Austin Peay opened its 2019 Ohio Valley Conference Baseball Championship run with a dominating 12-2 victory against UT Martin yesterday at Rent One Park in Marion, IL. The Governors, now 31-23, advance in the winner’s bracket and will face Eastern Kentucky in a 3 pm game today.
Murray State is still alive after a win and a loss Wednesday. The Racers eliminated UT Martin last night by the score of 9-4. Earlier in the day, the Racers opened play falling to Belmont 8-1. The Racers, now 24-29, face Morehead State in an elimination game at 7 tonight.
After a lengthy delay, Western Kentucky finally got to play its opening game of the Conference USA tournament last night, downing Old Dominion 7-4. The game, which was the first in Conference USA tournament history for WKU, started just after 10:30 pm and ended just after 1:45 this morning in Biloxi, MS. WKU is now 26-27-1 and faces Florida Atlantic at 7:30 this evening.
At the Southeastern Conference tournament, Vanderbilt mashed Auburn 11-1 in eight innings Wednesday in Hoover, AL. The Commodores are now 46-19 and will face Mississippi State this evening at 8 pm.
Boston College defeated Louisville 5-1 in its opening game of the ACC Tournament in Durham, NC Wednesday. The Cardinals are back in action against Clemson at 11 am today.