SEC announces Texas A&M-Tennessee to resume following rain delay

The SEC Baseball Tournament was held up on Tuesday as Texas A&M versus Tennessee went into a long delay due to rain. The Tournament got underway at Hoover Met. Stadium in Alabama in the morning with the plan to finish up play at the stadium over the next two days.

Unfortunately, inclement weather could delay plans significantly as a rain delay already severely impacted the Aggies-Volunteers showdown — just the second game of the day.

No. 10 Texas A&M led No. 7 Tennessee 3-0 in the top of the ninth inning as the first weather delay of the day occurred. The rain threatened the field while groundskeepers worked to keep it ready for play.

After a long delay, the SEC announced that the tournament was set to resume play at 5:02 PM CT. By the time the next pitch was thrown, the official time of delay was two hours and six minutes.

SEC Tournament suffers weather delay

No. 6 South Carolina got things going this morning with a 9-0 shutout over No. 11 Georgia. James Hicks and Cade Austin delivered for the Gamecocks with a pair of great outings to stifle the Bulldog offense. Their offense slowly built their lead off of that before a triple with the bases-loaded from Will Tippett sealed it for the sixth seed.

No. 10 Texas A&M was also doing a number on No. 7 Tennessee in the second matchup before the delay. The Aggies led 3-0 at the top of the ninth thanks to some very solid pitching from their lineup.

Games between No. 9 Alabama and No. 8 Kentucky as well as No. 12 Missouri and No. 5 Auburn are also scheduled to follow this evening.

The rain was expected to continue during the time of the delay with a greater than 35% chance of precipitation from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. local time. It then drops to below 25% for the rest of the afternoon and evening at 5 p.m. according to the latest forecast from The Weather Channel.

On3’s Sam Gillenwater contributed to this article.