SEC Weekend Pitching Rotations (April 8-11)
Barry Allen • 4/8/2021 in Baseball
Georgia at Vanderbilt
Thursday 6:30 p.m. CT (SECN); Friday 2 p.m. CT (SECN+); Saturday 6:30 p.m. CT (SECN+)
Georgia Rotation
Game 1: Fr. LHP Luke Wagner (3-2, 2.95 ERA)
Game 2: Sr. LHP Ryan Webb (2-1, 3.14 ERA)
Game 3: So. RHP Jonathan Cannon (1-2, 4.58 ERA)
Vanderbilt Rotation
Game 1: Jr. RHP Kumar Rocker (7-0, 0.84 ERA)
Game 2: Jr. RHP Jack Leiter (7-0, 0.43 ERA)
Game 3: TBA
Series Notes: Vanderbilt is riding a 9-game winning streak and 6-game SEC winning streak … The Commodores are 8-1 in league play for the first time since 2013 when they started 14-1 and finished with the best all-time SEC record (26-3) … Georgia won the last series with Vanderbilt in Athens in 2019 … The Bulldogs had lost their previous 10 series with the Commodores … Georgia has not won a series in Nashville since 2008.
Alabama at Texas A&M
Friday 6:30 p.m. CT (SECN+); Saturday 2 p.m. CT (SECN+); Sunday 1 p.m. CT (SECN+)
Alabama Rotation
Game 1: Jr. RHP Tyler Ras (4-1, 3.41 ERA)
Game 2: Jr. RHP Dylan Smith (0-3, 2.20 ERA)
Game 3: TBA
Texas A&M Rotation
Game 1: Sr. LHP Dustin Saenz (5-2, 2.79 ERA)
Game 2: Sr. RHP Bryce Miller (2-0, 2.49 ERA)
Game 3: Fr. RHP Nathan Dettmer (3-1, 1.77 ERA)
Series Notes: Texas A&M has won five straight series with Alabama, including sweeps in 2017 and 2018 … Alabama hasn’t won a series at Texas A&M since 2014 … Texas A&M is 3-9 in its last 12 games … The Aggies first three SEC series came against SEC Eastern Division teams … Alabama is 1-9 in its last 10 games … The Crimson Tide has lost nine straight SEC series.
Arkansas at Ole Miss
Friday 6 p.m. CT (SECN); Saturday 4 p.m. CT (SECN+); Sunday 1:30 p.m. CT (SECN+)
Arkansas Rotation
Game 1: Jr. LHP Patrick Wicklander (1-1, 2.13 ERA)
Game 2: So. RHP Peyton Pallette (1-1, 3.25 ERA)
Game 3: Gr. LHP Lael Lockhart (1-1, 3.41 ERA)
Ole Miss Rotation
Game 1: Jr. RHP Gunnar Hoglund (3-1, 2.47 ERA)
Game 2: Jr. LHP Doug Nikhazy (2-1, 2.25 ERA)
Game 3: So. RHP Derek Diamond (3-3, 4.89 ERA)
Series Notes: SEC Western Division co-leaders square off in Oxford … Arkansas is 7-2 in SEC play for the first time since 2017 … Ole Miss is 7-2 in SEC play for the first time since 2004 … Ole Miss has won four consecutive series and seven of the last eight series with Arkansas … The Razorbacks have not won at series in Oxford since 2010 … Since 1992, Arkansas and Ole Miss have split the 84 meetings and split the 28 SEC series.
Mississippi State at Auburn
Friday 6 p.m. CT (SECN+); Saturday 2 p.m. CT (SECN+); Sunday 2 p.m. CT (SECN)
Mississippi State Rotation
Game 1: Fr. LHP Christian MacLeod (3-2, 2.67 ERA)
Game 2: Fr. RHP Will Bednar (1-0, 2.35 ERA)
Game 3: Fr. RHP Jackson Fristoe (3-2, 3.34 ERA)
Auburn Rotation
Game 1: Sr. RHP Cody Greenhill (3-0, 1.67 ERA)
Game 2: Sr. LHP Jack Owen (0-1, 7.04 ERA)
Game 3: Fr. RHP Joseph Gonzalez (0-2, 4.87 ERA)
Series Notes: MSU has won six of its last eight SEC road series … Auburn has lost five straight SEC series … The Bulldogs have won five of the last nine series with Auburn, including three sweeps … Auburn won the last series on the Plains in 2018 … Auburn head coach Butch Thompson and director of baseball operations Greg Drye are both former Miss. State assistant coaches.
Florida at Tennessee
Friday 6:30 p.m. ET (SECN+); Saturday 7 p.m. ET (SECN); Sunday 1 p.m. ET (SECN+)
Florida Rotation
Game 1: Jr. RHP Tommy Mace (4-0, 2.54 ERA)
Game 2: TBA
Game 3: Fr. LHP Hunter Barco (4-2, 5.30 ERA)
Tennessee Rotation
Game 1: Jr. RHP Chad Dallas (4-0, 4.28 ERA)
Game 2: Sr. LHP Will Heflin (2-1, 3.86 ERA)
Game 3: Fr. RHP Blade Tidwell (4-1, 2.58 ERA)
Series Notes: Tennessee has won two of the last three series with Florida … Prior to that, the Gators won eight straight series from 2009-16 … Tennessee has won seven of their last 11 home series … Florida has lost five of its last six SEC road series, including a three-game sweep at South Carolina earlier this season.
LSU at Kentucky
Friday 6:30 p.m. ET (SECN+); Saturday 2 p.m. ET (SECN); Sunday 1 p.m. ET (SECN+)
LSU Rotation
Game 1: Jr. RHP Landon Marceaux (2-3, 2.01 ERA)
Game 2: Jr. RHP AJ Labas (1-0, 3.26 ERA)
Game 3: TBA
Kentucky Rotation
Game 1: So. RHP Cole Stupp (3-1, 1.91 ERA)
Game 2: Fr. RHP Ryan Hagenow (1-1, 2.11 ERA)
Game 3: So. RHP Zack Lee (2-2, 4.18 ERA)
Series Notes: LSU is 1-8 in SEC play for the first time since 1969 … The Tigers have lost nine of their last 11 SEC road series … Kentucky has won two of the last three series with LSU … The Wildcats have won three straight home series with the Tigers, dating back to 2010.
Missouri at South Carolina
Friday 7 p.m. ET (SECN+); Saturday 4 p.m. ET (SECN+); Sunday 12 p.m. ET (SECN)
Missouri Rotation
Game 1: RSo. RHP Seth Halvorsen (3-1, 6.48 ERA)
Game 2: So. RHP Spencer Miles (1-5, 7.01 ERA)
Game 3: Fr. RHP Zach Hise (0-3, 5.62 ERA)
South Carolina Rotation
Game 1: Jr. RHP Thomas Farr (2-1, 2.97 ERA)
Game 2: Sr. RHP Brannon Jordan (2-2, 3.19 ERA)
Game 3: TBA
Series Notes: The Tigers and Gamecocks meet in the Battle of Columbia … South Carolina is 6-1 in its last seven SEC games … Missouri is coming off its first SEC series win since 2019 … The home team has won six of the seven series since Missouri joined the SEC in 2013 … South Carolina is 9-0 all-time with Missouri at Founders Park.