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Florida, Arkansas share SEC Championship after Razorbacks fall in final game
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Florida and Arkansas are your 2023 co-SEC regular-season champions.
The Gators will take the 1-seed in next week’s SEC Tournament by virtue of a tiebreaker. The title was determined on Saturday after Arkansas blew a 6-4 lead late to Vanderbilt and fell 7-6. With LSU losing to Georgia earlier on Saturday, the Razorbacks were in a position to claim the outright SEC title with a victory over Vanderbilt, but couldn’t seal the deal.
It’s a second title in 3 years for Arkansas, which won the 2021 regular-season crown outright. Florida has its first regular-season championship since 2018.
The Gators (42-13) won the rubber match with Kentucky on Saturday, 5-2, to head into conference tournament action with series victories in 3 of its last 4.
THE FLORIDA GATORS ARE 2023 SEC REGULAR SEASON CHAMPIONS!!!!!!! pic.twitter.com/5KmSh1SSzF
— Florida Gators Baseball (@GatorsBB) May 20, 2023
The Razorbacks (39-15) lost back-to-back to Vanderbilt to close out the regular season. Arkansas rode a 4-run fifth inning on Saturday to surge ahead of Vandy. Arkansas didn’t score again, and the Commodores used a 3-run sixth inning to take the series.
Still, Arkansas will have the No. 2 seed in next week’s league tournament.
The 2023 SEC Baseball tournament is set for May 23-28 in Hoover, Ala., at the Hoover Metropolitan Stadium.
Derek Peterson does a bit of everything, not unlike Taysom Hill. He has covered Oklahoma, Nebraska, the Pac-12, and now delivers CFB-wide content.
