Baseball, oy. Auburn drew the eighth seed in the SEC tournament, this after being in contention for the SEC West Division championship until the final weekend of the regular season. Problem: everyone in the West was similarly eligible. Result: Auburn played the top-seeded, defending national champion, could take two-of-three from the New York Mets, South Carolina in the first game of the conference tournament today.

Going in, Auburn needed two wins to be eligible for the NCAA Regionals — they have this pesky rule about being above .500 — and after today’s loss to South Carolina Auburn still needs two wins. Fortunately this tournament uses a double-elimination format.

The last time those two teams got together:

Auburn started with an eight-run first inning. The Tigers started the ninth inning 11-5 and looking for the (series) sweep.

After nine runs (on three hits!) including two bases-loaded walks and a grand slam UGA leads 14-11. Tigers need a rally (and a bullpen).

Oy.