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The 2022 Ohio Valley Conference Baseball Championship continues with two games on Thursday.
This year marks the 43rd OVC Baseball Tournament (the first elimination style event was held in 1979). It is the first time it has been held in Lexington.
Tickets for the event are $10 per adult per day and $5 per day for children (12 and under) and college students with valid ID. An all-session pass (all four days, 10 games) is available for $25. The tickets can be purchased at Wild Health Field or online
HERE. Parking is $5 per day. All seats are general admission for the OVC Championship.
The venue opened in 2001 and has a seating capacity of 6,994 with additional picnic, lawn and standing room only areas. It is home to both the Lexington Legends and the newly formed Wild Heath Genomes, MLB Partner League professional baseball teams that compete in the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball. The Legends won the Atlantic League Championship in 2021, marking the fourth championship in the franchise’s 20-year history.
The event has been held at five neutral site locations after moving from the campus of the regular season champions in 2001. The event has been held in Paducah, Kentucky (2001-09), Jackson, Tennessee (2010-16, 2021), Oxford, Alabama (2017-18), Marion, Illinois (2019) and now Lexington (2022).
This year marks a change in the bracket which will include four single elimination games on Wednesday, with the winners advancing to the double elimination portion of the bracket which will include the No. 1 and 2 seeds (who receive a bye until Thursday games). Saturday’s Championship Game will be a one-game “Winner Take All” matchup.
Fans can watch the entire 2022 OVC Baseball Tournament live on ESPN+. Fans can subscribe to ESPN+ for $6.99 a month (or $69.99 per year) or as part of a bundle with Disney+ and ad-supported Hulu ($19.99/month). ESPN+, the multi-sport, direct-to-consumer video service from The Walt Disney Company’s Direct-to-Consumer & International segment, is an integrated part of the ESPN App and (on mobile and connected devices) and ESPN.com.
Game 5: #1 Belmont 10, #5 SIUE 9
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Game 6: #6 Tennessee Tech 11, #2 Southeast Missouri 10
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Game 7: #2 Southeast Missouri vs. #5 SIUE (Will Now Be Played on Friday at 11am ET)
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#1 BELMONT 10, #5 SIUE 9
LEXINGTON, Ky. - Jackson Campbell singled home the game-winning run with two outs in the ninth inning as No. 1 seed Belmont completed a seven-run comeback to top SIUE 10-9 at the OVC Baseball Championship.
The Bruins scored twice in the first inning but gave up seven run in the second inning and were down 9-2 in the fourth frame. OVC Pitcher of the Year Andy Bean lasted only two innings, allowing seven earned runs.
But Aaron Hubbell and Dustin Baird settled the staff and allowed the Bruins to come back. The OVC regular season champions scored once in the fourth, four times in the sixth and once in the seventh to set up the ninth inning comeback.
In the ninth, OVC Player of the Year Guy Lipscomb singled and stole second before Brodey Heaton doubled him home to tie the game.
Baird (2-1) picked up the win, allowing only one hit and walking zero batters over the final three innings.
With the win Belmont moved to Friday's winners bracket final, where they will play either Southeast Missouri or Tennessee Tech.
#6 TENNESSEE TECH 11, #2 SOUTHEAST MISSOURI 10
LEXINGTON, Ky. - Tennessee Tech jumped out to a 6-0 lead, fell behind and completed a comeback to top Southeast Missouri 11-10 and advance to Friday's winner's bracket final.
The Golden Eagles won for the third time in two days of the tournament and will meet Belmont on Friday at 3 p.m. ET.
Tech used seven different pitchers with Daniel Holley (3-0) picking up the win with 1/3 of an inning. After he recorded his out, TTU plated four runs in the top of the eighth inning to grab the lead for good.
Ryan Guardino homered and drove in three runs for Tennessee Tech.
Southeast Missouri had a game-high 12 hits, including two by Lincoln Andrews who homered and drove in four runs. Andrews drove in two runs in the ninth inning to trim the margin to one run, but Jevon Mason grounded out with Andrews at third to end the game.
SEMO used six different pitchers with Austin Williams (6-3) suffering the loss.