Georgia opens SEC baseball tournament Tuesday vs. South Carolina

Georgia will begin play in the SEC baseball tournament by facing South Carolina at 10:30 a.m. ET Tuesday in Hoover, Alabama.

The Bulldogs (29-26, 11-19 SEC) are seeded 11th, and the Gamecocks are seeded sixth. There are four games on Tuesday’s schedule, and all are single-elimination games. The four winners will advance to join the top four seeds, who all received byes, in Wednesday’s play.

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The top four seeds are Florida (1), Arkansas (2), LSU (3) and Vanderbilt. If Georgia defeats South Carolina, the Bulldogs will face LSU at 10:30 a.m. ET Wednesday. After Tuesday, all games are double-elimination games, and all games before the championship game are set for SEC Network telecasts.

The semifinals are set for Saturday (first game at 1 p.m. ET), with the championship set for 3 p.m. ET Sunday on ESPN2.

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