednesday afternoon. Missouri defeated South Carolina, 5-1, in an opening-round game on Tuesday. The winner will play Texas A&M in the second game on Thursday. The loser will face Alabama at 9:30 a.m.  Fans can watch the game on the SEC Network or through ESPN’s Watch ESPN app if not near a television….

Newburgh, N.Y. The ball fields at Delano-Hitch Park were covered in snow when Jim Wilson launched a campaign to keep them in use. As president of the City of Newburgh Little League, he had seen participation numbers plummet to the point where the league was in danger of folding. Now, he and the league’s board of directors were calling parents one by one, asking if their children would play this…

Alabama kept its season going with a 6-1 win over Ole Miss on Tuesday. Now, the 11th seed Crimson Tide (31-26) play third-seeded (and No. 7 nationally ranked) Texas A&M (43-10) at 9:30 a.m. here at the Hoover Met in the start of the double elimination format. The game is on SEC Network and a live stream is on WatchESPN. Texas A&M is the home team. Pitching matchups are Alabama freshman…

By Michael Salfino Twins’ Trevor Plouffe is one of our fantasy picks for Wednesday because he crushes lefties and faces Pittsburgh’s innings-eating southpaw Jeff Locke. Getty Images The Methodology: As hard as it is to project a player’s performance in any given season, projecting his performance on any single day is even more difficult. Daily fantasy baseball is all about trying to maximize each day’s matchups using historic batter vs. pitcher…

The 2015 SEC baseball tournament is already underway, but the real beginning of the spicy action is on Wednesday, when the top teams in the conference take the field in their postseason openers. Headlining the slate is the nation’s No. 1 team, the LSU Tigers, who will take on Auburn in the third of four games on the schedule. Although the other contests may be slightly more competitive, it’s worth…

The first day and play-in games of the 2015 ACC baseball tournament are in the books, leaving eight teams to duke it out for conference bragging rights at Durham Bulls Athletic Park in Durham, North Carolina. Tuesday saw No. 7 Virginia beat No. 10 Georgia Tech 11-0 in a true laugher, while No. 8 UNC overcame an early deficit to beat No. 9 Virginia Tech by a score of 5-3. …

Starting pitcher projected Game Scores for May 20 2015 Statistics Past 21 Days GS Team Name T Opp W-L ERA WHIP W-L ERA WHIP 64 Tyson Ross R ChC 2-3 3.94 1.53 1-2 3.91 1.39 55 Dallas Keuchel L Oak 5-0 1.87 0.95 3-0 3.14 1.08 55 Jordan Zimmermann R NYY 3-2 3.66 1.33 2-0 2.42 1.27 53 Jake Odorizzi R @Atl 3-3 2.36 0.96 1-2 3.12 1.19 52 Carlos…

T arget Field will be host to a showcase of the Big Ten’s top baseball teams for the next five days without any presence from its member university located less than 3 miles away. The Gophers, traditionally one of the conference’s top teams, missed the Big Ten tournament for only the third time in the past 18 seasons after failing to sweep Michigan State in last weekend’s final regular-season series. They…

The Big Ten is no longer an afterthought on the diamond, and its top eight teams will look to prove it at the 2015 Big Ten baseball tournament. Dreams of Omaha and College World Series glory start at the conference tournament at Target Field in Minneapolis, as the event’s winner earns an automatic spot in the NCAA tournament. D1Baseball.com projected six Big Ten squads in its 64-team NCAA field, but…