Kentucky will face South Carolina in its first game of the SEC Baseball Tournament at 10:30 a.m. EDT Wednesday in Hoover, Ala.
The Gamecocks defeated Vandy 7-4 in 11 innings in their in the single-elimination opening-round game on Tuesday. The game with Kentucky, the No. 3 seed, begins the double-elimination portion of the tournament.
Kentucky (38-18) won its regular season series with 11th-seeded South Carolina (33-23), outscoring the Gamecocks 29-10 over a three-game set, and taking two games out of three in Columbia, which included a 19-1 drubbing.
The Cats, led by SEC Coach of the Year Nick Mingione, will probably start their Friday night ace Sean Hjelle in the opener.