ESPN REPORT: Arkansas baseball Lose A Mega-Star To South Carolina….

South Carolina catcher Cole Messina homered in the top of the ninth inning and the Gamecocks withstood an Arkansas rally in the bottom of the inning to defeat the Razorbacks 6-5 on Wednesday during the quarterfinals of the SEC Baseball Tournament.

The 10th-seeded Gamecocks (35-21) moved into the winners bracket of the quarterfinals and will play a non-elimination game against 11th-seeded LSU on Thursday.

Arkansas, the No. 2 seed, will play third-seeded Kentucky in an elimination game Thursday at 9:30 a.m. LSU defeated Kentucky 11-0 in eight innings Wednesday.

Messina’s second two-run home run of the game was on a first-pitch breaking ball from Gabe Gaeckle with no outs in the ninth inning. Like Messina’s first homer against Parker Coil in the fifth inning, it followed Blake Jackson getting hit by a pitch to lead off an inning.

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HOOVER, Ala. — Arkansas baseball faces Kentucky in the losers bracket of the SEC Tournament Thursday, with both teams sitting one defeat away from elimination.

The game is scheduled to start at 9:30 a.m. CT on SEC Network.

The second-seeded Razorbacks (43-13) lost to South Carolina 6-5 Wednesday in the second round. Kentucky (39-13), the three seed, fell earlier in the day to No. 11 LSU.

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Arkansas will start Hagen Smith (9-0, 1.52 ERA) Thursday against the Wildcats. Smith needs six strikeouts to set the single season record at Arkansas.

Here’s a look at how to watch the Razorbacks’ second game of the postseason.

Date Opponent
Friday, Feb. 16 beat James Madison 6-4
Saturday, Feb. 17 beat James Madison 15-5 (8 innings)
Sunday, Feb. 18 lost to James Madison 7-3
Monday, Feb. 19 beat James Madison 4-0
Friday, Feb. 23 beat No. 7 Oregon State 5-4
Saturday, Feb. 23 lost to Oklahoma State 1-0 (14 innings)
Sunday, Feb. 24 beat Michigan 4-3
Tuesday, Feb. 27 beat Grambling State 21-1 (7 innings)
Friday, March 1 beat Murray State 5-1
Saturday, March 2 beat Murray State 8-1 (8 innings)
Sunday, March 3 beat Murray State 5-3
Tuesday, March 5 beat Central Arkansas 9-7
Saturday, March 9 beat McNeese State 3-1
Saturday, March 9 beat McNeese State 11-1 (8 innings)
Sunday, March 10 beat McNeese State 18-5 (7 innings)
Tuesday, March 12 beat Oral Roberts 4-2
Friday, March 15 beat Missouri* 8-0
Saturday, March 16 beat Missouri* 6-0
Sunday, March 17 beat Missouri* 9-1
Thursday, March 21 beat No. 24 Auburn* 1-0
Friday, March 22 beat No. 24 Auburn* 6-5
Saturday, March 23 lost to No. 24 Auburn* 8-6
Tuesday, March 26 beat Little Rock 11-0 (7 innings)
Thursday, March 28 beat No. 7 LSU* 7-4
Friday, March 29 beat No. 7* LSU 4-3 (10 innings)
Saturday, March 30 beat No. 7 LSU 7-5
Tuesday, April 2 beat Arkansas State 13-0 (7 innings)
Thursday, April 4 beat Ole Miss* 5-2
Friday, April 5 beat Ole Miss* 8-3
Saturday, April 6 beat Ole Miss* 7-4
Tuesday, April 9 beat San Jose State 5-1
Wednesday, April 10 beat San Jose State 8-2
Friday, April 12 beat No. 17 Alabama* 5-3
Saturday, April 13 lost to No. 17 Alabama* 4-3 (10 innings)
Sunday, April 14 lost to No. 17 Alabama* 5-0
Tuesday, April 16 beat Texas Tech 9-8
Wednesday, April 17 beat Texas Tech 5-4
Friday, April 19 beat No. 21 South Carolina* 2-1
Saturday, April 20 lost to No. 21 South Carolina* 6-3
Sunday, April 21 beat No. 21 South Carolina* 9-6
Tuesday, April 23 beat UAPB 11-1 (7 innings)
Friday, April 26 beat Florida* 2-1
Saturday, April 27 beat Florida* 6-5
Sunday, April 28 lost to Florida* 9-5
Tuesday, April 30 beat Missouri State 12-7
Wednesday, May 1 beat Missouri State 8-5
Friday, May 3 beat No. 8 Kentucky* 10-3
Saturday, May 4 lost to No. 8 Kentucky* 11-3
Sunday, May 5 lost to No. 8 Kentucky* 7-4
Friday, May 10 beat No. 15 Mississippi State* 7-5
Saturday, May 11 lost to No. 15 Mississippi State* 8-5
Sunday, May 12 beat No. 15 Mississippi State* 9-6
Thursday, May 16 lost to No. 4 Texas A&M* 1-0 (11 innings)
Friday, May 17 beat No. 4 Texas A&M A&M* 6-3
Saturday, May 18 lost to No. 4 Texas A&M* 14-4 (7 innings)
Wednesday, May 22 lost to South Carolina 6-5 (SEC Tournament)
Thursday, May 23 vs. Kentucky (SEC Tournament)
*Denotes SEC game